Agreement reached to continue support for Olympic Legacy Park
Sheffield City Council has signed a new agreement with Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park, supporting ambitions for the flagship site up to 2025.
The former Don Valley Stadium site has been transformed through investment in recent years.
This has focused on creating a lasting legacy from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games by developing a national centre of excellence for health and wellbeing research.
Councillor Mazher Iqbal, executive member for city futures: development, culture and regeneration, said: “We’ve seen Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park go from strength-to-strength in the past few years and it has established Sheffield as a major player in the world of health and physical activity.
“There has been a real community effort in pooling all of the knowledge and talent we have across the city to create a centre that will benefit not only our residents but people across the world.
“It is fantastic to see pioneering work being done right here in our city.
“We have already seen the boost the Park has provided to our local economy and by extending our agreement we are paving the way for more jobs and opportunities for our city.
“We will continue to provide our support, and I look forward to seeing the next stage of exciting developments.”
Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park forms an important part of the pioneering Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District (AMID), which will drive new innovation-focused training and business activity – connecting local people to emerging opportunities, creating new jobs, and new wealth for the region.
The legacy park is already home to the English Institute of Sport Sheffield, iceSheffield, an Oasis Academy, a University Technical College and Sheffield Hallam University’s Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre.
In the coming weeks, the Community Stadium will be completed alongside the 3G pitch, and the Community Arena will start construction, adding further world-class sport and activity facilities.
£9m funding has been confirmed from the Government’s Levelling Up Fund to develop a new National Centre for Child Health Technology, which will focus on technology to provide the world’s most advanced healthcare for children and young people.
Scarborough Group International, the development partner for Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park, is about to submit a forward investment masterplan for the next phase of development which is expected to generate over 5,600 jobs.
This includes the creation of an Innovation Centre to support fledgling businesses in the health, wellbeing, sport, and activity sectors.
