SPORT

The One Movement festivals are part of the larger In the Parks programme which is funded by the National Lottery through the Olympic Lottery Distributor. In the Parks was set up with the aim of bringing Olympic style sports festivals to local people and parks around the main Olympic Park, to engage and enthuse young people and their families in sports taster sessions. The programme also aims to enhance community sporting provision in the Host boroughs by providing a capacity building package of support which offers the participating sports clubs access to a business mentor and a series of free business skills workshops.

The project is being delivered over two years with three festivals delivered in 2011 and five planned for 2012 with a target of 2,000 attendees at each event. The events will take place across five of the Olympic Host boroughs; Greenwich, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest. A legacy of long term sports engagement will be encouraged with a particular focus on the seven sports identified by the five host boroughs, as these will feed into long term usage of the Olympic and Paralympic venues (basketball, athletics, tennis, hockey, aquatics, cycling and football).

For further information please visit www.intheparks.org.uk or contact Bisi Alao on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

SKILLS

Rep London is a three year employability and volunteering programme which will leave a legacy of young people who will thrive in education and employment through the development of key skills, raised aspirations and the acquisition of community/business skills. The programme works with schools across five of the host boroughs and provides a unique package of private sector, public sector and creative modules.

The young people taking part in Rep London are being prepared to be London Ambassadors during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. ELBA is working in partnership with the Mayor’s scheme to ensure 200 young people who are on the Rep London programme will be London Ambassadors on the only 'pod' that will be solely manned by young people.

The Rep London programme and Pod are funded by the National Lottery through the Olympic Lottery Distributor.

For more information please visit www.replondon.org.uk or contact Erica Chamberlain: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

CULTURE

ELBA's culture programme runs across several projects to illuminate the best that the East End has to offer; develop young, emerging artists and to promote inward investment and tourism. The creative sector is a major employer and economic generator for London, with a turnover of over £18bn and east London is the creative incubator and engine which allows London to hold the crown as a global creative leader. The East End's creative industries are ingenuous, trend-setting and defines the zeitgeist - the work we do through this programme will leave a lasting legacy having a tangible an impact across the region.

These projects include CREATE London – a large-scale, multi-art form festival that showcases the best that the creative industries working across the Host Boroughs has to offer, London Legacy 2020 Photography Project – giving local young people the chance to celebrate and document their neighbourhood and East London Buzzstops – a free iPhone and Blackberry App that allows visitors to explore the hidden gems, scattered across the Host Boroughs, so that visitors can support the local economy now and up during the Games.

For more information please email Hazel Durrant: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it