Lessons of London 2012 And a tribute to my old muckers at Sport England

1. The Lottery Sports Fund
and London 2012
People, Strategy, Success
James Bunt
Managing Direct

2. At Sport England I learnt…
There are 3 strands to success
Vision People
Strategy

3. This is case study, and a tribute…..
To my colleagues in Sport England from 96 to 2003
At the Atlanta Team GB
Olympics in 15 Medals
1996 1 Gold

4. Then came the vision…..
Lottery Money
for Sport
And the Lottery Sports Fund was
born

5. (And who can forget…..)
Council Pavilions
Bowls
Clubs
Swimming
Pools Resurfacing
Athletics
Tracks

6. Then came the strategy…..
Facilities Elite Coaches Athletes

7. We didn’t always get on…..

8. We didn’t always get it right…

9. But something began to happen…..
Olympic Medals Rugby World Cup
28
15
1996 2000 2003

10. And keep happening…
Team GB
Olympic Medals
47
30 And the London
Olympics!
2004 2008

11. So now ask yourself…
Did I…. Fund the
facility they
Support the trained in?
Assess the
athlete? performance
plan?
Support their
club?

12. Because wherever you worked…
Green Team
Orange
GMS Team
Team Purple
Team
Support World Class
Blue Team
Team
Awards for
All
Red Team Monitoring
Regions

13. We were one of the 3 Strands
Vision People
Strategy

14. That turned a vision to success
Derek Casey; David Carpenter; Bob Knowles; Gill
Pennock; Jonathan Bullen; Richard Gordon; Roy
Headey; Steve Joel; Richard Morley; Peter Grant; “Scary”
Mary; Mary Given; Andy Wong; Alex Newton; Ali Rowe;
Marisa Miles; Claire Hammond; Jim Briden; Toby Perrin;
Dawn Airton; Juanita Spooner; Anita Berry; Karen
Watson-Wood; Fred Miller; Roland Howard; Jonathan
Branson; Joe Waterton; Tamar Collis; Grace Clancey;
Andy Couves; Jeanette Alfano; Tony Atherton; Mandy
Ayres; Simon Badman; Sallie Barker; Paul Brivio; Phil
Houghton; Stuart Lamb; Alisdair Brown; Simon Molden;
Mark Ormerod; Melissa Philips; Ben Print; Paul
Richardson; Orville Gardener; Alison; Kimberly in Purple
Team, Roger and Deb in Blue; Neil Donkin; Liz Behnke;
Sjoberg; Kath Wells….and many more

15. And it really was fun…..
Enjoy the rest of
the games