GSLP-Liberals-Manifesto-2019

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STEVEN LINARES HAS SERVED YOU AS MINISTER FOR UTILITIES, POSTAL SERVICES, FIRE BRIGADE, REFUSE COLLECTION, CIVIL CONTINGENCY,
CULTURE, HERITAGE, YOUTH AND SPORT SINCE 9 DECEMBER 2015. FROM 2015 HE HAS BEEN THE MINISTER FOR CULTURE, THE MEDIA, YOUTH
AND SPORT. HE WAS A TEACHER FROM 1987 UNTIL HE WAS FIRST ELECTED TO THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY IN 2000. HE ALSO SPENT SOME TIME IN
PRIVATE PRACTICE AS A BARRISTER WHEN HE FINISHED HIS LAW DEGREE. HE HELD VARIOUS POSTS IN THE GIBRALTAR TEACHER’S ASSOCIATION,
BECOMING PRESIDENT IN 1995. HE ALSO BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE GIBRALTAR TRADES COUNCIL. HE SERVED AS OPPOSITION SPOKESPERSON
ON EDUCATION, CULTURE, YOUTH & SPORT UNTIL 2011 WHEN HE WAS ELECTED INTO GOVERNMENT. STEVEN IS THE PROUD FATHER OF
LAUREN, CHRISTINA AND STEVIE
SPORT
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
Once we have completed all the
magnificent facilities we will invest on
development programmes prepared by
Sports Governing Bodies.
COVERED MUGA
The MUGA at the Victoria Stadium
will be a semi-rigid covered structure.
This will allow our sports men and
women to be able to use this space
all year round. It will also serve as a
warm-up area for International Netball
Competition that might be held at the
Tercentenary Hall.
STAY & PLAY
The current ‘Stay and Play’ premises
which we built for this very successful
programme will be further extended to
suit its high demand. As a Government
we believe in investing in the more
vulnerable in our society and will
continue to see how we can improve
even more in our next legislature.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS
We will work closely with all Governing
Bodies of Sport in order to attract
competitions here in our magnificent
Facilities. We have already lined up a
number of them for 2019/2020
NEW HOCKEY PITCH
We will replace the Astro-turf at the
hockey pitch at the Bayside Sports
Complex.
TABLE TENNIS
We have been in contact with the
Committee of this Association, who did
Gibraltar proud in the Island Games.
We are in the process of allocating
premises to this Association.
CLUB PREMISES
During our time in Government
we have given many Clubs and
Associations premises as we promised
in our manifesto of both 2011 and
2015. We will build a complex that
will give us the opportunity to give
even more premises to Clubs and
Associations.
COMMONWEALTH YOUTH
GAMES 2023
We will support the Commonwealth
Games committee in Gibraltar in
their bid for the Commonwealth
Youth Games in 2023. We were very
disappointed that the bid for the
2021 Games did not succeed and
that the Gibraltar bid was defeated by
Trinidad & Tobago. We will continue
to work with the Committee of the
Commonwealth Games to pursue the
bid for 2023.
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
We will keep the beach volleyball
courts which we put in place at the
Europa Pool for the Island Games.
These will be enhanced for operation
by the Beach Volleyball Association.
We will support their organisation
of international competitions at this
spectacular venue.
PARASPORTS FACILITIES
We will work to establish parasports
in Gibraltar. This will include the
appointment of a Community
Development Officer for Parasports
given that Gibraltar does not
currently have the framework for
the introduction of parasports within
the GSLA. At present, the GSLA does
not provide professional support,
equipment or any parasports for those
with physical disabilities in Gibraltar
despite the recent construction of two
accessible sports facilities. Bringing
parasports to Gibraltar will also provide
an avenue for more ways for Gibraltar
to be represented internationally.
YOUTH
NEW LAGUNA YOUTH CLUB
We will build a new Laguna Youth Club
to replace the Laguna Youth Club which
has been temporarily moved to Glacis.
We will also continue negotiations to
relocate the petrol station away from
the Club and from Notre Dame School.
THE VOICE OF YOUNG PEOPLE
We will continue to engage with
youngsters via the ‘Voice of Young
People’. This forum has allowed us
to develop services that did not exist
previously.
ALTERNATIVE PROJECTS
We will continue to develop projects
such as the Zone which helps young
people not in education to seek
employment or training. The Mingle
caters for young people with mild
learning difficulty.
YOUTH EXCHANGES
Youth Exchanges will be organised by
our youth and community workers for
the benefit of young people.
SCOUTS & GUIDES
We supported the redevelopment of
the Girl Guides Hut on the Upper Rock
and we will now similarly support the
Scouts in their bid to extend the area of
their facilities at Governor’s Lookout.
We will provide funding for the total
refurbishment of the area to enable
the Gibraltar Scout movement to host
international visits from Scouting
movements from around the world and
to make the facility available to local
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