Sport and Regeneration
Appointed: November, 2007
Reappointed: March, 2010
Neil Taylor has vast experience of developing communities through sports engagement and making the most of regeneration projects. Neil has been with Leyton Orient Community Sports Programme since 1998 and in 2007 was appointed Chief Executive. LOCSP is the leading community sports agency in East London and operates across four Olympic Boroughs. He was instrumental in the development of the £12 million SCORE Complex which opened in 2005 and offers the community of Leyton and neighbouring areas a diverse range of health, sport, physical activity and community services and facilities. Neil also served on the London Sports Board from 2003 to 2006 overseeing and advising on the development of the London Plan for Sport and the roll out of Community Sports Coaches across London. Prior to working at LOCSP he worked at the Sir John Cass’ Foundation. Neil was President of London Guildhall University Students Union in the mid 1990s, served on the Board of Governors for four years and established an independently funded peer support programme. Away from his professional life Neil has lived in three of the Olympic Boroughs over the past sixteen years and has a strong grasp of local issues and concerns with a particular interest in regeneration and development.
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