Olympic Stadium Athletics Track Is Finished
Athletes and local kids try out the completed Olympic athletics track.
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Doubts Over Olympic Legacy For Charities And Volunteering
Can you name a charity associated with London 2012?
Mayor & Nike Fund Sport For Social Change Network London
Good news for community sports groups across London
London 2012 Gold Challenge Launches
Feel good three ways! Try new sports, raise money for charity and be part of London 2012 is the message of the Gold Challenge. It’s a campaign to raise £20 million for over 100 charities by the end of the Olympic year, boosting mass participation …
Get Your Bids In For The Olympic Stadium
By gary8345 After speculation as to whether the Hammers or Hotspur will claim their slice of the Cupcake post 2012, the Olympic Legacy Company today announced that serious costed bids for taking on the Olympic Stadium must be submitted by the end of September. 150 …
Idiosyncratic And Radioactive: 2012 News
By Nick Atkins Photography When we heard Danny Boyle might direct the 2012 opening ceremony we were rooting for zombies, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll. Looks like we’ll be disappointed on the former but an interview with Boyle over the weekend indicates British pop music …
2012 Legacy Lottery Boost
By sunrise.seven The new Olympics minister, Hugh Robertson, has announced a £50m a year Lottery boost for mass participation in sport by 2012. Legal changes to the way National Lottery money is distributed means community sports projects will soon vie for 20% (up from 16%) …
The Hanging Gardens Of 2012
Work has begun on the green bits of the Olympic Park. At the moment, this consists of clearing industrial waste but that hasn’t stopped the 2012 spin machine feeding us hyperbolic visions of the ‘hanging gardens’ of Stratford, that will eventually adorn the mega footbridge …
East Enders Debate Olympic Legacy
A discussion at QMUL next Wednesday will look at the 2012 Olympic Games in terms of “the people’s legacy: community participation in the shaping of East London 2012 and beyond”. Will the East End become an urban regeneration success story? Can London succeed in its …
Cultural Olympiad: Bus Tops For London
Congratulations, Alfie Dennen and Paula Le Dieu! Their dead simple yet brilliant concept for putting art on the tops of bus stops was selected from a shortlist of 5 to win the London region commission for the Cultural Olympiad project, Artists Taking the Lead. Spiky …
We Are Cyclists
Team GB’s dominance in the Olympic cycling events was consolidated yesterday with Victoria Pendleton’s women’s sprint victory and Chris Hoy’s third gold medal of the Games (fourth of his career) closely followed by team mate Jason Kenny with the silver in the men’s sprint. Come …
