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