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• A state of the art Wellness Hub, comprising a 8 x 25m lane swimming pool, hydrotherapy pool, 8 court sports hall, fitness suite, multipurpose studios and children’s play
• Business Development Centre featuring business incubation/acceleration and research and development facilities, targeted at the life sciences sector
• A Wellness Education Centre offering formal taught and placement opportunities across a range of subject areas and linked with current health and care workforce needs and skills shortages. The WEC will include a practice and simulation suite
• A Clinical Delivery Centre to deliver modernised care closer to home in a multi-disciplinary community setting. The CDC will incorporate training space alongside clinical rooms to create an area for education and patient treatment.
• A Clinical Research Centre linked to the 4 constituent Hywel Dda hospitals to translate research into delivery and education simultaneously, without delay and with continuous refinement
• A range of Assisted Living accommodation including nursing home and extra care facilities
• Residential and affordable/social housing
• A high-end c. 60 – 90 bed Wellness Hotel, catering to the emergent wellness tourism market and
offering the very best in rest, recuperation and relaxation Taken together, these facilities will provide:
• Job creation (1,853 across the 15 year City Deal programme) in an area of acute deprivation
• A range of integrated wellness services, including prevention and health promotion, to improve population
health and wellbeing
• Testbed capabilities for companies based on-site, enabling product /service development with real-time
feedback (such as assistive living technologies)
Design development of phase 1 of the Wellness Village is ongoing with a view to bringing services/facilities online in 2021.
As this project progresses a mix of job opportunities will be created, which will create the demand for a skilled workforce. Skills will be needed in sectors such as science, health and social care and leisure and tourism.
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The Swansea City and Waterfront Digital District project aims to support the growth of higher added value activities (particularly tech based activities) through the creation of:
A Box Village and Innovation Precinct at the new University of Wales Trinity Saint David campus at SA1 Swansea Waterfront. The Box Village is an incubator hub offering workspaces with shared services that will provide a nurturing environment for start-ups, with access to university expertise, mentors and investors. The Innovation Precinct will be a fully integrated shared space that brings together the academic support of the University with the business innovation of SMEs.
A Digital Village, located on the Kingsway in Swansea City Centre, will provide 100,000 sq ft of office space with high speed broadband to accommodate Swansea’s growing technology businesses. The Digital Village will act as a catalyst for new private sector led development on the Kingsway to create a new Central Business District in Swansea City Centre. Enabling infrastructure works for the Digital Village commenced in April 2018.
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Regional Employment & Skills Plan South West & Mid Wales Learner and Provider Consultation Analysis