The report described the squabbling of West Ham and Leyton Orient over the Olympic Stadium “most unedifying”
LORD TOBY HARRIS
Chair of the Olympic and Paralympic Legacy Committee
submissions from 67 organisations and individuals. Our report (with 41 recommendations) was published last month. So what are our main conclusions?
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The Games themselves were an outstanding success, exceeding expectations and confounding the sceptics. The success, however, was only delivered through incredible co-operation between the numerous organisations involved, the host borough councils and virtually every government department. Since the Games the same political impetus and the imperative of a deadline no longer exist. As a result many aspects of the legacy are in danger of faltering and some have already fallen by the wayside. There is a lack of ownership and leadership. That is why we recommended that a single cabinet-level
ver the last six months the Lords’ Select Committee on the Olympic and Paralympic Legacy held 33 evidence sessions, heard from 53 witnesses and took written
clout will be able to bang heads together across different departments; like education with its role in school sport and funding; health, which is supposed to be getting us all more active and healthier; DCMS with its responsibility for the sports governing bodies. Then there all the departments which should be working to deliver the economic benefits not only in London but across the country. In London itself, the office of Mayor should be given
unambiguous responsibility for holding and taking forward the vision for East London and the developments in the Olympic Park and the surrounding area. As far as sports participation
THE IMPROVEMENT IN PARTICIPATION HOPED FOR DID NOT OCCUR
is concerned, the step-change improvement hoped for did not occur. If anything, the slow steady improvement seen since 2005 has faltered. Facilities at grassroots level need to be improved and we received much evidence telling us that the
scrapping of School Sports Partnerships was a big mistake. We hunted for white elephants among the facilities created
minister is given overall responsibility for all strands of the legacy across the United Kingdom. Only someone with senior
for the Games. We didn’t find them. However, the unseemly squabbling of West Ham and Leyton Orient over the Olympic Stadium was most unedifying and it is important that more effort is made to ensure that the investment in this national asset is put to good use with maximum possible community use – including possibly by the football club that was unsuccessful in the bid process.
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