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Sport Youth Charter urges legacy debate


Manchester-based organ- isation Youth Charter has launched a new e-petition call- ing on the House of Commons to debate the social and cul- tural benefits of the London 2012 Games. Te group has launched the


2012 Sport Legacy Access For All petition in order to ensure that plans for a sustainable leg- acy for young people are fully implemented. Youth Charter also said that it is looking to provide a response and contribute to the debate sur- rounding the causes and lessons learned from this summer’s riots. It follows the launch of the organisation’s


Concerns have been raised about the legacy plans for the 2012 Games


manifesto earlier this summer, which included a call for free access to sports and leisure facili- ties for all young people aged under 18. Youth Charter executive chair Geoff Tompson said: “Te 2012 Games present a


huge opportunity for the sporting world to leave a lasting legacy for the young people of the UK but in order to make that happen we need to be sure of the plans that are going to be implemented. Te 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games can help address the ongo- ing social and cultural disaffection of young people that was in evidence this summer.”


LFC secures stadium decision extension


Liverpool Football Club (LFC) has reportedly secured more time to decide whether it wants to take up a 999-year lease at Stanley Park for the purpose of building a new stadium. In July, the Premier League club admitted that plans for the renovation of its current


Anfield home looked “increasingly unlikely” due to a number of planning obstacles. Te Liverpool Echo has now revealed that


Liverpool City Council has granted LFC a further extension to its end-of-September deadline in which to make a decision.


FAW submits football centre proposals


Plans for the construction of a new training facility in Newport, Wales, have been submitted to the local author- ity by the Football Association of Wales (FAW). Newport International


Sports Village (NISV) has been identified as the site for the scheme, which will also involve Newport City Council and the Welsh Football Trust (WFT). A dedicated facility for all FAW and WFT repre- sentative squads is earmarked as part of the development, along with a Centre of Excellence for coach education and sports science. Te project will include education space;


WFT football development headquarters; and the provision of training facilities for interna- tional and professional teams visiting Wales.


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Plans for the site - which includes a velodrome - have been submitted Under the plans, alterations would be made


to the rear of the existing NISV velodrome to provide storage space, while a number of new artificial and grass pitches will be introduced. Te existing skatepark will be demolished to make way for a spectator stand.


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