Annual Review 2011/12

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Leaving a lasting legacy from London 2012 in communities throughout the UK Annual Review 2011 12

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Details of our activities in 2011/12 including national and regional programmes and financial summary.

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Leaving a lasting legacy from London 2012 in communities throughout the UK

AnnualReview2011 12

www.legacytrustuk.org

Children and young peopleCommunity engagementAccessibility and inclusion Partnership and innovation

Contents01 Chair’s foreword02 Our legacy 04 Our programmes06 Children and young people09 Community engagement12 Accessibility and inclusion15 Partnership and innovation18 Financial summary19 Moving forward20 Thanks

Leaving a lasting legacy from London 2012 in communities throughout the UK

Annual Review2011 12

www.legacytrustuk.org

Children and young peopleCommunity engagementAccessibility and inclusion Partnership and innovation

Contents01 Chair’s foreword02 Our legacy 04 Our programmes06 Children and young people09 Community engagement12 Accessibility and inclusion15 Partnership and innovation18 Financial summary19 Moving forward20 Thanks

Community engagementThe importance of engaging local people and communities in creating a lasting legacy cannot be overstated. The grassroots focus of the Trust’s funding has enabled our projects to embed their activities in communities and gain strong support for their work.

Accessibility and inclusionThis theme explores the impact our projects have had in making the activities and events we fund accessible to as many people as possible.

Partnership and innovationOur projects work alongside a range of partners to bring innovative projects to communities across the UK. This theme explores some of the lasting partnerships created by our projects and some of the innovative work that is being created.

Our legacy story 2011/12 highlights

Since 2008, we have funded a wide range of cultural and sporting projects which are creating a lasting legacy from London 2012 across the UK. This review uses four key themes to highlight the impact our projects have had in the last year.

Children and young people

A focus on youth is at the heart of many of our programmes which are developing new ways to engage with children from diverse backgrounds and with different interests and abilities.

Since 2008, we have funded a wide range of cultural and sporting projects which are creating a lasting legacy from London 2012 across the UK. This review uses four key themes to highlight the impact our projects have had in the last year.

A focus on youth is at the heart of many of our programmes which are developing new ways to engage with children from diverse backgrounds and with different interests and abilities.

Children and young people

Our legacy story 2011/12 highlights

Community engagementThe importance of engaging local people and communities in creating a lasting legacy cannot be overstated. The grassroots focus of the Trust’s funding has enabled our projects to embed their activities in communities and gain strong support for their work.

Accessibility and inclusionThis theme explores the impact our projects have had in making the activities and events we fund accessible to as many people as possible.

Partnership and innovationOur projects work alongside a range of partners to bring innovative projects to communities across the UK. This theme explores some of the lasting partnerships created by our projects and some of the innovative work that is being created.

ForewordDugald Mackie Chair

Welcome to our 2011/12 Annual Review. Legacy Trust UK has had another busy twelve months with the continued delivery of over 100 projects across the UK. The last year has also seen a number of new developments within the Trust. As a result of a better than average return on some of the investments in our endowment, we were pleased to be able to open up a new stream of funding to our projects. This funding aims to help projects continue to develop and deliver activity after their initial grant from the Trust ends in March 2013. Seven projects submitted successful bids and share £1 million between them.

Success in a number of industry awards has echoed our projects’ achievements. Tate Movie Project won the Interactive category of the 2011 Children’s BAFTAs, and the Best Content Partnership category of the 2011 Broadcast Awards. Accentuate project uScreen, which provides a digital media platform for disabled and non-disabled young people, won a prestigious AMI (Ability Media International) award for Interactivity. RELAYS in the South West was successful at the Podium Awards, aimed at higher education institutions delivering London 2012 related projects.

We also produced a short film showcasing a range of our inspirational projects from across the UK. The film has since been shown at project launches and events, at the 2011 Party Conferences and on the London 2012 Live Sites across the UK. You can find your own copy of our film at the back of this review.

Although funding for most of our projects ends in the coming financial year, we know that many projects have already secured additional support from local councils, corporate sponsorship and through grants from trusts, foundations and national arts councils. This welcome support will help our projects to be sustainable and provide opportunities for growth which are few and far between in the current economic climate.

