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Scale of the Games
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The London 2012 Games – Our Opportunity
Cllr Stephen CastleChairman, Nations and Regions East
ECC Cabinet Member, Education and the 2012 Games
Scale of the Games
• 17,000 Olympic and Paralympic Athletes
• 6,000 Coaches / Officials
• 5,000 Olympics Officials
• 2,500 Paralympics Officials
• 22,000 Accredited Journalists
• 120,000 Staff
• 8,000 Torch Bearers
• 10.8 million tickets
Impact of the Games
• 7,000 Full time equivalent jobs in the construction industry
• 10,000 workers on the Olympic Park site at peak times (now)
• 12,000 jobs as a result of legacy development of the Olympic park site alone
• 2-3 million cubic meters of soil to move
• 170,000 seats to fix in 9 venues
• Recruitment and training of 70,000 volunteers
The Regions Venues
The Mountain Biking Events are coming to
Hadleigh, Essex
The White Water Canoe Slalom is
coming to Broxbourne, Hertfordshire
Once in a lifetime
2012 is our opportunity to
deliver what we are already
doing through the focus,
excitement and inspiration of
the Olympic and Paralympic
Games
Olympic Board BOA
International Olympic Committee
GLA
Nations and Regions
Coordinators Group
East Region Coordinator: Katie Huane
Nations and Regions Group (NRG)NRG
Secretariat(LOCOG &
Government)
Chair: Charles Allen East of England Rep: Cllr Stephen Castle
Government London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG)
Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA)
Regional 2012 Structure
Nations and Regions East Strategic BoardChairman: Cllr Stephen Castle
East of England Development Agency (EEDA) Sport England East East of England Tourism East of England Regional AssemblyGovernment Office East Arts Council England EastEast of England Skills and Competitiveness Partnership (EESCP)6 x County Area representatives Department of Health
Nations and Regions East ExecutiveChair: Katie Huane, Regional Project Manager
Tourism Business Sport Culture HealthSkills & Employment
Volunteering Communication
County Working Groups
County Working Groups
Regional 2012 Structure
The Regional Mission
The East of England will Rise to the Challenge by creating asustainable legacy that extends far beyond the sportinglandscape, including:
– Economic Development and regeneration– Skills and employment– Education– Tourism– Culture– Health and wellbeing
A legacy of mass participation
Local government is central to a team approach to increasing participation in sport
Governments legacy ambitions– £135 million through
‘Places, People, Play’– The new Olympic and Paralympic-style
School Sports Competition
‘Healthy Lives, Healthy People’– Public Health White Paper– shifting power to local government and local communities– improve health throughout people’s lives, reduce inequalities and
focus on the needs of the local population
The Cultural Olympiad
Opportunity to make 2012 Games “Everybody’s Games”, extending the reach and legacy beyond London and beyond sport
2012 major programmes:
Artists Taking the Lead
Stories of the World
Unlimited
Discovering Places
Film Nation Shorts
Sounds
Somewhereto
World Shakespeare Festival
Festival of Carnivals
Games Time opportunities
Olympic Torch Relay– 6 nights in the East of England– 3rd – 8th July 2012
‘Inspired By’ programme– Allows non-commercial events and
projects to link to the Games
Open Weekend– 22nd – 24th July 2011– June 2012
London 2012 Festival– Opening and closing ceremonies
Engaging volunteers– Games Makers– Host City Volunteers
Once in a lifetime opportunity
The Challenge: • No other host nation has increased sports or cultural
participation off the back of the Games
• LOCOG focus is on delivery of the Games
• Local Government is facing most difficult financial environment in living memory
The Opportunity:• Public Health White Paper
• Shifting power to local government and communities
• New Responsibility Deal
• Unparalleled investment in elite sport
• Big Society