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Impact Report 2020 2020 IMPACT REPORT 1 Impact Report 2020 CONTENTS 03 Vision, Mission and Purpose, Beliefs 04 Andy Dalby-Welsh, Chief Executive 04 Mark Campbell, Chair 05 Jannine Bardouille, Nike London 05 Mike Diaper, Sport England 06 What We Do 07 Our Alumni 08 Sports We Deliver 09 Burk Gravis, CEO, Haringey Sports Development 12 Oscar’s Story 14 Sport Is A Right For All: Disability 15 Sport Is A Right For All: Ethnicity 17 Sport Is A Right For All: Gender 21 Sport Is A Right For All: Socio-Economic Background 23 Virtual Games 25 What London Youth Games Means To Young Londoners 27 Jo Valks, Borough Team Organiser, Ealing 29 Social Integration 30 Peter Fortune, Deputy Leader, Bromley Council 31 Volunteers 34 Our Future Impact 35 Thank you 36 How To Support The Games 2 Impact Report 2020 We believe London is the most exciting, diverse, and vibrant city VISION in the world. It deserves a sporting landscape that reflects this which is why our vision is to… Create the world’s largest & most inclusive city-focused youth games that are: Accessible to all Multi-sport Reaching all of London MISSION We aim to use the power of competitive sport to create life-changing opportunities for young Londoners, engaging all 33 borough communities AND with inclusive participation at all levels and for all abilities PURPOSE BELIEFS At the London Youth Games we believe: Sport is a right for all Sport is a key driver of social integration Sport improves physical and mental wellbeing 3 Impact Report 2020 ANDY DALBY‑WELSH MARK CAMPBELL CHIEF EXECUTIVE CHAIR Sport is a right for all. London Youth Games does, every year, It has been a monumental time for impacts on the physical and mental in every borough, for young people London Youth Games in the last two wellbeing of our young people. This is a belief that sits at the from a broad range of backgrounds. years. We are thrilled to team up with core of our work at London Youth Being involved in sport in early Nike as our headline sponsor. Their Games. Through this report we look There is plenty to be proud of. We years brings benefits deep into support and expertise in engaging at how we have performed against have achieved so much and yet adulthood. The physical benefits young people with sport and physical this core belief. London is one of we know we can do much more are well documented, so too are activity is second to none. the most diverse, exciting cities in and want to keep improving. the character building and socially the world and we strive to reflect Behind the scenes we have also made connecting benefits assisting our The Black Lives Matter movement and that in all our events and represent significant progress with the diversity of young people’s mental wellbeing. the Covid-19 pandemic have revealed all that is best about London. our board, welcoming new councillors, that inequality is still too prominent in We see this in what we do. For over and of course, we have welcomed Sport has played a life-changing role the lives of too many young Londoners. 40 years the London Youth Games Andy Dalby-Welsh as our new CEO. for me. Being registered blind, playing We will work harder and smarter has made a huge positive imprint on cricket helped me develop friendships to ensure all London Youth Games He and the team responded brilliantly to the lives of the hundreds of thousands and build resilience. It has been environments are accessible to all the challenge of the pandemic by creating of Londoners who have taken part in critical to my personal development and we have a diversity of people that the highly successful Virtual Games the Games. Our celebrated alumni are and what I have achieved in life. truly represent our amazing city. which attracted over 42,000 entries and testament to this. But just as important will become a core offering in the future. are the impactful stories of many other I know there are many other people Sport is a right for all. And the participants and volunteers benefitting who are disabled, from different London Youth Games should be It has been a time of change. But there from London Youth Games every year. ethnic backgrounds, religions, a right for all young Londoners. is still the rising tide of inactivity and economic situations and/or genders declining mental health among young With our borough partners, Sport for whom sport has also played a people as ongoing challenges to be met. England and Nike, the London Youth life-changing role. That’s what the One of our core beliefs is ‘Sport improves Games will innovate to widen our physical and mental wellbeing’. We reach to become a foundation stone know what a powerful antidote sport in the lives of all young Londoners. can be. Through this report we look at how the London Youth Games positively 4 Impact Report 2020 JANNINE BARDOUILLE