As we start the 100 day countdown to Cymru’s first World Cup sport in 64 years, Financial system Minister Vaughan Gething has launched a £1.5 million fund to advertise and rejoice Wales.
The fund will assist a spread of organisations from tradition, arts, sport and media for actions to rejoice Wales within the World Cup. This might embrace exercise to advertise Wales globally, delivering occasions to get younger folks concerned in sport, connecting with Welsh diaspora, or serving to followers rejoice the video games right here in Wales and proper internationally.
The World Cup Companion Assist Fund is one a part of the exercise the Welsh Authorities has deliberate to maximise the alternatives from Cymru’s thrilling participation within the FIFA World Cup in Qatar later this yr.
The Welsh Authorities will use the worldwide event to advertise Wales to the world, projecting our nation’s values and securing a constructive and lasting legacy for Wales and Welsh soccer.
Financial system Minister, Vaughan Gething, stated:
As we attain the 100 day milestone, you possibly can actually really feel the thrill constructing in Wales. I am unable to wait to be a part of the Pink Wall in Qatar!
I’m delighted to launch this £1.5 million fund in the present day which can assist our companions to benefit from this thrilling alternative and increase Wales’ profile and ship actual advantages to Wales.
Wales’s participation at world sporting occasions is without doubt one of the most implausible possibilities to spice up our nation’s profile and present the world that Wales is an open, welcoming and impressive nation.
The Cymru males’s soccer crew’s participation within the FIFA World Cup is essentially the most important advertising and sports activities diplomacy alternative ever introduced to us, and we are going to completely benefit from it.
We’re searching for thrilling, revolutionary and impactful concepts which can make Wales stand out throughout the World Cup.
