As the Official Banking and Insurance Partner of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, we are bringing the London 2012 Games closer to young people, customers and communities across the UK.
We are encouraging more young people to take part in more sport through Lloyds TSB National School Sport Week (England and Wales) and Bank of Scotland National School Sport Week (Scotland). Delivered in partnership with the Youth Sport Trust and sportscotland, National School Sport Week is the UK’s biggest school sport programme. In 2011 more than 13,000 schools and millions of young people across the UK took part.
We also support the future stars of Team GB and ParalympicsGB through Lloyds TSB Local Heroes (England and Wales) and Bank of Scotland Local Heroes (Scotland), in partnership with the charity SportsAid. The Local Heroes programme provides essential funding to emerging athletes across Britain at a time when they need it most. Already, 29 Local Heroes have competed for Great Britain across 19 Olympic and Paralympic sports. Two won Gold Medals at the 2012 Youth Olympic Games and two won Bronze at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. By 2012 we will have supported more than 1,000 Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls on their sporting journey.
Lloyds TSB, is proud to be the only National Presenting Partner of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay. Bank of Scotland is the Presenting Partner for Scotland. Our ambition is to deliver the inspiration of the Games to communities and customers across the UK – on people’s doorsteps, to their high streets, in our branches, and in local schools.
In February 2010 Lloyds Banking Group pledged at least £1 billion of loans to support our business customers in the run up to London 2012. The lending will help firms fund existing London 2012 projects, as well as the many smaller contracts still to be awarded.
Scottish Widows, Official Pensions and Investment Provider of the London 2012 Games, runs the Golden Hopefuls Programme to help four of Britain's world class sporting hopefuls who share the same goal of competing at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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