Our interim evaluation, completed in April 2012, has demonstrated the success of many of our projects to date. It details how the Trust’s innovative approach to grant giving has empowered project teams to adopt new approaches to the delivery of activities which meet the needs of artists, participants and their communities.

Finally, I am writing this foreword as we approach the finale of the Cultural Olympiad, the London 2012 Festival – “the biggest festival the UK has ever seen”. As a Principal Funder of these celebrations, it has been a privilege for the Trust to be involved in developing and supporting the participation and enjoyment of millions of people across the UK. The Olympic and Paralympic Games will crown a really memorable summer for the country, and I will be keeping my fingers crossed that we get the weather to match.

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Our legacy

Legacy Trust UK is an independent charitable trust which was set up to create a lasting cultural legacy from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Trust funds over 100 projects in each nation and region of the UK, as well as four national programmes.

The Trust is a Principal Funder of the Cultural Olympiad and its finale, the London 2012 Festival, which takes place from June-September 2012. Since 2008 we have invested £40 million in cultural, educational and sporting projects across the UK. This funding has resulted in the creation of a wide range of new and exciting projects which truly celebrate the values of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and which would not have happened without our support.

The Trust is different from other funders in a number of ways. Our remit is specific to the cultural legacy of London 2012, and we have funded a diverse range of activities across each nation and region. We consulted with, and listened to, communities to see how they wanted to celebrate the Games, and gave our partners in each nation and region the flexibility and support to deliver this. We have been able to champion great ideas and skilled people, and our success is demonstrated in the diverse nature of projects, participants, audiences and opportunities offered across the UK.

“Legacy Trust UK has brought together a huge range of diverse projects with a truly UK wide reach. They have enabled the Cultural Olympiad to reach and engage millions of people, and in a relatively short time have created a reputation for supporting high quality, ground-breaking work that will leave a lasting cultural legacy across the country.” Ruth Mackenzie, Director, Cultural Olympiad and London 2012 Festival

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“Legacy Trust UK’s funding has created an event [Disabled British Open] with an international reputation and the momentum to be financially sustainable through commercial sponsorship.” Peter Colling, Tourism South East

We want to ensure that our projects leave a lasting legacy for all involved, from participants and communities, to artists and organisers, and those working in innovative cross sector partnerships who have made these unique projects happen. Many of our projects have already demonstrated that they are sustainable and are leaving a lasting legacy by securing additional funding to continue once the Trust’s funding ends in 2013:

– Speed of Light and Human Race will continue to bring creative excellence and high profile events to communities across Scotland until after the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games

– Screen Team in the East of England have been awarded funding to roll out their training scheme for young people across the East Midlands

– The acclaimed Abandon Normal Devices in the North West have secured additional funding to continue to produce their ground breaking annual festival of digital culture

– Community Games, originally taking place in the West Midlands, has been awarded £2 million of funding from the Office for Civil Society to roll out across England

– Big Dance secured support from the Foundation for Community Dance and a number of other partners to extend the programme from London, across the UK

– UK School Games received sponsorship from Sainsbury’s, and support from Sport England and other partners, to continue into 2012 and beyond.

These projects have all contributed in different ways to a lasting legacy from London 2012 across the four themes of this review, and are just a few of those which have secured a life after 2013. The following pages set out examples of the impact our funding has had in the last year in terms of children and young people; community engagement; accessibility and inclusion; and partnership and innovation.

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Our programmesRegional programmes1 Northern

Ireland Connections Land of Giants*

2 ScotlandThe Scottish Project Speed of Light*

3 North EastNE-Generation

4 North WestWE PLAY

5 Yorkshireimove

6 East MidlandsIgniting Ambition Games Time*

7 West MidlandsMoving Together

8 East of EnglandEastern Rising

9 LondonBig Dance

10 South East Accentuate Tree of Light*

11 South WestRELAYS

12 WalesPower of the Flame

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Children and young peopleChildren and young people are at the heart of many projects funded by the Trust. These projects encourage engagement in cultural activities by breaking down barriers to participation, creating inspiring activities and events that appeal to younger people and encouraging them to explore arts and cultural opportunities on their own terms.

