we all want to know what will happen after the games, what will the venues be used for and will it be open for the public. i have found that the UK government have introduced some plans. The sports minister Hugh Robertson said that "momentum needed to be maintained if the commitment to inspire a generation was to be achieved". also the prime minister has appointed Lord Coe, who was the chairman of LOCOG, to be ambassador of the UK's Olympics legacy ambassador. his job is to advice the prime minster on the best ways to secure long term benefits for the UK from the Olympic games. The government has set 10 points for the legacy of the games. according to bbc it includes £300m investment to turn the Olympic site into the Queen
Elizabeth Olympic Park, open to the community. Bring 20 major sporting events
to UK by 2019, with more bids in progress, £125m per year funding for elite
sport over the next four years - up until Rio 2016. More done to ensure PE in
schools is available to all.£1bn investment over the next five years in the
Youth Sport Strategy, linking schools with sports clubs and encouraging
sporting habits for life, Government support for the Join In programme to build
on the spirit of volunteering seen at the Games by getting people to volunteer
at their local sports club. Sport England's £135m Places People Play legacy
programme to fund new facilities, volunteering and participation programmes, £1.5m
funding to the English Federation of Disability Sport to increase participation
in sports by disabled people, Continue funding for International Inspiration,
the UK's international sports development programme, to 2014 and introduction
of the School Games programme sponsored by Sainsburys to boost schools sport
and county sport festivals.
The Queen Elizabeth Olympic park will be
open to the public from July 2013. below there is a
video shows us how the Olympic park will be regenerated to
the public
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