Blog archive

  • One hundred and twenty two years go Baron Pierre de Coubertin planted an Oak Tree here in the Shropshire market town of Much Wenlock. It was that visit, witnessing William Penny Brookes' Olympian Games, ...
  • I started high jump when was 13 and have been dreaming big ever since I won my first medal at a school competition. Early successes at the English Schools Championships sparked a desire to be the very ...

  • Two years ago Sean might not have felt as positive about his future. ‘I’ve really grown in self confidence and leadership skills over the last two years,’ the 18 year old from Hounslow, ...
  • Seb Coe, LOCOG Chair
    Six months to go
    Seb Coe, LOCOG Chair
    Six months from today, the eyes of the world will be on London with the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. With excitement building around the globe, I feel this day marks a good opportunity ...
  • Seb Coe, LOCOG Chair
    Don't miss out on the greatest tickets on earth
    Seb Coe, LOCOG Chair
    Today we celebrate two milestones on our journey to the London 2012 Games. First, it’s now just 500 days to go to the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. Second, applications are open for Olympic Games tickets.This ...
  • A Focus On: Empowering Girls
    Debbie Lye, International Inspiration Programme Director
    One thing that gives me a buzz is that the significance of  International Inspiration, London 2012’s international legacy programme, is not just about opening doors for children and young people to PE, ...
  • Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, Paralympic champion
    The London 2012 Games will break new ground in terms of how we see and respond to disability
    Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, Paralympic champion
    One of the best parts of being involved in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is that I get to see for myself how hosting the London Games is already changing people’s lives.In the week before ...
  • On a grey Wednesday in November a group of staff from the Olympic Delivery Authority's (ODA's) Planning Decisions Team (PDT) and Transport team met up to volunteer for the day as part of the ODA's staff ...
  • Bring on the arts
    Abigail, Spitalfields Festival Executive Director
    Spitalfields Festival means different things to different people – to some it's three weeks of familiar and new music in June, to others it's a winter alternative to mainstream seasonal offerings ...
  • Michael, Senior Engineer, Temporary Structures
    Construction on the Park is ramping up rapidly
    Michael, Senior Engineer, Temporary Structures
    Well, what to say about the last four and a half months? Firstly, the construction is ramping up rapidly (believe me I can attest to this as I have been stretched over this period). The Park is constantly ...