Legacy Trust UK was a charitable trust in the

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, established in 2007 to support a range of cultural and sporting activities in connection with the 2012 Summer Olympics and

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in London, with the aim of creating a lasting cultural and sporting legacy from the Games in communities across the UK. It is registered as a charity in England & Wales, and its objects were "to make awards of money to individuals or organisations for charitable purposes including, without limitation, cultural, educational, healthy sporting and other charitable activities for the benefit of the community in any approved territory." The Trust was a principal funder of the

London 2012 Cultural Olympiad The 2012 Cultural Olympiad was a programme of cultural events across the United Kingdom that accompanied the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics. The Olympic Charter, the set of rules and guidelines for the organization of the Olympi ...

and the

London 2012 Festival The 2012 Cultural Olympiad was a programme of cultural events across the United Kingdom that accompanied the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics. The Olympic Charter, the set of rules and guidelines for the organization of the Olym ...

. It was funding over 100 projects which were part of the Cultural Olympiad, the official cultural celebrations of London 2012, and some of its projects had also been selected to form part of the London 2012 Festival. Legacy Trust UK had 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 *

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, an annual sporting event for talented school-aged athletes * Community Celebrations], four outdoor events in Northern Ireland, Scotland, the East Midlands and South East England The charity was funded by a one-off endowment of £40 million from the

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, Arts Council England and the

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, and secured additional funding of more than £40m to fund its programmes.

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London 2012 Cultural Olympiad

London 2012 Festival
2012 Summer Olympics 2012 Summer Paralympics Youth charities based in the United Kingdom 2007 establishments in the United Kingdom 2012 Cultural Olympiad Charitable trusts

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