Wales opens public input for ten-year culture and sport strategy

Wales asks the public to help shape a new ten-year plan for culture, creativity and sport

A public call for evidence is helping shape a new ten-year Welsh culture and sport strategy that will include sport and the creative industries together for the first time.

Welsh culture and sport minister Heledd Fychan Image: Welsh GovernmentOriginal source

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People across Wales are being invited to help shape a new ten-year covering culture, sport and the .

The call for runs until 18 December, with events planned around the country. For the first time, the culture strategy will explicitly bring sport and creative industries into the same long-term plan, with measurable actions expected for each sector.

The findings will be published in spring 2027 before detailed action plans are developed. It is still the stage rather than a finished programme, but that is precisely when public involvement is most useful: before the decisions have hardened into a document.