Community Sport

We are delighted to announce the successful completion of the latest School Sport Survey, with an incredible 9,249 pupil responses received from across the local authority. Most significantly, this is the first time in eight years that the survey has achieved the minimum response threshold required to produce a local authority report, ensuring that the voices of thousands of young people can help shape the future of sport and physical activity. The survey generated 9,249 pupi

Cardiff's Young Ambassador of the Month for July is Adrianha from Ysgol Glan Morfa. Adrianha has made history as the first Bronze Young Ambassador to receive this award, a fantastic achievement that reflects her dedication, enthusiasm and commitment to supporting physical activity within her school community. Mrs Jenkins praised Adrianha's development throughout the year, saying: "Adrianha is the quieter of the group but has shown a lot of personal growth and has developed a

Cardiff Metropolitan University welcomed Swim Wales and the Black Swimming Association (BSA) to Cyncoed Campus as the Cardiff Met swimming pool hosted a special water safety event marking World Drowning Prevention Day. The Swim Safe Cymru Pwll sessions brought families together to learn vital water safety knowledge and practical skills designed to help prevent drowning and increase confidence in and around water. Cardiff Met Aquatics supported the event, with swimming teacher

The summer holidays continue at Cardiff Met from Monday 10 August, with another packed programme of junior sport camps offering young people the opportunity to stay active, develop their skills and enjoy sport. BOOK NOW Football, swimming, tennis, basketball and hockey sessions are all taking place over the coming weeks, with options available for different ages, experience levels and interests. Places remain available across a number of the camps, although families are encou

Our team was proud to join Cardiff Children's Services at Cardiff's Play Day event last week, celebrating the power of play and helping families discover new ways to stay active outdoors throughout the summer. The event provided a fantastic opportunity to launch and promote our new Explore the Outdoors resource, designed to give families simple, accessible ideas for enjoying outdoor spaces together. To support this, we prepared 150 activity bags containing free equipment, a p

Established in January 2026, the Archer Leadership Programme (ALP) was created as the Cardiff Met Sport | Chwaraeon Met Caerdydd response to the Youth Sport Trust Young Ambassadors initiative. Since then, it has already demonstrated the incredible power of student leadership as a vehicle for maximising engagement in and through sport. By recruiting five undergraduate students with diverse experiences, skills and perspectives, the programme has built the foundations of a team

Llandaff Fields was buzzing with activity on Sunday afternoon as 92 people took part in a free Barclays Big Tennis Weekend event, delivered by Cardiff Met Tennis. The event formed part of the national Barclays Big Tennis Weekends campaign, an LTA initiative designed to encourage people of all ages and abilities to pick up a racket and experience tennis for free at local venues across Great Britain. The programme aims to introduce new players to the sport in a fun, welcoming e

At the special event marking the arrival of the King’s Baton Relay and the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games Welsh squad announcement, Cardiff Met celebrated another structural milestone: their evolution into “Wales’ Sporting University”. By connecting academic research, elite athletic performance, student-led leadership, and community relationships, the university has built an unmatched ecosystem. To explore what this identity means for the future of the nation, a diverse pane

Cardiff Met Sport will welcome young players to Archers Arena this August for a series of basketball summer camps, offering children the chance to stay active, build confidence and develop their skills during the school holidays. Book Now The camps are open to children from Reception to Year 6, with sessions running from 09:30 to 12:30 on Tuesday 4 August, Wednesday 5 August and Thursday 6 August. Each day costs £15, with all three sessions available for £45. Wheelchair Baske

My role within Open Campus was to deliver inclusive and inspiring multi-sport experiences. These sessions included basketball, hockey, athletics, badminton, netball and gymnastics, and were aimed at children aged 5–17 within the Cardiff region. Group sizes typically ranged from 15 to 30 participants. The programme was designed to cater for a wide range of needs and abilities, ensuring all participants could engage meaningfully. If I had to summarise the most important lesson

Cardiff Met Sport and Met Community are proud to support Drowning Prevention Week (13–20 June 2026), a national campaign dedicated to raising awareness of water safety and helping to prevent avoidable accidents. Delivered by the Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK), Drowning Prevention Week is the UK’s largest annual water safety campaign. It focuses on equipping children and young people with essential knowledge and skills ahead of the summer holidays, when time spent arou

Cardiff Met Tennis will deliver a series of summer tennis camps across Cyncoed Campus and Llandaff Fields this summer, offering junior players the chance to learn, improve and enjoy the game in a fun and supportive environment. BOOK NOW The camps are open to players of all ages and abilities, from those picking up a racket for the first time to more experienced juniors looking to develop their skills and gain more match-play experience. Led by qualified and experienced coache

Following our recent update on progress towards a Cardiff Local Authority School Sport Survey report, we are pleased to share further positive developments, with more schools completing the survey and prize winners now being announced. The continued engagement from schools across Cardiff is helping to strengthen the overall dataset, ensuring the city moves closer to producing a robust and representative Local Authority report on young people’s experiences of sport and physica

Sporting Libraries are a warm, welcoming way to help children and families discover the joy of being active. Built on a simple idea, the initiative removes common barriers to physical activity by letting families borrow sports and play equipment free of charge from familiar community spaces such as libraries, community centres and family hubs. By taking away the cost of buying equipment, Sporting Libraries make being active feel possible, inviting and stress free for everyone

Pipyn Actif began as a whole-system approach to support healthier futures for families across Cardiff — focusing not only on movement, but also on creating healthy eating habits in young families and improving access to nutritious food. At its heart, it is about shaping environments where families can thrive. One of the initiatives growing from this work is Move More Communities (Move More with Mum), which complements the wider Pipyn Actif programme by focusing specifically o

The FAW CPD training and football festival provided an opportunity to step beyond the classroom and experience football development in a real community setting. Through the partnership between the Football Association of Wales (FAW) and Cardiff Met, I was able to apply coaching knowledge in practice, work directly with children, and better understand the impact football can have on participation and confidence. The FAW CPD training focused on developing coaching and leadershi

Sports clubs and community groups across Cardiff are being invited to apply for the Cardiff Capital Grant 2026, a funding opportunity designed to support the development and improvement of facilities, equipment and spaces that help local communities take part in sport and physical activity with grants of up to £20,000 available. For further information, eligibility guidance and application details, please contact: metcommunity@cardiffmet.ac.uk Funded by Cardiff Council and ad

Firstly, this experience started with theoretical and practical training to provide useful tools for myself and other students looking to gain an outstanding opportunity and experience with the FAW and Cardiff Met Sport. This opportunity provided us students to gain a new qualification within the FAW known as ‘The CicStart Framework’. Its purpose is to provide coaches and educators with relevant tools on inclusive football practice with 10 game approaches. The football festiv

We are delighted to announce Morgan Griffiths as our ALP (Archer Leadership Programme) Young Ambassador of the Month for April, recognising his outstanding contribution to the Archers Leadership Programme and his continued impact on young people through leadership, inspiration and delivery. Morgan is a student at Cardiff Metropolitan University and part of our Archers Leadership Programme. He was nominated following his exceptional contribution at our second Young Ambassador

The School Sport Survey continues to see positive engagement from schools across Cardiff, helping to build a strong and representative Local Authority picture of physical education, school sport and physical activity for children and young people. To date, 8 schools have fully completed the survey, with contributions from 29 teachers and responses representing 2,647 pupils. In addition, a further 21 schools are currently underway. This means Cardiff is currently  33% complete