Royal gift fit for a Prince

He’s only a few hours old, yet he’s the most talked about baby in the world. 

While he’s been showered with gifts from countries all over the world, the new Prince is also being sent an exclusive Royal babygro to celebrate the Olympic legacy that is being celebrated in England this week.

Community Games – a sport and cultural programme inspired by the Olympic and Paralympic Games – is hoping the third in line to the throne will follow in his mummy and daddy’s footsteps and continue to celebrate the legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games for years to come.

While the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been sent reams of gifts for their new-born son, Community Games wanted to present the young Prince with something to remind him of the role Prince William and the Duchess played in helping to bring and celebrate the Olympics in the UK, as well as helping to create a lasting legacy of the Games.

As ambassadors for Team GB during the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Royal couple supported the Games and actively encouraged people all over the country to share their love of sport and celebrate the Games locally.

Through Community Games people all over the country were able to enjoy their own Olympic and Paralympic moment. And for many babies and toddlers alike it was their first experience of people coming together to take part in sport and physical activity in their own community.

It is hoped the Duke and Duchess will take the Royal baby to one of the 1,407 Community Games that are taking place this year.

Steve Nelson, Chairman of Community Games, which is delivered by the County Sports Partnership Network and the YMCA, said:

“We hope the new Prince will one day follow in his parents footsteps and act as an ambassador for sport and cultural.

There has been a lot of speculation about how Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge will raise their son; I believe his upbringing will be one close to their own, and he will be presented with the opportunity to take part in a variety of activities, children his age do.

We would welcome Prince William, the Duchess of Cambridge and the Prince to any one of the 1,500 Community Games events we host in England so that they can enjoy a family day out – in the spirit of the Olympic and Paralympic Games - like one million others do every year.”

Just as the new Prince is a Shining Light in his doting parent’s eyes, Community Games have also awarded him with their unique ‘Shining Light’ status. He will join a group of 70 other ‘Shining Lights’ who have been awarded the special status for the roles they have each played in helping to keep the legacy of the Olympics alive.

These Shining Lights have been taking part in the Community Games Relay – which has been mirroring the steps of the Olympic Torch Relay – and each day have been celebrated for the role they have played in creating an Olympic legacy in their community.

They will receive a special thank you for the roles they have played at the end of the Relay, the one-year anniversary of the Games, by Lord Coe at the Copper Box Arena, at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Mr Nelson added:

“The new Prince is a ‘Shining Light’ of the future and it is hoped he will lead a generation of boys and girls in keeping the spirit of the Games alive for years to come.”

To find out more about the Community Games Relay or to organise a Community Games event to celebrate the arrival of the Royal baby, log on to www.communitygames.org.uk.

Notes to editors

Community Games:

• Community Games provides support to enable local communities to come together. Run by volunteers events can be small neighbourly picnics right through to large scale events in parks.
• The Community Games programme was launched in the West Midlands in 2009 and was originally funded for three years by Legacy Trust UK, an independent charity set up to help build a lasting cultural and sporting legacy from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
• Last year 1,714 Community Games took place involving more than one million participants and 33,500 volunteers.
• Community Games is inspired by the Wenlock Olympian Games founded by Dr William Penny Brookes in 1850 and still held annually in Much Wenlock, Shropshire. The Wenlock Olympian Games were the inspiration behind the modern Olympic and Paralympic Games when Baron Pierre du Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic movement, visited the games in 1890. The Community Games programme pays homage to a community event that inspired a global event, and now uses that global event to inspire a new raft of community events.
• For more information about Community Games log on to www.communitygames.org.uk

The YMCA:

• Founded 168 years ago, the YMCA in England is made up of 121 member YMCAs working to ensure that young people have opportunities to thrive and contribute positively to their communities.
• YMCA operates in over 530 different communities in England impacting upon the lives of over 500,000 people every year.
• Every night YMCAs provide over 9,000 beds for young people. The YMCA is the largest voluntary sector provider of safe, supported accommodation for single men and women aged between 16-30 years old.
• The YMCA enables nearly 24,000 people every year to engage in education, skills and training to enable them to improve their opportunities in the job market.
• The YMCA is the largest voluntary sector provider of health and wellbeing services promoting physical activity.
• For further information please visit http://www.ymca.org.uk

The County Sports Partnership Network (CSPN):

• The County Sports Partnership Network brings together 49 County Sports Partnerships from across England, and is responsible for supporting the delivery of national sports policy at a local level by shaping it to the needs of local communities.
• The CSPN contributes to the health of the nation by helping local people lead healthier, active lives.
• The CSPN brings together the knowledge and expertise of a range of local delivery partners – including local authorities, clubs and schools – which enables it to use resources in the most efficient way possible to deliver sport in local communities.

Shining Lights

• In total there are 70 Shining Lights who have been rewarded for helping to deliver Olympic and Paralympic legacy in their communities.
• Each day of the Community Games Relay they are celebrated.
• On day 70 of the Relay (the one-year-anniversary of the Games) the day 70 Shining Light status and jersey will be presented to Lord Coe.
• He is holding a special reception for all the Shining Lights at the Copper Box Arena at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on Saturday July 27.

Donna Roddy, Citydesk Sport, on behalf of Community Games.

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