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From the ambitions of the final bid presentation that secured the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games for London in Singapore in 2005, through the legacy promises made in the previous Labour government’s legacy action plan published in 2008, to the Coalition government’s rationalised Plans for the Legacy from the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games published in … Continue reading
The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) today launches a report “More than a Game: Harnessing the Power of Sport to Transform the Lives of Disadvantaged Young People”, in which it draws a number of conclusions relating to the sporting legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. While the general conclusion that it is … Continue reading
NOTE: This post (written in Jan 2011) refers to the former PA recommendations of 5 x 30 mins per week. Current recommendations (since July 2011) are for 150 accumulated minutes per week. In his final annual report On the State of Public Health before retiring from the role of Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in 2010, … Continue reading
Sport England has recently published summary findings for sports participation in 2009/10 from the Active People Survey under the headline “Cycling and running boom shows appetite for sports participation”, with a growth in netball also highlighted. But what do these statistics really show, both for sports participation and for the London 2012 sport participation legacy … Continue reading
For the last eight years I have been funded to research and evaluate the delivery of various sport initiatives in schools and with young people. This work has been funded by agencies such as the Youth Sport Trust and Sport England, by charities such as 4Children and StreetGames, by sponsors such as Coca-Cola and LloydsTSB, … Continue reading
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