Cocreating Legacy in the South West:

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Co-creating Legacyin the South West The
Education Skills Dimension
TUESDAY 23 OCTOBER 2007
SANDY PARK, EXETER
PLANS TO SECURE EDUCATIONLEGACY OF THE 2012 GAMES
LYNDA LAWRENCE
DCSF 2012 Co-ordinator
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Education Strand of Olympic Programme
Sub-Objective 3.1.4

• To maximise social benefits, including in
  health, education and volunteering, of hosting
  the Games

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LEGACY AMBITION

• Boost healthier living and the active
  participation of childrenand young people in
  sport/PE
• Raise pupil achievement and engage all in
  learning
• Equip young people and learners for life in a
  global society,by promoting language learning
  and intercultural understanding
• Give young people a sense of pride in being
  citizens of Britain as well as members of their
  own communities and faiths
• Encourage young people to make a positive
  contribution to the community, for example by
  volunteering.

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KEY DELIVERABLES OF THE PROGRAMME

• To build on existing work by
• widening the impact of the current school sport
  strategy through to 2012 and beyond, and raising
  the profile of sport and healthy living amongst
  children and young people
• providing more opportunities for young people to
  engage in elite competition, and regional and
  local competitive sport
• using the inspirational power of the Games within
  our programmes to raise achievement and engage
  all young people in learning opportunities and
• adding momentum to the implementation of the
  existing National Languages and International
  Strategies.

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HOW WILL SUCCESS BE MEASURED?
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PLETHORA OF PLANNING

• Education objective is shared with DIUS, DH and
  OTS
• DCMS, all Govt Departments, LOCOG, London
  Regions,Nations, Olympic / Paralympics
  organisations
• Schools, FECs, HEIs
• Other plans beyond education
• Skills and employment
• Wide range of external delivery partners and
  stakeholders
• Wood from trees

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KEY PROGRESS OVER LAST 12 MONTHS

• Education Plan endorsed by Ministers and elements
  of the plan included in the DCMS 2012 legacy
  document Our Promise for 2012
• The Programme still remains in a development and
  set up phase
• DCSF/DIUS visits to all the regions to discuss
  how the national and regional planscan be
  complementary
• First activities linked to the Plan now going
  forward UK School Games, Young Ambassadors
  Programme
• Working with FE/HE and in particular PODIUM to
  support co-ordination and communication across
  the sectors
• Communications strategy agreed across
  stakeholders UK Education Communications Group
  established
• DCSF Education communication strategy has been
  agreed, with Ministers undertaking visits across
  the regions between now and Spring 2008
• Mori research completed into the views of
  children and young people about the Games

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KEY MILESTONES

• CSR announcements in October will impact on the
  scope of our plans
• Programme of Ministerial visits to all the
  regions and launch of DCSF communications
  strategy
• 6 December launch of LOCOG Education Plan (of
  which more later)
• December publication of DCSF survey of the
  views of children and young people about the
  Games
• December publication by the Government of a
  Legacy Action Plan for 2012
• Spring 2008 plans are for 2012 education
  conference to discuss the programme with
  practitioners and for a young peoples conference
  also
• Summer 2008 3rd UK School Games in Bath and
  Bristol
• Beijing 2008 and the launch of the Cultural
  Olympiad
• 17 September Paralympic handover day

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ISSUES AND RISKS

• That we fail to deliver aspirations to use
  excitement about 2012 to raise achievement and
  cultural understanding and secure a lasting
  legacy
• Planned activities are not attractive, so take up
  is low or we fail to enthuse all young people
• Funding constraints
• Complications of large number and different
  interests of stakeholders hinders continuing
  development of coherent plans and effective
  partnership working
• Negative media coverage of 2012 impacts adversely
  on attitude of stakeholders (and young people) to
  opportunities presented by the Games

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The Football Fans
CAPTURING THE IMAGINATION
The logophobes
The Apathetic
Children in Care
The Single Parents
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SUPPORTING THE LEGACY (1)
The strands of work in the legacy planning will
form a single coherent programme of activity
which will run across the schools, FE and HE
sectors. It will complement plans being developed
and implemented by key national and regional
partners.
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SUPPORTING THE LEGACY (2)

• provide more sports opportunities for your own
  students
• develop the healthy campus
• engage on sport with schools and community
  outreach
• provide opportunities to support
  internationalism
• or progressive patriotism
• or language learning
• importance of regional plans

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AND DONT FORGET

The Paralympics!
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Update on LOCOG Education Plan
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Co-creating Legacyin the South West The
Education Skills Dimension
SANDY PARK, EXETER
TUESDAY 23 OCTOBER 2007