SELECT COMMITTEE on OLYMPIC and PARALYMPIC LEGACY Oral and Written Evidence
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SELECT COMMITTEE ON OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC LEGACY Oral and written evidence Contents Active in Time Ltd—Written evidence ................................................................................................. 3 Association for Physical Education (afPE)—Written evidence ......................................................... 8 Big Lottery Fund—Written evidence .................................................................................................. 16 BioRegional—Written evidence ........................................................................................................... 21 Boff, Andrew—Written evidence ........................................................................................................ 24 Boggis, Emma—Written evidence ........................................................................................................ 35 British Gliding Association (BGA)—Written evidence ................................................................... 49 British Standards Institution (BSI)—Written evidence .................................................................... 51 British Swimming and the Amateur Swimming Association—Written evidence ...................... 55 British Paralympic Association (BPA)—Written evidence ............................................................. 64 Community Safety Social Inclusion Scrutiny Commission—Written evidence ......................... 70 Dorset County Council—Written evidence ..................................................................................... 72 English Federation of Disability Sport—Written evidence ............................................................. 79 English Handball Association—Written evidence ............................................................................ 86 Essex County Council—Written evidence ........................................................................................ 88 Field Studies Council—Written evidence .......................................................................................... 93 Football Association—Written evidence ........................................................................................... 96 Hackney Council—Written evidence ............................................................................................... 103 Harrison-Croft, Bryony —Written evidence .................................................................................. 107 HM Government and London—Written evidence ........................................................................ 110 iCITY—Written evidence .................................................................................................................... 150 International Inspiration—Written evidence ................................................................................... 156 The Lawn Tennis Association and the Tennis Foundation—Written evidence ...................... 162 The Lawn Tennis Association and the Tennis Foundation—Supplementary written evidence .................................................................................................................................................................... 168 Lee Valley Regional Park Authority—Written evidence ............................................................... 170 Lend Lease—Written evidence .......................................................................................................... 183 Level Playing Field —Written evidence ............................................................................................ 185 London Assembly Labour Group—Written evidence .................................................................. 191 London Borough of Newham—Written evidence ......................................................................... 197 London Chamber of Commerce and Industry—Written evidence ........................................... 210 London First—Written evidence ....................................................................................................... 215 Contents London Funders Olympics and Paralympics Group—Written evidence .................................. 222 London Policy Unit of the Federation of Small Businesses—Written evidence ...................... 226 London Sustainable Development Commission—Written evidence ......................................... 230 Metropolitan Police—Written evidence .......................................................................................... 232 New College Leicester—Written evidence .................................................................................... 234 Nike, Inc.—Written evidence ............................................................................................................. 248 PLASA—Written evidence .................................................................................................................. 256 Raco, Professor Mike—Written evidence ....................................................................................... 260 Royal College of Physicians—Written evidence ............................................................................. 266 Royal Yachting Association (RYA)—Written evidence ................................................................ 267 Sport England—Written evidence ..................................................................................................... 271 Sport Music for Peace—Written evidence ...................................................................................... 277 Sport and Recreation Alliance—Written evidence ........................................................................ 283 STEPS—Written evidence ................................................................................................................... 288 Stonewall—Written evidence ............................................................................................................. 297 StreetGames—Written evidence ....................................................................................................... 298 Stubbs, David—Written evidence ...................................................................................................... 306 Sumray, Richard—Written evidence ................................................................................................. 310 Sustainable Events Ltd and Positive Impact—Written evidence ................................................. 315 UK Sport—Written evidence ............................................................................................................. 322 United Nations Association Westminster Branch—Written evidence .................................... 328 University of East London—Written evidence ............................................................................... 333 VisitBritian—Written evidence ........................................................................................................... 343 Waltham Forest Council—Written evidence ................................................................................. 357 Waltham Forest Council—Supplementary written evidence ...................................................... 364 Westfield Stratford City—Written evidence .................................................................................. 367 Weymouth and Portland Host Boroughs—Written evidence .................................................... 369 Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy—Written evidence ................................. 375 Whizz-Kidz—Written evidence ......................................................................................................... 382 Women’s Sport and Fitness Foundation—Written evidence ...................................................... 388 Youth Charter—Written evidence ................................................................................................... 392 Youth Sport Trust —Written evidence ........................................................................................... 425 2 of 433 Active in Time Ltd—Written evidence Active in Time Ltd—Written evidence 1. Introduction Speedo and Active in Time (AiT) welcome this opportunity to address the Committee about the Olympic legacy. In particular we want to tell the committee about the importance of technology in helping to increase and sustain sports participation and how British IT entrepreneurs, in partnership with expert data managers and a British global sport brand can work together to deliver economic growth by using the momentum created by the Olympics. 2. Speedo Speedo is the world’s leading swimwear brand and since its inception in 1928, Speedo has consistently supported swimming from grass-roots through to elite level. Based and owned in the UK, Speedo now distributes its products to over 177 countries worldwide. Speedo has an unrivalled heritage in pioneering every major swimwear innovation within the sport and first made history in the 1920s with the Speedo Racerback; the world’s first non- wool suit. Since then, Speedo has continually introduced new swimwear design and technologies including the introduction of nylon, nylon elastane and Endurance (chlorine resistant) swimwear. In 2012 Speedo unveiled another world first with the Fastskin Racing System - a cap, goggle and suit designed to work together as one. Through its global research and development team, Aqualab, based in Nottingham, UK, Speedo has been at the forefront of researching