Olympics in London 2012

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Celebration and Local LegacyOlympics

Here in the Royal Borough we are one of the official olympic sporting venue hosts - with the indoor volleyball competition to take place at Earl’s Court. We are looking to the Games to inspire change and to deliver a strong message of living life locally.

This could involve forging a stronger sense of community, nurturing a warmer welcome to our fellow residents and our visitors, or building a more vibrant place to do business. The Games is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make a real difference to how we live our lives.

Our three ambitions for local legacy are:

  • Celebration - a better recognition of the Royal Borough as the place for creativity and innovation

    During the Olympics, only the most high profile, extraordinary public events will attract the attention of visitors, Londoners and media alike, so the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in partnership with the Exhibition Road Cultural Group, is developing an eight-day festival to provide a fitting spectacle for London’s Games.
    Exhibition Road will be transformed by 2012 into a memorable, world-class streetscape, and this festival will make the most of all of its possibilities.

 

  • Participation - more residents participating in local life through volunteering

    Working with the borough’s voluntary and community sector, including the Social Council and Volunteer Centre, the ambition is to create new programmes as well as adding capacity to existing ones. This will increase the numbers of residents giving time and expertise to local groups or making a financial pledge to support local organisations which in turn, will help our residents to feel more connected with their neighbourhood, ward and the whole borough. It will also provide exciting volunteering alternatives to the Games.

 

  • Activation - more residents taking part in sport and physical activity

    We aim to help our residents enjoy sport and physical activity. This doesn't necessarily mean formal sports but is more about helping our residents become healthier in mind and body. North Kensington has the highest levels of lifestyle related illness, and the lowest levels of participation in sports activity in the Royal Borough, so this programme will co-ordinate and target sports and physical activity participation programmes across North Kensington Sports Centre; the Westway Sports Centre; schools, youth and sports clubs; and parks and open spaces in North Kensington including Kensington Memorial Park and Little Wormwood Scrubs. Following consultation with local residents and sports organisations, the programme will contribute to improving sports facilities in Little Wormwood Scrubs to leave a continuing physical legacy.

 

Contact us

To find out more or get involved please contact the Royal Borough’s 2012 Unit on: 020 7361 2012, or by email