Arts and culturesomewhereto_ is a national programme that finds spaces for young people to do the things they love. Among the many opportunities in 2011, 18 young graffiti artists were given the chance to display their work outside the O2 Arena in London and a young producer worked with BBC Radio Birmingham on a show broadcast to 190,000 people. In 2011 there were 519 somewhereto_ activities across the UK, opening up the equivalent of 260,500 sq ft of space and giving nearly 5,000 16-25 year olds the chance to develop skills and confidence.

Cauldrons and Furnaces, part of Power of the Flame, has been working with Welsh heritage organisation Cadw to transform eight historic places. Over 11,000 children and young people worked with local artists to tell the stories of these iconic sites. Using history as inspiration they have created installations using costumes, music, dance, wish stones and artworks. The project connects young people to their local and national heritage, and unites historic places across Wales.

Sport, health and wellbeing The imove Sea Swim project brought over 300 primary school children to South Bay beach in Scarborough to take part in creative workshops and to swim in the sea. This was the first time that many of the children had been to the sea or the beach, despite living in the area. The project has been awarded funding from the local council to continue beyond 2012.

Weymouth was the venue for the 2011 RELAYS Art of Sport Festival. Around 800 pupils from local schools enjoyed a range of 32 alternative sports and street arts activities – everything from Ultimate Frisbee to painting with wheelchairs. The event was made possible by over 100 enthusiastic student volunteers working as team leaders and coaches, who helped inspire the children and raise their aspirations for participating in sport.

Education and volunteeringIn Northern Ireland, Beam Creative Network embarked on their School’s Challenge with the Connections programme. They worked with 349 children from 15 rural primary schools to write and perform a short musical drama called ‘Winners’. The schools chosen had not previously been involved with Olympic activities and many did not have access to drama teachers. Audience figures exceeded 2,000 and schools commented on the positive impact on the self-confidence of the children involved.

The Factory, based at the Tyneside Cinema, is a drop-in activity for young people to learn about film, created by NE-Generation. The project has taken youth leadership seriously, with a team of Young Mentors at the centre of the project development. In 2011, the Young Mentors travelled to New York for a research trip meeting digital artists and curators, and many have progressed to part-time employment with the cinema.

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“It was the first time I have really felt that something was actually mine. With this project it was yours, it was really very exceptional. It was a life changing experience that I will never forget.” Robert, 15, Time Travel Northumberland participant

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Case study

BlazeWE PLAYNorth West England

Blaze is a youth-led culture and sports programme involving young people from across Lancashire. Through its various strands, the programme provides comprehensive development opportunities for young people.

Kajol Lally, 16, has been involved with Blaze since the project began. In 2011 Kajol worked as a Music Director for the ‘Under the Town’ festival in Blackpool – finding, booking and organising bands for the event. Kajol achieved her Gold Arts Award for her work on the festival, and the event itself won best arts prize in the Blackpool Youth Awards.

Through Ignite, a work based learning programme led by Blaze, Kajol has also been appointed as an Arts Correspondent for mailout.co magazine.

211,269children and young people were involved inLegacy Trust UK funded projects in 2011/12.

SummaryIn the last year 211,269 children and young people have been directly involved in projects funded by the Trust. Over the past four years, this total exceeds 550,000. Many of these participants were completely new to any sort of arts or cultural activity and have discovered skills and talents they didn’t know they had. Many more have been able to develop their passion for music, drama, dance and art through the projects we fund. We can’t fit all the case studies and testimonials from our projects on these pages, but more are available on our website.

“It was a lot of fun and I made loads of new friends. I didn’t realise there were such talented young people in Blackburn or that there were opportunities for them to express themselves and showcase their skills and talents.”Zeenat, 16, somewhereto_ participant

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Community engagementA major focus of Legacy Trust UK’s funding has been working with communities to fund projects that are relevant to their needs. This community engagement ensures that local people are involved in the organisation and staging of activities and events in their area, fostering a sense of community spirit and encouraging local people to be more active in their community.

Arts and cultureGames Time took place for the first time during the SO Festival in Skegness in July 2011. The show involved 300 local participants performing, designing and producing the event. Volunteers took part in weeks of rehearsals and training, leaving a legacy of skills and aspiration in the area, with a positive impact on volunteering for cultural events such as SO 2012.

