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Over the last few months, you may have noticed something different about Activate West Wales. Whether you’ve visited our new website, spotted us on social media or seen us out and about across the region, we’re starting to look and sound like the organisation we’ve always aspired to be. When I joined on 1 July 2024, the Partnership was still very much in its infancy. Then called West Wales Sports Partnership, we recognised the need for a more coordinated and strategic approach to increasing opportunities for sport and physical activity across West Wales, but much of the groundwork and strategy

Every triathlon has two key transitions. T1 is the move from swim to bike. T2 is the move from bike to run. And T3 is what happens when the race is over. Activate West Wales, Loopeto and Triathlon Cymru have teamed up to launch – The Kit Transition Zone, T3, at IRONMAN 70.3 Swansea. As part of the Replay campaign, T3 is designed to help keep sports kit in use for longer, making sport more affordable, reducing waste, and supporting a more sustainable sporting community across Wales. What is T3? T3 is the third transition: the moment your sports kit

The Link Up Lounge is a monthly gathering designed to create a relaxed, safe, and welcoming environment where people from health, sport and education can come together to connect, share ideas, and spend time working alongside each other. Held on the first Wednesday of each month, these sessions bring people together to reconnect with existing contacts, build new relationships, and engage in open, meaningful conversations that foster collaboration, shared learning, and collective action – because we know that real impact happens when we work together. Each session explores a different theme helping to guide discussion and reflection. The most recent

Activate West Wales, which drives sports and wellbeing collaboration across Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Swansea and Neath Port Talbot, has appointed Marie Sture as its new Business Manager. Marie brings more than 10 years’ experience across the Pembrokeshire countryside, conservation, and visitor experience sectors, having worked with organisations including the National Trust, Pembrokeshire County Council and Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority. Her work background spans operational support, compliance, health and safety, finance and stakeholder engagement, alongside experience contributing to senior leadership and regional working groups. Marie joins the Activate West Wales team, which is working closely with local authorities, health boards and

We’re looking for a Community Engagement & Insight Lead (Place Specialist) to play a pivotal role in shaping how insight drives action across West Wales. This is more than a job — it’s an opportunity to connect partners, strengthen local planning, and build a shared understanding of what really matters in our communities. You’ll lead the way in: If you’re passionate about using insight to influence systems, support collaboration, and create the conditions for people to be more physically active, we want to hear from you. Download the job description