Over 2,700 exceptional projects have been inspired by the Games to do something special in their local communities. They have been awarded the Inspire mark and are part of the London 2012 Inspire programme’s exceptional family of projects. They are all united in their ambition to use the Games as the inspiration to make real and lasting change.
Watch our new film about the Inspire programme and find out what the projects have achieved over the past four years.
Be inspired this summer
This summer many of the Inspire projects will be holding events and celebrations at Live Sites, the Olympic Torch Relay and Flame Festivals. Search for your nearest Inspire celebration and feel the inspiration for yourself. Be inspired. Be part of it.
Street Games Legacy Leaders, an inspire project that provides doorstep sport in disadvantaged communities, has generated over 1,000,000 attendances at over 60,000 sport sessions across the UK.
London Zoo has installed a new Inspire mark diving board for their penguins as part of their Animal Athletes project.
Tessa Sanderson, Sol Campbell and Tony Blair are just a few of the thousands of people to receive the Inspire Mark.
Newly-qualified Parkour coaches in the Jump London Inspire project are now teaching young people the sporton the UK's first purpose-built outdoor managed parkour facilityin Westminster, London.
The Parasport Inspire project helps over 30,000 disabled people every month to find a sporting opportunity that works for them.
1,900 children, school staff and councillors and Team GB athletes set a world record for the largest number of people to form Olympic rings as part of theSurrey School GamesInspire project.
The Tate Movie Inspire project engaged children all over the country in creating the film “Itch of the Golden Nit” - and went on to win a BAFTA award.
Nearly 2 million young people have been drawn into the excitement of sport through the Places People Play Inspire project.
