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The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games: Key international messages
-Very exciting time for the UK, and a real opportunity for Britain to step into the world spotlight
-In terms of the Games themselves, we're very proud of the story we have to tell about the preparations
• Construction is on time and on budget, with all the major venues either on or ahead of schedule
• Following a very ambitious green agenda, with energy efficiency built in and the Park destined to be a blueprint for sustainable living
• The largest regeneration project in Europe happening in East London, with the biggest urban park in Europe for 100 years part of the legacy
But London 2012 has always been about more than just the Games. We won the bid with a promise to make it:
-More than just sport It will have an impact on every part of our lives, horn culture to health, from education to the environment, from the economy to our local community;
-More than just six weeks It is a four year festival of national pride and culture that will last have impacts far beyond the Games;
-More than just London The excite-
ment and benefits will be felt right across the UK, and around the world;
-More than just a great spectacle It will be accessible to everyone, and the whole country will have a chance to take part in activities, from Open Weekends to cultural events, from the nationwide Torch Relay to local volunteering, horn educational projects to community sport. And across the world, the International Inspiration programme aims to 'reach young people all around the world and connect them to the inspirational power of the Games so they are inspired to choose sport.' The aspiration is to reach 12 million children in 20 countries by the London 2012 Games.
-And of course as Olympic hosts, we have an incredible opportunity to showcase modern Britain as one of the world’s best places to live, work, visit and do business a country that is:
• Welcoming- Open to the rest of the world, outward-looking, and generous spirited;
• Tolerant- Fair, open-minded, courteous and respectful to all;
• Diverse- More than 50 nations competing in 2012 will be cheered on by a local community of more than 10,000 of their fellow country men and women.
• Dynamic- Passionate, exuberant and energetic with a great sense of humour;
London 2012 Facts and Figures
• London 2012 the equivalent of staging world championships in 26 Olympic and 20 Paralympic disciplines back to back.
• Around 14,700 participants
• 120 Heads of State
• 22,000 journalists • Estimated 320,000 extra foreign visitors to the UK.
• Potential TV audience of 4 billion people
• London 2012 opening ceremony to be directed by Danny Boyle & Stephen Daldry
• 200kms of electrical cables installed in 6km tunnels dug under the park
• Over 50% of materials delivered and waste removed by the ODA is being transferred by trains and barges, severely reducing the carbon emissions associated with delivering by road.
• 75,000 people have already visited the Olympic Park
• 300,000 plants are being planted in the Olympic Parks wetlands areas.
• During demolition, 97 per cent of the material was reclaimed to be reused in the creation of the Olympic Park. In one
of the biggest clean-up operations of its kind, the ODA is cleaning and reusing hundreds of thousands of tonnes of soil which would otherwise have to be transported off site.
• The Olympic Park sports venues will use at least 40 per cent less water than equivalent buildings through initiatives such as collecting rain water on roofs to flush the toilets.
• 232 tonnes of potatoes and 330 tonnes of fruit and veg will be consumed during game time
• London 2012 is helping transform one of the most deprived parts of Europe with 75p in every £1 spent on the devel-
opment of the Olympic Park going towards the regeneration of East London.
• 2818 new homes being built in the Olympic Village
• Stoke Mandeville is the birthplace of the modern Paralympic movement -'Mandeville' being the name of the London 2012 Paralympic mascot. The Olympic mascot is called 'Wenlock' after the village called 'Much Wenlock' in Shropshire, where Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the father of the modern Olympic Games, got inspiration from the multi-sport Games the village held.