500th Inspire mark awarded as millions across the UK inspired by London 2012
16 Jun 2010
Seb Coe, Chair of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), and Hugh Robertson, Minister for Sport and Olympics, have visited Yorkshire to award the London 2012 Inspire mark to ‘Steps to Inclusion’. ‘Steps to Inclusion’ is an innovative coach education programme that aims to increase opportunities for people with disabilities across south Yorkshire to participate in sport. This was the 500th Inspire mark to be awarded to a project or event inspired by the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
The Inspire programme is an opportunity for everyone to be part of the London 2012 Games, a broad participation programme spanning sport participation, education, sustainability, volunteering and business opportunities & skills. By using the power of the Games to inspire change, the programme encourages non-commercial organisations to create new opportunities to inspire young people and encourage the whole of the UK to join in.
Sebastian Coe, LOCOG Chair, said: 'Part of our vision in hosting the London 2012 Paralympic Games is to showcase the Games as a sporting competition for elite athletes, so I’m delighted to be awarding the 500th Inspire Mark to ‘Steps to Inclusion’, a project that is helping fulfil our ambition by using an innovative coach education programme to enhance the number of high quality participation opportunities available to people with disabilities.
'London 2012 will have literally inspired change and personal bests in millions of people across the UK through the Inspire programme and it was fantastic to make this presentation at the incredibly successful Inspire Network event in Yorkshire, where many organisations were attending to find out more about how they can benefit from becoming part of the London 2012 Inspire programme.’
