Clare Balding, TV presenter and Sports Journalist unveiled the initial range of mascot products for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games on Tuesday 17 August at Golden Bear Products Ltd, Telford.
London 2012 sponsors have been given the inside track on how the region is benefitting from the forthcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Year 8 pupils at Cardinal Griffin Catholic High School in Cannock took part in the national London 2012 Enterprise programme ‘Have you got what it takes’ on Thursday 22 July.
Students from Holden Lane High School and Sports College in Stoke-on-Trent took part in the Get Set Trading Challenge competition organised by London 2012 sponsor BP.
Sebastian Coe, Chair of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games joined the West Midlands Leadership Group for the 2012 Games on 1 April 2010 in Stoke and Staffordshire to launch a major new region-wide volunteering initiative, inspired by the London 2012 Games.
Olympian and former 5000 metre world record holder, David Moorcroft visited Burton upon Trent recently to speak to delegates at the third Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent 2012 Conference.
CompeteFor, the online ‘business dating’ website which provides business opportunities for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, has celebrated its second birthday with the 5,000th tender advertised on the service since its launch in January 2008.
Two pupils from a West Midlands Get Set Network school spent a day in the life of Paul Deighton, Chief Executive of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralymic Games during his recent visit to the region.
On 13 November 09 The West Midlands Leadership Group for the 2012 Games welcomed Paul Deighton, Chief Executive of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) to the Heart of England, West Midlands region to spend a day in the life of 2012 activity in the region.
On Wednesday 4 November, five representatives from the West Midlands, plus Dave Moorcroft OBE, joined Jonathan Edwards, Olympic Triple Jump Gold medallist and Deputy Chair of London 2012’s Nations and Regions Group, for a special tour around the Olympic Park site.