July 2012
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Venues across the UK
With London 2012 nearly here, you’re going to see a lot of the Olympic Park and its amazing venues. Today though, we’re looking beyond east London at venues outside the capital also leaving a legacy in their wake. Weymouth and Portland Located in Dorset on the south coast of England, Weymouth and Portland provides some of the best natural sailing waters in the UK. Its National Sailing Academy...
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London 2012 Aquatics Centre With London 2012 nearly here, you’re going to see a lot of the Olympic Park and its amazing venues in the weeks ahead. So each day in the run-up to the Opening Ceremony, we’re finding out how each venue will be used after the Games. Today, it’s the Aquatics Centre. With its striking wave-shaped roof, the Aquatics Centre is poised to one of the most visually impressive...
Jul 19th
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Gloucester Sports Club back on track  A group of volunteers is giving a flood-stricken athletics club a new future with money inspired by the Games. Gloucester City Council has secured £100,000 of Olympic legacy funding from Sport England’s Inspired Facilities Fund to bring Blackbridge Athletics Track back into full use for its local community and existing clubs.   Damaged by flooding in 2007,...
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“‘It is better to get involved in volunteering rather than drugs on the...”
– In just a few weeks time, Olympic athletes’ thoughts will turn to Rio 2016, but the international legacy of these Games has already reached young people in the next host country.    International Inspiration is bringing to life the promise made by the London 2012 bid team to reach young people all...
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Sporting chance for Brazilian kids
As a country devoted to sport, Brazil is already looking forward to hosting the Games in 2016 – but for millions of young people, the spirit of the Olympics is already being felt through the international legacy programme for London 2012. International Inspiration is supporting ‘Segundo Tempo’, a national after-school scheme which will help four million young people from disadvantaged...
Jul 8th
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Giving anti-social behaviour the red card
An Olympic-inspired football project in Suffolk which helps young people stay out of trouble has been named as the best in the East of England. The Twilight Football project in Ipswich organises football matches on Friday evenings for 14- to 19-year-olds, as part of the Sportivate programme, a nationwide initiative giving teenagers and young adults the chance to try out sport. Eighteen-year-old...
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Making (radio) waves through the Games  Ever wondered what athletes need to do to reach peak performance? Ayesha and Damali explain all as part of their training to become the sports reporters of the future – yet another example of London 2012 inspiring young people to be the best they can be. Supporter to Reporter works with disadvantaged young people giving them hands on experience in developing...
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A bracing way to get inspired A Scarborough project is hoping to confound the recent bad weather and get thousands swimming in the sea as part of a unique cultural programme inspired by the Games. Throughout the summer, Sea Swim, a partnership between imove, artists John Wedgwood Clarke and Lara Goodband and Scarborough Borough Council, are celebrating the creative inspiration that a bracing dip...
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June 2012
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The art of getting active Edinburgh’s Arthur’s Seat will be the setting for a remarkable piece of public art, and a reminder of the importance of physical activity, as part of the London 2012 Festival.  Taking place in August, Speed of Light will see thousands running a choreographed route up the mount at night in specially commissioned light suits, creating an extraordinary visual...
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Some wheely great news for Kent cyclists
A disused section of road in Kent has been transformed into Europe’s largest Cyclopark thanks to over £1 million from an Olympic legacy fund. The A2 Cyclopark is the latest Iconic Facility to be funded by Sport England as part of its Places People Play programme Sport England’s Chief Executive Jennie Price said: “From learning to ride a bike in a traffic-free environment to developing new tricks,...
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