Provincial Recreation
Games in Potchefstroom

Specific provincial programmes include fun and games for the youth, street children recreation, therapeutic recreation for the disabled, fitness and health for active older people, gymnastradas, indigenous games, Recrehab for people in prisons. The Provincial Recreation Council or Prorec North West promotes recreational activities at local level in order to improve the quality of life of all people in the North West Province.

To facilitate and to promote recreational activities at local level in order to improve the quality of life of all people in the North West Province. To incorporate (as many as possible) recreation agencies in order to coordinate activities. To advise the people of the North West on recreation, trends and developments in the province. Meaningful leisure time (80% of community not involved in sport) The Provincial Recreation Council (PROREC NW) is responsible for facilitating recreation service delivery at local authority level and consists of the various Local Recreation Councils (LORECs) as well as other NGOs. Since then the North West is the only province that maintained this function. The LORECs were established in every community to assist in the development and formation of activities like outdoor and adventure recreation, corporate recreation, community recreation, aerobics and fitness, recreation for people with disabilities and other recreation consumer groups not catered for by these mentioned. Chess (Special programme to improve problem solving and memory skills, reading scores, critical thinking and reasoning skills). This theme has many applications of which the most important is to integrate communities in the Province and to get people involved in recreation activities and clubs. It is the vision of PROREC NW that recreation in this province may grow and contribute to the quality life of people in the North West firstly and secondly, that this province should remain the leading province in terms of recreation service delivery. Aims to improve the health, fitness and quality of life of the senior citizens. To use leisure or recreation as a tool in the introduction to sports. An outdoor adventure programme which includes activities like life skills, leadership, abseiling, river rafting, environmental programmes, hiking etc. Gather children from various communities and cultures to participate in recreation. Aims to make recreation more visible and the benefits thereof for all communities to attend and conduct relevant recreation conferences and workshops. Aims to establish a recreation culture through promotion and marketing Recreation Disability Aims to provide recreation and activities to people with disabilities.