![]() Harnessing the UK's passion for sport to increase grassroots participation, particularly by young people, and to encourage the whole population to be more physically active Įxploiting to the full the opportunities for economic growth offered by hosting the Games ![]() In December 2010, the Government published a new Legacy plan, which set out the legacy vision for the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, and the detailed plans underpinning it. There have been several previous legacy plans. continued funding for International Inspiration, the UK's international sports development programme, to 2014.introduction of the School Games programme to boost schools sport and county sport festivals.£1bn investment over the next five years in the Youth Sport Strategy, linking schools with sports clubs and encouraging sporting habits for life.20 major sporting events to UK by 2019, with more bids in progress.investment to turn the Olympic site into the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.Since the London 2012 Paralympic Games finished on 9 September 2012 the UK Government has unveiled an updated Legacy Plan. Map of the current layout of the Olympic Park ![]() The Olympic Delivery Authority stated that legacy use and community regeneration were "locked-in" to the planning and designing of Olympic and Paralympic venues and infrastructure, and cited the Olympic Park Aquatics Centre and Olympic and Paralympic sailing facilities in Weymouth as examples showing "a clear focus on sporting, economic, social, and environmental legacy". The London Legacy Development Corporation is a mayoral development corporation responsible for the Olympic Park area.Ĭonstruction Phase – The Big Build Legacy includes sporting, economic, cultural, and environmental benefits, and aims to ensure that no " white elephants" were created by the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics. The London bid for the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games included bid chairman Lord Coe placing a pledge to use the events to inspire two million people to take up sport and physical activity at the heart of the bid.
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