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Cash boost for London's grassroots sports
London mayor Boris Johnson has pledged to invest £15.5m in grassroots sports as part of a bid to improve health and well-being in the capital.
The funding is being provided by the London Development Agency (LDA), with the mayor exercising his statutory power for the first time to direct the cash from its budget over the next three years. It is part of the Johnson's commitment, made at the Beijing Olympics last summer, to increase participation in sport and to end health inequalities, as well as attempting to tackle growing levels of obesity and help to motivate Londoners to stay healthy.
The investment is also designed to underpin the delivery of the mayor's Olympics Sports Legacy Plan in partnership with Sport England and sports governing bodies. Johnson said: "The success of the 2012 Games must not just be judged on the regeneration benefits of the new homes, jobs and skills that will be delivered. In years to come we must be able to look back and see how we used this once in a lifetime opportunity to massively increase sporting participation and activity in the capital.
"My commitment to increase sports participation and the health and the well being of Londoners necessitates this exceptional circumstance in directing LDA funds which I am confident will be matched by our partners helping to develop my Sports Legacy Plan."
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