Olympic Legacy and Closing Ceremony

It’s all over, the years of planning, the cheers and the tears.

London 2012 was undoubtedly a success, the question on everyone’s lips is “how do we capitalise on this and a create a long lasting genuine legacy”. The London 2012 Olympic Games can’t just become a glorified memory it's time to pull all our minds together and make the end of the Olympics the start of something special. We can build a fairer, stronger, more equal country where everyone person has opportunities, with no moaning about the recession or being bored just an increased sense of optimism and determination.

Hopefully, with the upcoming Paralympic games receiving its most coverage ever this can be another vehicle to spread the message of making the most of your opportunities with reference to; friendship, courage, determination, inspiration and equality.

There are already programmes being put into place like Get Set education which already has more than 24,000 schools registered. This programme aims to integrate sport, culture and arts across the UK to help young people address issues such as bullying, gangs, social isolation, illegal drug use, and drive community participation and involvement.

Finally away from sports, the closing ceremony offered a different angle of what it’s like to be British.

We showed the world some of the darn right mad creative talents that we gave them such as; Madness, Blur, Spice Girls and the Pet Shop Boys. Also Emile Sande’s song All About was perfect our current situation with lyrics like, “We’re all wonderful people/ so when did we get so fearful/ now we are finally finding our voices”. The video of Freddy Mercury at one of his iconic concerts created incredible energy highlighting how inspiration can live on, lastly John Lennon singing Imagine with a deaf children's choir truly showed the Olympic spirit of anything is possible and perseverance against all odds.

With all the brilliant sporting success and fantastic ceremonies the time to act is now.

How would you go about creating the Olympic legacy for generations to come?

Great Britain’s Glorious Gold’s

The London 2012 Olympics is proving to be a true gold rush for our proud nation.

As of today here’s the full list of all the gold medallists so far.

Andy Murray, tackled his Wimbledon woes head on when he demolished Roger Federer to win Gold in straight sets. 

Ben Ainslie won his fourth straight gold medal to become the most decorated Olympic sailor in history and celebrated in strange style by lighting two flares and waving them to thousands of spectators.

Greg Rutherford, produced a brilliant 8.31 in a bad conditions to win the long jump with our first medal in the event since 1964.

 Mo Farah was the first brit in history to win the 10,000 meters, will we ever be so captivated to watch 25 laps of the track ever again?

Mo Farah then wrote his name into the record books by winning the 5,000 meters in the most dramatic of ways., running from the front for the whole last lap.

Jessica Ennis our national treasure and poster girl won the heptathlon with almost 7 thousand points, an icon is born.

Bradley Wiggins smashed the cycling time trial to become Britain’s most prolific Olympian in the event.

Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott defied the odds in the canoeing by winning after qualifying last.

Was our cycling team sprint ever in doubt with the dream team of Philip Hindes, Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny, winning gold. Hoy’s 5th Olympic gold medal.

Our Nations proud tradition of rowing continued with  Andy Triggs Hodge, Pete Reed, Tom James and Alex Gregory, achieving gold in the men's four for the fourth Olympics in a row.

Again cycling has showed its class by winning gold in the team pursuit with Ed Clancy, Steven Burke, Geraint Thomas and Peter Kennaugh smashing their own world record.

The team GB girls decided to match the men with Jo Rowsell, Laura Trott and Dani King, winning gold and setting their 6th world record in the team pursuit.

The rowing excellence continues thanks to Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins, winning Gold in the double sculls.

Peter Wilson a farmer’s son , surprised many by shooting for gold in the double trap.

Victoria Pendleton, seized her moment by winning the keirin.

Katherine Copeland and Sophie Hosking continued the gold rush in the lightweight double sculls.

Rounding up, Helen Glover and Heather Stanning won gold in the rowing, pair.

ALISTAIR BROWNLEE Olympic triathlon champion, whose victory meant that we have equalled our gold medal tally from Beijing with the best part of five days remaining.

Laura Trott produced a superb race in the final event to win the Omnium gold.

Chris Hoy won an incredible gold in keirin with what looks like his last Olympic race, a perfect way to bow out.

Laura Bechtolsheimer, Carl Hester, Charlotter Dujardin won our 22^nd gold in the equestrian team dressage beating our medal haul from over 104 years ago!!

Charlotte Dujardin and her horse Valegro won Great Britain's first ever individual dressage gold medal.

Nicola Adams made history by winning gold in the 51kg category, making her the first female boxing champion.

Jade Jones beat China's Yuzhuo Hou to avenge her defeat by the Chinese fighter at last year's World Championships to take Great Britain’s first ever gold in the taekwondo .

Anthony Joshua 9 months ago was made to do 100 hours' unpaid work after admitting possessing cannabis. Fast forward 9 months and hes won a gold medal in the boxing ring at London 2012.

Ed Mckeever dubbed a the Usian Bolt on the water, demolished the field to win the 200m canoeing gold.

So the question is, did these heroic sports men and women do their job and inspire a generation?

National Pride

From the opening ceremony to the thousands of flags waved, the sense of national pride that the Olympics has installed is fantastic.

This Olympics has come in the darkest double dip recession for the 50 years, with the media doing its best to act as Ebenezer Scrooge by spreading tales of doom and gloom. Thankfully the headlines have been rewritten with stories of perseverance and journeys to success. Also the army chipping in to help with security has come off trumps, with them posing for photos and saluting the public.

On your daily travels look out for the Great British flag hanging proudly out of many a window and the kids running in the street and allow yourself to be inspired!!

Go out there and make a difference no matter how big or small.