Lesley Mountford, Joint Director of Public Health, NHS North East London and the City/London Borough of Hackney Andre Pinto Regeneration Manager, Public Health Directorate, Newham London 2012 Olympic Legacy

1. Lesley Mountford - Director of Public Health
Hackney and the City of London
André Pinto - Regeneration Manager, Newham

2. The UK bid for the right to
host the 2012 games, already
included the issue of Legacy:
“The most enduring legacy of the Olympics
will be the regeneration of an entire
community for the direct benefit of
everyone who lives there”

3. The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in
2030 – Facts & Figures
• Largest new park since Victorian
times;
• Covers an area of 64.48 hectares in
east London;
• 35 km of pathways & cycle paths;
• 20 sports & activities;
• 65km of waterways;
• 357 football pitches of landscaped
open space;
• 8,000 new homes;
• Potential for 100,000 new jobs.

4. The Boroughs in the context of London
• High levels of deprivation
• High proportion of overcrowding
• High unemployment
• High rates of childhood obesity – diabetes risk
• Higher death rates, cancer and cardiovascular
disease

5. The Boroughs in the context of London
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2010, London
Source: English Indices of
Deprivation 2010 – A London
Perspective, GLA

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7. The scale of the challenge
Local Authorities
in London
compared to the
Strategic Health
Authority
average
Source: Health Profiles
2011, Public Health
Observatories

8. Success stories - people

9. Success stories - places

10. An opportunity for Public Health
“Within 20 years the communities who host the 2012 Games will have the same
social and economic chances as their neighbours across London”
Host Boroughs Strategic Regeneration Framework, 2009
Endorsed by Mayor of London… and embedded into regional and local plans and
strategies and it is also the main driver of the SRF.

11. Integration of health into urban planning
and design (practice)
Hot Food Takeaway Active travel
Control

12. Integration of health into urban planning
and design (practice)
New Age Games
Personal Best
Estate to Plate

13. Integration of health into urban planning
and design (policies)

14. Any questions?