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An Essex Legacy from the 2012 Games An Essex Legacy from the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Dominic Collins Partnerships Manager 2012 Legacy and Strategic Sport
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17,000 Olympian and Paralympian Athletes 6,000 Coaches / Officials 5,000 Olympics Officials 2,500 Paralympics Officials 22,000 Journalists 120,000 Staff 9.7 million tickets An Essex Legacy from the 2012 Games The Scale of the 2012 Games
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7,000 Full time equivalent jobs in the construction industry 10,000 workers on the Olympic Park site at peak times (next couple of months) 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 An Essex Legacy from the 2012 Games The Estimated Impact of the Games
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The mountain biking event is coming to Essex An Essex Legacy from the 2012 Games The canoeing is coming to Hertfordshire
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An Essex Legacy from the 2012 Games The Essex Legacy 1. Increasing Physical Activity and Sports Participation 2. Delivering a Successful Cultural Olympiad 3. Maximising the Economic Impact of the 2012 Games in Essex 4. Pre Games Training Camps: leveraging Essex’s existing infrastructure 5. Learning and Development 6. Supporting Volunteers
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An Essex Legacy from the 2012 Games What are the Games about? “To reach young people all around the world, to connect them with the inspirational power of the Games” The Olympic and Paralympic Values Olympic Friendship Excellence Respect Paralympic Courage Determination Equality Inspiration
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An Essex Legacy from the 2012 Games What is our opportunity? Use education to maximise Children’s and Young Peoples awareness and engagement with the Games To use the 2012 programme in its widest sense to inspire To light a spark and encourage a change that can help Children and Young People to fulfil their potential
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An Essex Legacy from the 2012 Games How can you engage? Get Set Official London 2012 education programme Aimed at 3-19 year olds Learn about the Olympic and Paralympic values and the London 2012 Games Range of flexible resources Regular newsletter and 2012 competitions
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An Essex Legacy from the 2012 Games Explore the values films online games fact sheets activity sheets and ideas teachers notes image bank meet the athletes
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An Essex Legacy from the 2012 Games Find out what else is going on across the UK Case studies of other schools Opportunity to blog what you are doing and show off!!
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An Essex Legacy from the 2012 Games Go further Internationalism Citizenship Practical learning Sport and PE Enterprise Sustainability an regeneration Culture and creativity Healthy and active lifestyles
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An Essex Legacy from the 2012 Games Join the Get Set Network Network of schools and colleges across the UK demonstrating their commitment to the Olympic and Paralympic Values Children led The Values, what they mean to your school and explore what you can do to increase your commitment to them Apply for the Learning Mark Access to exclusive competitions, resources and opportunities Plaque and certificate
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An Essex Legacy from the 2012 Games Things you can get ready for….. 1,000 days to go until the 2012 Paralympic Games 3 December 2009 – resources and film Link your school across the globe to another school FREE, with support AND FUNDING www.globalgateway.org/2012 National School Sports Week 28 June – 2 July 2010 www.schoolsportweek.org
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An Essex Legacy from the 2012 Games What are Essex doing? Essex Carrying the Flame Primary school cross curricular resource pack launched June 2008 More resources to come Developing into a framework of sporting and classroom based activities for primary and secondary pupils Build into an annual festival Priority 8 in the CYPP Identifying 2012 leads in every school in Essex
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Your help Register for Get Set www.london2012.com/getset Tell us who your 2012 link staff member is london2012@essex.gov.uk Let us know what you are doing – lets celebrate An Essex Legacy from the 2012 Games
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Dominic Collins dominic.collins@essex.gov.uk 01245 431 490 www.essex.gov.uk/london2012 An Essex Legacy from the 2012 Games
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