Resources from Model City London

MCL Final Evaluation Learning Report June 2021 FINAL Page 001

Model City London was a new approach to working with three London communities to identify the issues they want to address to improve the wellbeing of local people and their neighbourhood, through sport and physical activity. It’s an inspiring and ambitious programme for change, with lots of great things that happenned between October ‘19 and February ‘21. It has excited and energised people and partners at all levels ever since, uniting a diverse range of players around a shared vision for change through sport and physical activity.

We are delighted to share the highlights, stories and examples of impact from Model City London in the following resources:

Phase 1: Mapping the journey - Summary & Main Report
Phase 2: Invest & Demonstrate - Summary & Main Report
Phase 3: Continuation of Invest & Demonstrate - Main Report
Final Evaluation report
Podcast: Learning from Model City London

Some of the key insights and findings from the Final evaluation report are shared in the Facts and Figures section below.

Facts and figures

In spite of the massive challenge created by the COVID-19 pandemic, an impressive number of new sport opportunities funded through MCL have delivered activities that have benefited local people. Having a secure partnership in place in each of the participating Boroughs before the pandemic struck enabled a coordinated response, mobilising resources and encouraging mutual support to keep going and in some cases for small groups and organisations to keep afloat. The MCL Coalitions have helped build local organisations’ resilience to help them weather the pandemic, learn new skills and embrace new ways of working even in the most difficult of times.

As a result, over 5,200 people have benefited from new and diverse opportunities for sport and physical activities. The majority of participants have benefited from changes in four main areas, illustrated in the section below.
Main areas where participants benefited

Main four areas where project participants benefited:
Four key messages

In particular we draw attention to four key messages, details of which are available in the full report: