2012 legacy

What is the 2012 legacy for disabled people?

About the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games

The London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games will be an extraordinary sporting and cultural event with a global audience of billions. It will showcase the UK at its best and demonstrate to the world that UK society is committed to equality.

Disabled people play a fundamental part in every aspect of the Games, from planning to construction and staging, as volunteers and as world class athletes. The Games’ legacy offers an opportunity to make a lasting difference for over 10 million disabled people in the UK as well to the disabled people visiting in 2012.

About the 2012 legacy

The Office for Disability Issues (ODI) has worked with a range of organisations, including:

the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)
Games sponsors
Games organisers
the Greater London Authority.

Together, these organisations have agreed a narrative outlining the opportunities available to disabled people under the legacy priorities. The priorities were chosen by disabled people. They fall under three themes:

to transform the perception of disabled people in society, particularly their economic contribution to society
to support opportunities for disabled people to participate in sport and physical activity
to promote greater participation in the community through the Games.

ODI and DCMS have published a report that sets out how government will deliver those objectives.

Resources

London 2012: a legacy for disabled people (PDF, 39 pages, 1.7 MB)
London 2012: a legacy for disabled people (Easy Read) (PDF, 50 pages, 5.7 MB)

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Beyond the Office for Disability Issues

London 2012 at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport website

Page last reviewed: 15 April 2011