Mzansi Cymru is a major arts project in the Power of the Flame programme, linking communities in the South Wales Valleys and townships across Cape Town, South Africa. The communities work together on a cross-cultural performance mixing drama, music, circus and dance. By engaging with another community and culture, Mzansi Cymru has helped to address racial barriers and re-ignite a sense of pride and value in ex-mining towns.

Sport, health and wellbeingEastern Rising helped the communities of Norfolk and Suffolk engage with the Tour of Britain, the UK’s biggest professional cycle race. An outreach programme in Norfolk included the Adult Disability Challenge; cycling the length of the Norfolk leg on static exercise bikes. Thousands of people participated in race day celebration events in Suffolk and Norfolk promoting the benefits of healthy lifestyles and cycling.

Punjabi dance was celebrated in the West Midlands as part of the Lawk Naach project for Dancing for the Games. Twelve dance leaders delivered 462 workshops across the region reaching 12,379 people, and online resources allowed anyone to learn remotely. 2,000 participants will perform in a finale event in Birmingham in June 2012. By creating a network of trained Lawk Naach teachers, the project has ensured its future beyond 2012.

Education and volunteering The Lyme Regis Fossil Festival is an annual celebration of the natural history of the Jurassic Coast of Dorset and Devon, supported by RELAYS. The event brought education to life with hands-on science and art activities for the 14,000 visitors, and offered talks by experts from the Natural History Museum and Natural England. Participants were able to attend walks, talks and performances, engaging new audiences in natural history and their local surroundings.

Land of Giants is an epic outdoor celebration in Belfast, Northern Ireland, taking place in 2012. In 2011 the project recruited local people in professional and volunteer roles, ensuring that a legacy of skills develops in the region. This has included percussion players from Belfast, Derry and Dublin; recruiting local people for internships in production, design, stage management and marketing; and creating a ten month training programme with Belfast Community Circus School.

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“Can’t believe I performed for the first time today in front of an audience, it made me very, very happy and proud.” Big Dance participant, London

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Case study

SHINEIgniting AmbitionEast Midlands

Communities and their stories were at the heart of Igniting Ambition’s SHINE in Northamptonshire. Five of the county’s most interesting and beautiful churches, a traditional community meeting point, were brought to life with lighting, performance, sound and moving images.

Research of the unique history of each church revealed the characters, myths and events associated with the community – long gone stories as well as more recent recollections.

Each event was a free, large scale outdoor spectacle of specially written work and was accompanied by a participatory programme specific to each community. With nearly 1,700 participants and an audience of 2,400, community members came together to witness a magical and unusual event, revealing their shared heritage.

SummaryCommunity engagement takes many different forms. As a result of the Trust’s funding, many community projects have been able to grow and develop, and gain local and loyal support. Some projects, such as Cumbrian outdoor festival Lakes Alive, have made the transition from a local festival to an internationally renowned event. Community engagement and support is intrinsic to the ongoing success of many of the projects we fund and the legacy these projects leave for everyone involved.

5,186 people volunteered at Legacy Trust UK funded activities and events across the UK in 2011/12. Since 2008, projects have been supported through 30,233 volunteering opportunities.

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Accessibility and inclusion As one of the seven values of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, ‘Equality’ is central to the delivery of all projects funded by Legacy Trust UK. Ensuring a consistent, inclusive approach that encourages access for the widest possible audience is particularly relevant for projects working with people who traditionally have a lower engagement in cultural activity, and many projects funded by the Trust work directly to break down barriers to participation.

Arts and cultureNE-Generation has continued to work across the North East with Looked After young people in the Tech Max project, giving them the opportunity to programme and participate in creative activities such as photography, street dance and animation workshops in preparation for a collective event in 2012. They have developed the Young Ambassadors steering group, who have an integral role in the development of the project. More than 1,500 young people in the area have benefitted from Tech Max, with 112 of these heavily involved in the running of the project.

