Olympic legacy hampered by 'barmy' lack of national strategy, says former London 2012 deputy chairman As the anniversary of the London Games approaches, Mills says the country has not done enough to work together to improve the provision of sport. He admits he is "frustrated" at the lack of progress since London 2012 and says the government needs to take a lead on developing a national strategy. [Sports participation] is not growing as much as we want. I do think there is an opportunity for the government to be more joined up," he said in an interview with The Guardian. It hasn't happened. I'd like the government to develop a national sports strategy that brings together health, education, sports clubs and local authorities. At the moment, they all pretty much do their own thing and that seems to me to be a real waste. For me the big step change would have been a national sports strategy, with organisations coming together to use the assets we've got. When you've got local authorities closing down facilities because of cuts but schools locking their doors despite having the facilities then that's barmy.