Regional sports partnerships

On Monday evening elected members and officers of Dundee City Council attended a briefing on regional sports partnerships. This was an excellent meeting and allowed us to hear about the work of Sports Development, sport Tayside and Fife and other voluntary and statutory partners.

I am clear that sport plays an important role in the life of Dundee and that it is often an undervalued part of council provision. In difficult economic times it is easy to see services such as sports development as being an easy target for cuts. I think that this is a short-sighted view. We should do all we can to promote sport in Dundee.