Rt Hon Hugh Robertson, the Minister of State for Sport and Tourism has announced a pledge for the government to commit to the 'Inspire a Generation' so that there will be a huge legacy after the Olympics and Paralympics has finished.
As part of the pledge, he clearly wanted more people to participate in sports by saying 'all funded UK athletes will be asked to offer up to five days a year of their time to inspire the next generation'. This is to ensure that the success that was seen in London can be bettered for 2016 and beyond. The commitment provices 10 points sports legacy plan which includes Elite funding and 'World class facillities'.
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Robertson has made a long list of what will be up and running after the games, and after a heavy investment in making sure existing facilities are being used by the public. The total sum of £300 million will be used by the London Legacy Development Corporation to remove temporary venues and facilities and the finished product will no longer be the Olympic Park, but will be instead named 'Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park'.
The challenging prospect is moving current facilities to different communities of the United Kingdom.
As part of Robertsons pledge, he announced that funding for the International Inspiration scheme will continue until at least 2014. Interesting statistic is that the 'development programme has reached more that 12 million youngsters in 20 countries' since 2007. Future sporting events in the UK
