Olympic and Paralympic Legacy

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Olympic and Paralympic Legacy

• Andrew Honeyman
• Head, Olympic and Paralympic Legacy Unit
• Department for Culture, Media and Sport

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We must remember what London 2012 is about. Its
about great legacy - not just sport for a few
weeks but a sporting legacy for all our country
for many, many years. David Cameron, July
2011

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Olympic and Paralympic Legacy

• STRONG LEGACY FROM THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC AND
  PARALYMPIC GAMES EXISTS!

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Olympic and Paralympic Legacy

• The London 2012 Games have definitively served
  as a catalyst for development and improvements,
  both tangible and intangible, which would
  otherwise have taken decades to achieve. There is
  no doubt that the citizens of London and Great
  Britain will benefit from the Games for a long
  time to come. 
• Jacques Rogge, Inspired by 2012 report July 2013

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Olympic and Paralympic Legacy
Paralympic Legacy
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Legacy Achievements - Economic

• Over 11bn of economic benefit through trade and
  investment won through Games and Games-time
  promotional activity
• Tourist numbers up 1 in 2012 with 4 increase in
  spend. Provisional figures from 2013 suggests
  further increase of 6 in visit numbers and 13
  increase in spend
• Supplier Recognition Scheme (SRS) enabling UK
  companies that supplied the Games to promote this
  in business to business activity.
• Meta-evaluation estimates economic impact up to
  2020 as 28bn - 41bn in Gross Value Added and
  618,000 to 893,000 years of employment
• GREAT campaign to promote UK has delivered 600m
  of revenue to UK and used in 86 countries.

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Legacy Achievements
Regeneration of East London

• All eight retained venues on Queen Elizabeth
  Olympic Park have futures secured
• Park now fully open iconic Aquatics Centre and
  Velodrome already open for community use
• School and Sir Ludwig Guttman Medical Centre open
  and people living in former Olympic Village
• Huge range of events held in Park, including
  athletics and concerts summer 2013 and Sport
  Relief March 2014
• Plans for Olympicopolis new higher educational
  and cultural district, destined to create up to
  10,000 jobs and boost UK economy by bns

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L Legacy achievements - sport

• 1.5 million more people playing sport than in
  2005
• 1bn investment in grassroots sport over 4 years
• 150m a year for three years for primary school
  sport and PE
• Increased funding for elite sport through to Rio
  13 increase for Olympic athletes and 45 for
  Paralympians
• Investing 27m to bid for and host more than 70
  of the worlds most prestigious sporting events
  

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Legacy achievements - communities

• Volunteering in England increased from 65 in
  2010/11 to 72 in 2012/13, reversing steady
  decline since 2005
• Team London Ambassadors (London Games-time
  volunteers) used since for major events, visitor
  welcome and in schools
• Join In established as independent charity to be
  home of the Games Maker getting GMs and their
  spirit into community sport - over 11,000 Join
  In events in 2013 with 100,000 new volunteers
  recruited for community sport
• Spirit of 2012 Trust established to allocate 40m
  funding from sale of Olympic Village
• Cultural Olympiad reported huge public
  engagement, estimated at 43.4m people at events
  

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Legacy achievements - Paralympic

• 350,000 more disabled people playing sport once a
  week than in 2005
• 53 of people said that the Paralympics had a
  positive impact on the way they see disabled
  people
• 150m invested in disability sport by Sport
  England
• Stoke Mandeville recognised as permanent home of
  Paralympic Movement with permanent role in future
  Paralympic flame lighting ceremonies, including 1
  March this year for Sochi
• Government/GLA project working with institutions
  to include accessibility as part of the core
  curriculum for all built environment
  professionals

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Moving more, Living more

• Legacy project aiming at increasing physical
  activity
• Launched February 2014 by Lord Coe and Ministers
• PM We need to provide communities with the
  encouragement to come together and realise the
  physical and social benefits of being more
  active.
• Lord Coe A joined up approach to challenging
  inactivity and encouraging physical activity is
  key. Moving More, Living More will bring together
  government, local government, business and above
  all the individuals and community groups - who
  know how to get people moving.

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National ambition

• To have a year on year increase in the number of
  adults doing 150 minutes of exercise per week (in
  bouts of 10 minutes or more) and a year on year
  decrease in those who are inactive, defined as
  doing less than 30 minutes of exercise per week
  (in bouts of 10 minutes or more).

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Benefits of physical activity - health

• People who do a lot of exercise reduce their risk
  of dying early by 30
• Physical activity can lower your risk of coronary
  heart disease and stroke by between 20 and 35
• People who get their 150 active minutes a week
  can halve their chances of getting type 2
  diabetes
• People who exercise regularly can reduce their
  risk of certain kinds of cancer.
• Long-term, regular physical activity, including
  walking can help ward off dementia.
• Use it or lose it exercising major muscle
  groups on at least two days a week can help to
  keep you independent and active in later life.
• Its never too late to start!

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Benefits of physical activity - other

• Direct and indirect costs of physical inactivity
  in UK estimated at 20bn per year
• Public realm improvements can boost footfall and
  trading by 40
• Investment in walking environment can support
  local economies by attracting new businesses and
  events
• Fitter children do better at school and grow in
  confidence
• Active people sleep better and longer and are
  generally happier

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MMLM activity

• Launch in February fired starting pistol
• Public Health England consultation on physical
  activity leading to publication of Implementation
  Framework in October
• Regional seminars in July for local authorities
  and others run by PHE, LGA, ukactive
• Other Government and Mayor of London activity to
  come

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Physical activity older people

• UK population is ageing and people in this age
  group tend to be less active 45 are disabled
  and face barriers to participation
• Increased activity for older people lessens risks
  of trips and falls and increases the likelihood
  of independent living
• Success of volunteer-led walking groups 3,400
  weekly Walking for Health walks
• Role of Age Action Alliance in promoting physical
  activity and healthy living

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The ask of AAA

• What more can AAA do to drive physical activity?
• What are the main barriers to physical activity
  for older people encountered by AAA and its
  members?
• Are there new ideas or untapped areas of
  potential?
• What can Government do to help?

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Olympic and Paralympic Legacy

• Andrew Honeyman
• Head, Olympic and Paralympic Legacy Unit
• Department for Culture, Media and Sport
• olympiclegacy_at_culture.gsi.gov.uk
• www.facebook.com/inspiredby2012
• _at_2012govuk