(Con):...I come finally to
physical well-being. It was announced to the House last June that
the Government have the lead on the legacy and benefits steering
group. I am grateful to the Minister for her reply to my Written
Question on the subject. The legacy work will draw on other major
Olympic and Commonwealth experiences but will draw also
“on the evidence from Sport England’s £10m Local Delivery Pilot
investment to promote physical activity in hard to reach groups
in Birmingham and Solihull.”
I commend Sport England for its work in this area. While this
project is ambitious, an aim of maximising community involvement
was set out at Second Reading. At the time, there were just 850
members of “the crowd”—which is the title for this excellent
programme—but it was linked to an objective of reaching 10,000
members over the next 16 months. That has now been reached.
I hope that the excellent progress made in the past six months
provides the opportunity to turn what is silver medal legislation
into gold medal legislation.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport () (Con):...The noble Lords, Lord Foster and Lord Hunt,
the noble Baroness, Lady Crawley, and my noble friends and Lord Holmes talked
about the hugely important Games legacy. Clearly there are many
aspects to legacy but a number of your Lordships’ comments
focused on the health legacy. As was
mentioned, Sport England has already invested
£10 million in Birmingham and Solihull to tackle physical
inactivity; recently, the Department for Education also announced
funding for a programme to encourage more young people to
volunteer for grass-roots sport and in the wider community ahead
of the Games...
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