Alistair Gray: Commonwealth Games can create an active legacy AFTER the success of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London, now is the time to build a real legacy in Scotland before the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014. My organisation has a vision to help young people achieve their personal best through sport, and we believe increasing the participation of young people in sport is the legacy we must all work together to achieve. It's a message that I will be offering to the health and sport committee at Holyrood today. We work in partnership with government, local authorities, SportScotland and businesses, providing impactful programmes delivered in local community sport clubs and schools. For example, the Work Out For Sport programme aims to provide practical support to sport clubs. Across the country, more than 30 highly skilled professionals volunteer their time to help clubs operate more effectively. This includes the development of a Gift Aid Toolkit, helping clubs that are charities potentially to claim back thousands of pounds from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs. And we want every child to learn through sport, knowing they can succeed through sustained effort and sheer hard work. Surely it's time to leave behind the "instant celebrity" culture. Indeed, through our Positive Coaching Scotland programme, the national roll-out of which is led by SportScotland, we aim to help change Scotland's culture of sport by involving and influencing the key people in a child's life - parents, coaches and teachers - and make sport a fun experience. Our role model initiative, Champions in Schools, is being implemented by increasing numbers of local authorities, providing ten to 14-year-olds with the opportunity to learn from 130 of Scotland's top sportspeople. Yet more needs to be done. Businesses, clubs, parents, politicians and government need to come together to provide opportunities for the next generation to be fit, active and successful in whatever they choose. A more confident, healthy and successful Scotland - now that would be a real legacy. • Alistair Gray is executive chairman of the Winning Scotland Foundation.