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Olympic Lottery Distributor: Grant to the London Organising Committee for the 2012...

Catalogue reference: OLD 6

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The records in this series concern the provision of UK National Lottery grant funds by the Olympic Lottery Distributor to the London Organising Committee for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG). LOCOG was responsible for staging a...

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OLD 6

Title
Olympic Lottery Distributor: Grant to the London Organising Committee for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG): Records
Date

2008-2012

Description

The records in this series concern the provision of UK National Lottery grant funds by the Olympic Lottery Distributor to the London Organising Committee for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG).

LOCOG was responsible for staging a memorable London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Olympic Lottery Distributor made three separate grants to LOCOG for the following activities: the staging of the London 2012 Paralympic Games; the Cultural Olympiad and Festival 2012 and the network of Live Sites Screens.

Arrangement

Records are arranged chronologically within each set of grant papers.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Olympic Lottery Distributor, 2004-2004
Physical description

13 file(s)

Access conditions

Open

Immediate source of acquisition

in 2013 Olympic Lottery Distributor

Subjects
Topics
Art, architecture and design
Government finances
Events and exhibitions
Sports
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Administrative / biographical background

Aligned to its role to provide financial support using UK National Lottery funds for the planning and implementation of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the Olympic Lottery Distributor (OLD) Board approved support to LOCOG as follows: A grant of £66 million was approved by the OLD Board in June 2011 to help fund delivery of the London 2012 Paralympic Games;A total grant of £16.5 million were approved by the OLD Board to fund projects which were part of the Cultural Olympiad and Festival 2012;Total grants of £3.4 million for a network of ten Live Sites Screens situated throughout the UK.

The OLD grants were subject to a number of conditions, the purpose of which was to provide the basis for effective monitoring of the use of National Lottery funds and to secure value for money.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13334695/

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