London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
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Announced in Singapore on 6 July 2005, London will be host to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. We strongly support the aim to ensure the 2012 Olympics act as a beacon for London's growth and renewal. The Games will be the catalyst for a huge growth in participation in sport and physical activity, for improved facilities, expanded employment and business opportunities and will leave a lasting legacy for London. Ensuring the opportunities offered by the Olympics benefit London's deprived and excluded communities will be one of our major challenges.
North London is ideally placed to contribute to, as well as benefit from, the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The North London sub-region, comprising the boroughs of Barnet, Enfield, Haringey and Waltham Forest, is the sub-region closest to the Olympic site. Waltham Forest is also one of the five Olympic Boroughs and has played a key role in helping secure the Games for London.
Through its location as a gateway to London, its mainly high quality environment, plus the high skill levels of the general population North London has a lot to offer in support of the Games. However, the sub-region also has much to gain from its legacy, containing as it does some of the most deprived areas in the UK. Haringey is in the top 10% most deprived local authorities nationally and the other boroughs all contain neighbourhood renewal areas.
The largest concentration of deprivation lies just north of the Olympic site in the Upper Lee Valley comprising, the south of Waltham Forest and eastern wards of Haringey and Enfield. The Olympics’ legacy can provide further support for the renewal of these areas in terms of access to jobs and business opportunities, improving the health and well-being, and raising the hopes and aspirations of young people throughout the area.
For more information on how the Olympics will affect North London please follow the links below:
Business
Relocations
Transport
Culture
Sports Facilities