MIKE DIAPER SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF IMPACT, NIKE LONDON CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND TACKLING INACTIVITY, Sport has the power to unite the world. Games, including Mo Farah, Dina SPORT ENGLAND Asher-Smith and Raheem Sterling. At Nike, this is core to our purpose. LYG unites all athletes, whether We celebrate diversity and strive to they are seeking fun, competition, The right for all young people to have This report sets out the outstanding create equal playing fields for all. or to be connected to others. equal chance to live an active life and work undertaken so far by the London is one of the most diverse gain the benefits sport and physical London Youth Games, and its cities in the world, and together Together with London Youth activity give them, is at the very heart partners, to help ensure that with our community partners, we Games, local councils, grassroot of the work we do at Sport England. everyone can be physically active can make sport more accessible and national organisations, we regardless of age, ethnicity, gender, This has been a difficult year for and approachable for everyone. have the ability to create real, socio-economic background or families up and down the country and sustainable change and remove disabilities. We need to carry on, The London Youth Games draws existing inequalities have widened. barriers to sport for all athletes*. combine effort and truly tackle the participants from all 33 boroughs Children and young people’s activity inequalities young people face. and across 31 sports. Regardless (*If you have a body, you levels have been disproportionately of background or ability, everyone are an athlete) affected. This all means that the Sport England looks forward competes on the same field of play. London Youth Games has never to continuing our partnership Many of our own top Nike Athletes been so important to the lives and with the London Youth Games got their start at the London Youth opportunities of young people across and working together to ensure all 33 boroughs of Greater London. that young Londoners have a positive and fun experience of sport and physical activity. 5 Impact Report 2020 Today the London Youth Games hosts Every year, the annual highlight LONDON YOUTH GAMES competitions across an incredible 31 is finals weekend, traditionally WHAT WE DO sports for disabled and non-disabled hosted at Crystal Palace on the young people with over 100,000 first weekend in July attracting annual participants and, every thousands of competitors and London borough being represented. supporters from all 33 boroughs for a truly Olympic experience. The London Youth Games is one It has an enviable list of competitors, of the capital’s sporting treasures, including Olympic and Paralympic But the London Youth Games inspiring young Londoners to legends Mo Farah, Bradley Wiggins is more than one weekend. It is fulfill their potential through and David Weir as well as Premier a nine-month season of events sport for more than 40 years. League stars Raheem Sterling and that acts as a catalyst of activity, track superstar Dina Asher-Smith. delivering life-changing experiences Since its launch to celebrate the and bringing communities Since 2010, the London Youth Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977, together across London. the London Youth Games has Games has expanded its offering provided opportunities for over from the Open Borough Games With ongoing challenges of Covid-19, 1.5 million young Londoners from to also delivering London’s the issues highlighted by the every London borough annually. School Games programme. Black Lives Matter movement, rising inactivity and obesity levels Then in 2020 with the Covid-19 Every year, tens of thousands of and declining mental health pandemic causing a lockdown, young Londoners take part in the among young people, the role LYG created the innovative Virtual London Youth Games journey, of the London Youth Games has Games for the first-time, meeting the attending training sessions never been more important. and trials all vying to represent moment with a purely digital model their borough and striving to win which attracted over 42,000 entries. We enable young Londoners to a medal at one of the world’s find happier and healthier paths biggest annual youth sports events. and nurture social cohesion. We have an incredible history, and with our partners the opportunity of an even more exciting future. 6 Impact Report 2020 ALEX SCOTT OUR ALUMNI DINA ASHER‑SMITH DAVID WEIR SASHA AND KADEEN CORBIN MO FARAH JADON SANCHO BRADLEY WIGGINS KYE RAHEEM STERLING WHYTE 7 Impact Report 2020 SPORTS WE DELIVER Swimming Cricket Aquathon Netball Gymnastics Tri-golf The London Youth Games hosts more activities than the Commonwealth Games, the Paralympic Games or the Winter Olympics.