Olympic and Paralympic Values: Relevance, Implications, Impact

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Olympic and Paralympic ValuesRelevance,
Implications, Impact

• Clive Robertson
• Director
• Higher Education Academy Subject Network for
  Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism

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Olympic Values

• Friendship
• Excellence
• Respect

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Paralympic Values

• Determination to overcome obstacles and to
  conquer adversity, pushing ones physical ability
  to the absolute limit
• Courage to accomplish the unexpected and what
  is believed to be impossible, pushing oneself
  beyond expectations
• Inspiration to provide intensely personal
  affection for Paralympic athletes applying their
  spirit and accomplishments to ones personal
  life
• Equality Paralympic Sport acts as an agent for
  change to break down social barriers of
  discrimination for persons with a disability

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Olympic Legacies

• To make the UK a world-leading sporting nation
• To transform the heart of East London
• To inspire a generation of young people
• To make the Olympic Park a blueprint for
  sustainable living
• To demonstrate the UK is a creative, inclusive
  and welcoming place to live in, visit and for
  business.

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The Olympic Delivery Authority's (ODA) primary
role is to make sure the venues and
infrastructure for the London 2012 Games are
delivered on time, to budget and are fit for
purpose
Priorities Design and accessibility Employment
and skills Equality and inclusion Health, safety
and security Legacy Sustainability

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London 2012 Sustainability Plan

• Five priority themes
• Climate change minimising greenhouse gas
  emissions and ensuring legacy facilities are able
  to cope with the impacts of climate change
• Waste minimising construction waste and no
  waste being sent to landfill during Games time,
  as well as encouraging the development of new
  waste processing infrastructure in East London
• Biodiversity minimising the impact of the Games
  on the ecology of the Lower Lea Valley, leaving a
  legacy of enhanced habitats within the Olympic
  Park
• Inclusion promoting inclusion and attitude
  change, especially towards disability, celebrate
  the diversity of London and the UK and create new
  employment, training and business opportunities
  for the communities living around the Olympic
  Park site and Lower Lea Valley
• Healthy Living the Games will be used to
  inspire people across the country to take up
  sport and develop active, healthy and sustainable
  lifestyles

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Food vision

• 14 million meals will be served over the 34 days
  of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 23,900
  athletes and team officials, 4,000 technical
  officials, 4,800 members of the "Olympic and
  Paralympic family", 160,000 members of the
  workforce, and 20,000 members of the media will
  be fed as well as ticket holders and those
  involved in corporate sponsorship and
  hospitality. There will be a predicted 62,000
  meals served in the athletes' village on the
  busiest days of competition.
• The vision is one of a tastier, healthier,
  greener Games which establishes pioneering
  standards in the foodservice sector. All staff
  working will have been trained to "Olympic
  standards.

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Conference Outcomes.

• A view from the student perspective of the
  Olympics and Paralympics, and the relevance,
  implications and impact of their espoused values
  and the legacies they aspire to.

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Conference approach

• Plenary Sessions to hear from experts with
  different perspectives of the Games
• Workshops to share knowledge, understanding and
  thoughts about the values and legacies
• Collection of your views ..including a video
  booth!

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