Legacy Trust UK
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Legacy Trust UK is a charitable trust in the United Kingdom
, established in 2007 to support a range of cultural and sporting activities in connection with the 2012 Summer Olympics
and 2012 Summer Paralympics
in London, with the aim of creating a lasting cultural and sporting legacy from the Games in communities across the UK.
The Trust is a Principal Funder of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad and the London 2012 Festival. It is funding over 100 projects which are part of the Cultural Olympiad, the official cultural celebrations of London 2012, and some of its projects have also been selected to form part of the London 2012 Festival, the finale to the four-year cultural celebrations.
Legacy Trust UK has 12 umbrella programmes across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales as well as four national programmes.
The national programmes are:
The charity has been funded by a one-off endowment of £40 million from the Big Lottery Fund
, Arts Council England
and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, established in 2007 to support a range of cultural and sporting activities in connection with the 2012 Summer Olympics
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the "London 2012 Olympic Games", are scheduled to take place in London, England, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012...
and 2012 Summer Paralympics
2012 Summer Paralympics
The 2012 Summer Paralympic Games will be the fourteenth Paralympics and will take place between 29 August and 9 September 2012. The Games will be held in London, United Kingdom after the city was successful with its bid for the Paralympics and Summer Olympic Games.Even though 2012 will be London's...
in London, with the aim of creating a lasting cultural and sporting legacy from the Games in communities across the UK.
The Trust is a Principal Funder of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad and the London 2012 Festival. It is funding over 100 projects which are part of the Cultural Olympiad, the official cultural celebrations of London 2012, and some of its projects have also been selected to form part of the London 2012 Festival, the finale to the four-year cultural celebrations.
Legacy Trust UK has 12 umbrella programmes across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales as well as four national programmes.
The national programmes are:
- somewhereto, a major youth project which will help young people to access spaces to do things they love doing;
- Tate Movie, a film animation project for and by children across the UK, led by Tate and Aardman Animations;
- UK School Games, an annual sporting event for talented school-aged athletes, and
- Community Celebrations, four spectacular and innovative outdoor events in Northern Ireland, Scotland, the East Midlands and South East England.
The charity has been funded by a one-off endowment of £40 million from the Big Lottery Fund
Big Lottery Fund
The Big Lottery Fund is a grant-making non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom created by the Government to administer the funding of "good causes" following the creation of the National Lottery. It has an annual expenditure of £630 million...
, Arts Council England
Arts Council England
Arts Council England was formed in 1994 when the Arts Council of Great Britain was divided into three separate bodies for England, Scotland and Wales. It is a non-departmental public body of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport...
and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is a department of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for culture and sport in England, and some aspects of the media throughout the whole UK, such as broadcasting and internet....
.