Legacy Trust UK is a charitable trust in the United Kingdom, established in 2007 to support a range of cultural and sporting activities in connection with the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics to be held in London, with the aim of providing a lasting legacy from the Games.
It is registered as a charity in England & Wales, and its objects are "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."[1]
The charity has been funded by a one-off endowment of £40 million from the Big Lottery Fund, Arts Council England and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Of that, £6 million is earmarked for the UK School Games organised by the Youth Sport Trust.[2]
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