The Legacy and Sustainability plan for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games — 77 Sports participation in Seine-Saint-Denis The Covid-19 health crisis has highlighted of the Seine Saint Denis department. By building that sport forms an essential element of and renovating sports facilities and supporting wellbeing, physical balance and psychological community sports projects, Paris 2024 seeks stability, particularly for those hardest hit to promote sport in this department at the heart by the pandemic, including residents of the Games. AN INITIATIVE ACCELERATED AS A RESULT OF THE GAMES THE 24 SITES IN 24 URBAN AREAS PROJECT WITH THE SEINE-SAINT-DENIS DEPARTMENTAL COUNCIL Devised by the Seine-Saint-Denis Its roll-out in several urban areas within the departmental council alongside the local department could potentially benefit from sporting movement with financial and the support of the Paris 2024 endowment communications support from Paris 2024, fund. Additionally, as part of the “Bel été this project aims to use appropriate solidaire” cultural and sports line-up and innovative sports taster sessions in summer 2020, the Seine-Saint-Denis to encourage physically inactive people departmental council set up stands in parks to take up sport, as well as promote the use across the department to promote of public spaces for sport, particularly the Games and sports participation with the to alleviate overcrowded sports facilities. support of Paris 2024 and the involvement This project was trialled in summer 2020 with of Paris 2024 athletes. It also ran a three-day the support of Paris 2024, enabling almost event to introduce people to new sports 1,000 people to try out new sports and on the Games programme and Paralympic strengthen ties with local sports facilities. disciplines.