Sport, health and wellbeingIn Yorkshire, imove’s Runs on the Board saw 110 over 50s cricketers playing a region-wide tournament, the Grey Fox Trophy, with the final held at the renowned Headingly Cricket Ground. The competition opened up the professional sporting ground to amateurs and created a network of over 50s players. Having gained huge support from Yorkshire County Cricket Club, the competition is now looking at ways to bring over 50s cricket to the rest of England. Also in Yorkshire, Extraordinary Moves worked with 380 disabled and non-disabled artists, young people and specialists on a dance production.

Many of their members had not performed publicly before, but since the project many have continued to perform, and some have even toured to South Africa.

Education and volunteeringThe Scottish Project has been working to engage people with Glasgow Museum Collections through Curious. As part of the learning programme the project worked with a large number of ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) students, many of whom had never been to St. Mungo Museum before. One group of students were inspired to create their own object-focused event, encouraging intercultural dialogue between nearly 1,000 participants.

Accentuate’s award winning accessible resource, uScreen, ran a three day workshop providing practical training in producing, shooting and editing 3D films for deaf and disabled filmmakers in the South East. The workshop included classroom based training on 3D production and a shoot with the Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby team as they prepared for the 2012 Paralympic Games. The completed film was published on the YouTube 3D platform.

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“Inclusion is about ALL of us. It’s about learning to live together, about creating and sharing tools, resources, and capacities, it is a process not a product. AND was no tick box approach to inclusion.”Abandon Normal Devices participant

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Case study

Creative SoulsConnectionsNorthern Ireland

Many Legacy Trust UK projects lead on to further opportunities, such as the case of John in Northern Ireland.

Part of Northern Ireland’s Connections programme, Creative Souls was a devised, inclusive project which explored the creativity of disabled and non-disabled young people through a series of drama, dance and music workshops run collaboratively by Open Arts and Beam Creative Network.

John has Down’s Syndrome and took part in the Creative Souls project after being excluded from mainstream productions. A public performance was held in July 2011 and such was the calibre of the performance that John, along with several other performers, was approached by the director of the Bardic Theatre in Donaghmore and offered a part in a mainstream performance. He has also been selected by Luminous Souls as having the potential to become a professional dancer, been invited to model in a photo shoot for the Arts and Disability Forum, and performed for the President of Ireland.

“I was extremely impressed with the talent shown by John in the Creative Souls project. His stage presence was fantastic, and I would be delighted to have him join us in future mainstream Bardic productions.”Sean Faloon, Director of Bardic Theatre

40,146 Deaf and disabled people and 62,350 children and young people from hard to reach backgrounds have connected with projects this year.

Summary There are many barriers to participation in arts and cultural activity, and our projects aim to tackle these through their work. Physical, social and cultural barriers are all addressed through a wide range of projects funded by the Trust. Programmes such as Accentuate go one step further and aim to create a cultural shift in perceptions of deaf and disabled people. We aim to ensure activities and opportunities are inclusive and accessible to all, and that the lasting legacy that our projects are creating is for everyone.

“To learn the ‘how to’ and then actually produce a 3D film with no previous 3D experience after just 3 days was amazing.”Craig Lees, Tutor, uScreen 3D Stories/ Southampton Solent University

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Partnership and innovation Many projects continue to create and develop partnerships between organisations and across sectors to ensure the appeal and success of their work. Health, sports, tourism and arts organisations have come together with local authorities, government and business, to share expertise and resources and to bring new and exciting cultural opportunities to people across the UK. This approach has enabled our partners to leverage matched funding which has more than doubled the value of the Trust’s endowment.

Art and culture The Tate Movie Project was a unique collaboration between Tate, Aardman Animations, creative agency Fallon and CBBC. Children from across the UK created every aspect of the film, from drawings and story ideas to sound effects and suggestions for celebrities to star in the film. In total 36,624 children were involved in the project, contributing online and through workshops. As well as achieving a Guinness World Record for the most individual contributions to an animated film, Itch of the Golden Nit, which was premiered in Leicester Square and broadcast on the BBC and in cinemas nationwide in summer 2011, also won a Children’s BAFTA and a Broadcast Award.

FLOW, an Igniting Ambition project, was a series of high profile contemporary visual arts installations inspired by the journey of water through Northamptonshire via its canals, rivers, and water towers. FLOW forged new and unique collaborations and partnerships between visual arts organisations, artists, British Waterways and Anglian Water. This unusual partnership resulted in high quality installations which attracted a large and diverse audience of more than 64,000 people.

