CYP LEGACY FOR LEICESTER AND LEICESTERSHIRE - Inspire ...

The Coordinator has linked with numerous CulturalOlympiad events including the Torch Relay in city andcounty, the Torch evening celebration in Leicester,The Lancaster School’s ‘Plan Your 2012’ evening,Inspire LeicesterShire’s Patchwork Pledge activity,Games Time in Loughborough, the BandstandMarathon. Certain schools have shown particularinterest in cultural activity, notably Kingsway andWelland Park for the Patchwork Pledge, RusheyMead for their ‘Art of Sport’ project and HastingsHigh School which really embraced the artisticpossibilities of London 2012 (see right).One school which took the cultural possibilities verymuch to heart was Barwell Junior School whichcreated a statue called Spirit, inspired by London2012. The Coordinator was invited along to itsunveiling and blessing by the local Archdeacon (seebelow).De Lisle Catholic Secondary School andWoodbrook Vale took a great interest in thejournalistic opportunities afforded by London2012 and both set up their own TV stations.The Coordinator provided both schools withinterview opportunities and exposure for theiryoung journalists.Rawlins College, Wreake Valley Collegeand Long Field High School were amongstthe schools that entered languagechallenges supported by the Coordinator. Inthese pupils had to plan a Pre GamesTraining Camp for a non-English speakingcountry.This last opportunity also touched upon the area of international understanding andseveral other county and city schools looked at this with enthusiasm. Sacred HeartCatholic Primary was the only local school to forge a link with a school through theBBC World Olympic Dreams programme, the school of a Chinese diving star. BrookvaleHigh School in the county and Judgemeadow School in the city took part in theCoordinator’s Inspire Mark project Musubi which won a silver medal at the PodiumAwards. King Richard III Infants held a six week celebration focused on the last sixOlympic host venues.One of the city and county’s strongest suits around London 2012 has been thedevelopment of some tremendous young leaders and volunteers, several of whom likeSophie Bingham of Robert Smyth Academy and Taj Sahota of LoughboroughCollege were rewarded by being chosen as Torch Bearers. Youth Council members PhilFuller and Anick Soni were also honoured with Phil lighting the cauldron at Abbey Park.The Coordinator has supported programmes like Step into Sport, Young Ambassadors,Sport Makers and the Inspire to Lead project for young disabled leaders. She hasprovided keynote addresses and run Q and A sessions at numerous events as well asbeing a leading light in the LRS Go Gold ambassador programme.