- Priorities further explained
Annual budget for individual athletes
A lot of money goes to the accommodationsof sports associations on a yearly basis. However, a large portion ofWageningen does not make use of these funds, even though a lot of them exercise on a regular basis. That is why we want to reserve a sizeable fund for sporting in public areas. This fund could be used for things like a survival parkour, better bicycle lanes, lighting of sport parks, a boulder track, or any other idea inhabitants want to see realized. If this fund was realized earlier, the skatepark might have been a success story.
The municipality should be there for all athletes
The focus of the municipality should stay on providing sporting opportunities for all inhabitants. Often people don’t tell you that this automatically means less attention to the top sports, but we do. We think that everyone should have the opportunity to practice sports and want to use the financial means of the municipality in order to achieve this. We would only support top sports if this goes well together with an economical sponsor deal.
The connection between student and civiliansports associations made logical
With some sports the switch from student to civilian associations works quite logical. When students are done with their studies, they leave the student sports association and join the civilian one. Unfortunatly, this is not the case with all sports. This is often due to a large age gap. With some associations the assimilation is very well done, but some associations have more trouble with this. We want to talk with both the student and civilian associations to look at ways to ease this process.
Pilot sports and wellbeing
We are convinced that a more sportive Wageningen means a healthier Wageningen. Most sporters, logically, already practice sports. That is why we want to think outside of the box in order to stimulate more people to practice sports. We envision possibilities to work together with psychological institutions in order to stimulate people with psychological difficulties to start practicing sports. We also like to work together with insurance companies, where the fee is partially paid by people who exercise more often.