Sport, health and wellbeingTwo regional projects formed partnerships to expand delivery nationwide in 2011. Community Games, which supports communities to run their own sporting and cultural events, worked with the Country Sports Partnerships Network and YMCA to make a successful bid to the government’s Social Action Fund. The award of £2 million from the Office for Civil Society is extending the project across England during 2012 and into the future, ensuring a strong legacy at a national level. Big Dance in London worked alongside a number of partners to secure funding and support to bring the festival to the rest of the country for 2012, and will have 21 delivery partners across the UK.

Education and volunteeringBespoke and innovative lighting technologies have been developed for Speed of Light, which will see Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh brought to life by runners in illuminated suits in 2012. In 2011, the project worked with the Edinburgh International Science Festival to deliver a national programme of workshops in primary schools across Scotland exploring the innovative technologies. The project is also working with eight of the Edinburgh Festivals in the first cross festival partnership, exploring the themes of Speed of Light.

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“East Lindsey District Council embraces culture as a way to raise the profile of our area, broaden the tourist offer and support the local community in raising aspirations and helping people to develop new skills; this includes supporting creative industries. Working with Legacy Trust UK has enabled us to develop and firmly establish SO Festival, a major cultural festival that continues to go from strength to strength.”Councillor Mrs Stephenson, East Lindsey District Council

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Case study

East Lindsey District Council partnershipEast Midlands

East Lindsey District Council worked closely with the Igniting Ambition and Games Time teams to deliver the 2011 SO Festival in Skegness, which featured over 300 local people.

Representatives from the Council were impressed by the participative and collaborative approach taken to ensure that local people were included. The positive impact of engaging local people in cultural activities was so marked that they decided to completely review their own approach to arts provision in the area.

The Council now see cultural activity as a key area for investment and a driver for economic development, and have increased their arts budget from £60,000 in 2011 to £350,000 in 2012, ensuring that culture is at the heart of all the work they do.

SummaryThe Trust takes pride in its flexible and unique approach to grant giving. Working in partnerships across organisations and sectors leads to ideas and projects that would not otherwise have happened. Our approach has enabled us to fund these projects and ensure their success, such as the BAFTA award winning Tate Movie Project and the acclaimed Abandon Normal Devices festival.

899new partnerships were created in 2011/12, bringing the overall total to 3,093.

£10 millionOur projects have made an economic impact of over £10 million in 2011/12 and over £49 million since 2008.

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Financial summary for the year ending 31 March 2012

2011/12 2010/11

Income £0.32m £1.04m

Investment income £0.32m £0.56m

Grants received – £0.48m

Expenditure £11.98m £11.18m

Nations and Regions £7.21m £6.11m

Scotland £0.46m £0.77m

Wales £0.43m £0.33m

Northern Ireland £0.44m £0.33m

North East £0.36m £0.61m

North West £0.78m £0.7m

Yorkshire & Humberside £0.82m £0.46m

East Midlands £0.59m £0.33m

West Midlands £0.67m £0.47mEastern £1.05m £0.14m

London £0.33m £0.94m

South East £0.57m £0.41m

South West £0.71m £0.62m

UK Wide Programmes

£4.25m £4.48m

UK School Games – £0.75m

Tate Movie Project £0.49m £2.30m

somewhereto_ £1.92m £0.88m

Community Celebrations £1.84m £0.55m

Contribution to operating costs of Cultural Olympiad

– £0.10m

Support and governance costs

£0.52m £0.49m

Expenditure (%)

2011/12 2010/11

2011/12 2010/11Nations and Regions

£7,213,572 £6,107,104

UK Wide Programmes

£4,251,691 £4,480,772

Cultural Olympiad Board

– £100,000

Support and governance

£516,968 £488,495

This financial summary is taken from the audited accounts approved by the Board of Trustees on 6 July 2012. For a copy of the full report and financial statements please visit our website www.legacytrustuk.org

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Moira Swinbank OBE Chief Executive

Moving forwardAs we move into the final year of delivery for many of our projects, we are working to ensure the sustainability and long term impact of our investment on communities, and the cultural legacy from London 2012 across the UK.

