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SPORT London 2012 ‘helped’ Glasgow 2014
Te London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games have helped a great deal in the preparations lead- ing up to the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in 2014, according to 2014’s CEO, David Grevemberg. “London wiped away
a huge amount of cyni- cism around the concept of ‘the power of sport’, which I think is partic- ularly important,” said Grevemberg, speaking to Sports Management maga- zine. “Tere’s now a belief in what sport can achieve: there was a feeling in London that the nation was ‘winning together.’ As a result there’s now more trust in major events and what they can achieve. London is a great reference point for us and I’m confident that we can deliver some- thing similar next year.” Grevemberg also praised the effect that
London 2012 has had on volunteering num- ers. For 15,000 volunteer roles at the games, 50,811 applications were received – a new Commonwealth Games record and more than
Grevemberg was appointed CEO of Glasgow 2014 in September 2011
the Manchester and Melbourne Games’ total numbers combined. “I’ve no doubt that great success of volun-
teering during the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics contributed to people’s excitement and interest in our volunteering programme,” continued Grevemberg. “We also opened it up to 16-year-olds as port of our commitment to youth: more than 40 per cent of appli- cants were between the ages of 16 and 24.” Details:
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Leisure trusts invited to bid for £2m funding
UK leisure trusts are being invited to bid for a share of £2m worth of funding – thanks to a new partnership between Sport England and Sporta. The cash will be dis-
tributed through Sporta’s Make Your Move cam- paign and trusts can apply for up to £50,000 of funding. Sporta is the national association of leisure and cultural trusts and its members operate a wide range of leisure and cultural services in com- munities across the UK. Te bids need to demonstrate the ability
to “deliver innovative projects that will help more people play sport.” One of the successful projects to receive
funding, by Fusion Lifestyle, is already up and running. Fusion was awarded £43,000 for its Friday Night Project, which aims to reduce
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Te scheme allows young people to choose the type of sessions they want to do
anti-social behaviour in Camberwell, Croydon and Lewisham. Te scheme lets young people decide on
the type of sport sessions and fitness activ- ities they would like to do, with Fusion delivering the required sports at four sites throughout the capital every Friday evening. Details:
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