00:00It's fantastic for CLGP to be coming to Portsmouth. We've had many races in
00:04Portsmouth over the years, I think back to 2015 and 16 and we had the America's
00:09Cup here and we had huge crowds down on the South Sea waterfront and we expect
00:13to see that and more with CLGP. It really has turned into this incredible global
00:18circuit and for Portsmouth to be back on the map with that I think it's great
00:22given the maritime heritage that we're all so proud of with the city.
00:26You mentioned the heritage there, I mean when it does come to Portsmouth are you
00:29hopeful that Great Britain is going to triumph? Of course you know we're
00:33representing Britain in CLGP and also recently in the America's Cup so we're
00:39really trying to again you know sustain that maritime heritage that we've got in
00:44Britain. We're a very proud island nation and being at the forefront of yacht
00:50racing or ocean racing that's where we want to be and also to most importantly
00:55inspire the youngsters. It's great to be here at the King's Academy today talking to some of the local
01:01youngsters about what CLGP is and the event coming up in the summer and also
01:05you know a big focus on sustainability and fantastic to see all the great work
01:10that the kids and the teachers have done here at the school so it's a really
01:14exciting day and a really exciting summer ahead in Portsmouth for CLGP.
01:19You mentioned the inspiration there because you've got your labs here in Portsmouth as well and you
01:21were today really talking to the kids about getting into sailing I mean how
01:25important is it for you to kind of pass this talent down to the next generation as it were?
01:29Well I think sport in general we know it just has such a great
01:33opportunity to inspire youngsters whether that is into sport itself but
01:37also into so many other areas of life and we have the 1851 Trust which really
01:42focuses on using sport to inspire youngsters to get into those key STEM
01:46subjects and also to teach them about sustainability and to talk to some of
01:51the youngsters today about that was really inspiring and for sure it will
01:55have an impact on them in the years ahead and that's what we want to do and
01:58really use that power of sport.
02:00And just lastly talking on sustainability there we saw the youngsters here were doing
02:04sustainability wise we've seen what's happening in sailing sustainability wise
02:07I mean are you excited for the next few years ahead there seems to be a real
02:10shift at the moment into sustainability are you excited for what's to come with
02:13tech and sustainability?
02:15Well yeah and again I think sport has that great
02:17opportunity from from a sustainability angle with the CLGV we have the Impact
02:22League which is really our race off the water to be to see which team can be the
02:27most efficient the most sustainable but also the most innovative in terms of
02:30coming up with ideas and solutions to tackle climate change and really if you
02:35look at look at that challenge it's really is innovation that is going to
02:39help mankind out of this this fix that it's in so the fact that sport can
02:44obviously be a great competition but it can really make a difference off the
02:47water with CLGV that's exciting we're really proud to be a part of that.
02:50Hello my name is Catherine Wildon and I am the head teacher here at King's
02:55Academy Northern Parade infant and junior school.
02:57So tell me a little bit about this morning and what's been happening.
03:00So this morning we were very fortunate to welcome to our school Sir Ben Ainslie
03:05and his team from CLGV they came along to deliver an assembly and to have a
03:11look at our school to help to raise awareness of on sustainability and to
03:17talk about the CLGV events that are happening in the future.
03:20What was the reaction like?
03:21The reaction was really really positive it was really lovely to have Sir Ben Ainslie in.
03:26The children were so inspired they were so enthusiastic they loved learning more
03:30about CLGV and they loved learning more about sustainability.
03:34So tell me why the school was chosen for for the visit today.
03:38Absolutely so back in 2016 Low Carbon the company contacted the school and
03:44they actually donated some solar panels to Northern Parade and so they wanted to
03:50come and have a look at our projects that we had done since 2016 to help to
03:56become more eco-friendly and to help with sustainability across the school so
04:00that was the initial link but they also wanted to come to raise awareness about
04:04their CLGV and future events that are happening in Portsmouth in July.
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