In looking to the future and the Trust’s vision for what lies ahead, we need to consider the heritage the Trust has created and advocated through its funded programmes and consider how this will be perceived and articulated post 2012.

I believe that the work we have supported represents more than a collection of projects. It illustrates what happens when you take the opportunity to do something in a different and innovative way, and we think there is much to be learnt from what we and our partners have achieved.

We have worked closely together to support new ideas and developed new partnerships and collaborations and we want to ensure that these are all captured and shared. We are delighted to announce that we are developing a platform to share our legacy ideas, reports and evidence, launching a new resource – a legacy website which focuses entirely on the cultural legacy of London 2012. This will offer the evidence and experiences of the projects that we fund, as well as research which has been commissioned in this area. We hope that many of our partners and stakeholders will contribute, so that we can capture a wide range of opinions, research, evaluations, and thoughts on the subject.

We also want to use the information and evaluation from our work, and our way of working, to inform future cultural sector development and other major events such as the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, and the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Having just published our Interim Evaluation, and now starting to work on our final evaluation report, we are committed to ensuring that we have an accurate and compelling record of activity. This is not just for transparency, it is also to ensure that we offer an inspiring account of our role in the Cultural Olympiad, one of the biggest cultural movements the UK has ever seen.

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Legacy Trust UK would like to thank

Board of TrusteesDugald Mackie – Chair

Dame Jocelyn Barrow

Paul Cuttill OBE

Howard Dawber

Judith Donovan CBE

Anupam Ganguli

Timothy Hornsby CBE

Susan Johnson OBE

Clive Jones CBE

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Image credits Front cover Press Association, Valleys Kids, Nigel King, Chris Maines-Beasley, V.Lucas, Ignacio Crespo, Youth Sport Trust, Nic Serpell-Rand, Michael Bradley, Cauldrons and Furnaces Fold out Kippa Matthews, ArtReach, StopGAP Dance Company, Andrew Randall p3 Youth Sport Trust p4 Youth Sport Trust, Mark Hills, Tate Movie p5 Alan McAteer, Echo Echo Dance Theatre Company, Helen Averley, Steve Bailey, Tim Smith, ArtReach, Adrian Burrows, Suffolk County Council, Louise Haywood-Schiefer, Tony West, Bristol Festival of School Sport, Cauldrons and Furnaces p7 M Sethi, Cauldrons and Furnaces, Beam Creative Network p8 Brian Slater Photography p10 Rhenu Bhagotra, Peter Wiles/Maisie Hill, David Boyd p11 Andy Eathorpe p13 Paul Floyd Blake, Glasgow City Council (Museums) p14 Donal McCann p16 Getty, Alan McAteer, Tate Movie p16 Getty p17 Press Association Inside back cover Andrew Hilton Back cover Chris Maines-Beasley, Tour of Britain, Lara Poto de la Camara, Bill Cooper, Tour of Britain, Echo EchoDance, Theatre Company, Tree of Light, Euan Myles, uScreen/Screen South

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Since 2008, we have funded a wide range of cultural and sporting projects which are creating a lasting legacy from London 2012 across the UK. This review uses four key themes to highlight the impact our projects have had in the last year.

A focus on youth is at the heart of many of our programmes which are developing new ways to engage with children from diverse backgrounds and with different interests and abilities.

Children and young people

Our legacy story 2011/12 highlights

Community engagementThe importance of engaging local people and communities in creating a lasting legacy cannot be overstated. The grassroots focus of the Trust’s funding has enabled our projects to embed their activities in communities and gain strong support for their work.

Accessibility and inclusionThis theme explores the impact our projects have had in making the activities and events we fund accessible to as many people as possible.

Partnership and innovationOur projects work alongside a range of partners to bring innovative projects to communities across the UK. This theme explores some of the lasting partnerships created by our projects and some of the innovative work that is being created.

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Children and young peopleCommunity engagementAccessibility and inclusion Partnership and innovation

Contents01 Chair’s foreword02 Our legacy 04 Our programmes06 Children and young people09 Community engagement12 Accessibility and inclusion15 Partnership and innovation18 Financial summary19 Moving forward20 Thankswww.legacytrustuk.org