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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

The organisation behind the report warns that “unless we act decisively now too many people will face a future marked by preventable ill health.” One in three children in West Wales aged between four and five years are above a healthy weight, research from Activate West Wales has revealed. The research also found that at primary school age across the region, fewer than one in four children and young people are achieving the recommended 60 minutes of daily physical activity. The data forms part of a new ‘State of the Region’ report, commissioned by Activate West Wales – which covers

Activate West Wales has officially launched, bringing together partners from health, education, sport and local government to improve access to physical activity for people of all ages and backgrounds across Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. The launch event was held in Llanddarog Community Hall in Carmarthen, where nearly 100 partners gathered to hear more about Activate West Wales, its aims, its wants, and its call to arms. The State of the Region report was presented by Chair of Activate West Wales, Dr Sue Barnes, which highlighted rising inactivity, declining sports participation and widening health inequalities across West Wales.

State of the Region Report West Wales: Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire West Wales is a region defined by resilience, community spirit, and a proud sporting tradition. From our coastline to our valleys, physical activity has long been part of how we live, work, and connect. Yet the evidence in West Wales State of the Region report presents a clear and uncomfortable truth – unless we act now, too many people will face a future marked by preventable ill health, widening inequality, and diminished opportunity. According to the Office for National Statistics, UK life expectancy is around the