London 2012 blog

Greenwich Park will host the London 2012 Equestrian and Modern Pentathlon events.  Tim Hadaway, the LOCOG Equestrian manager, explains how London 2012 are working closely with agencies like Royal Parks, Natural England and English Heritage to make sure there is no long term impact on the park.

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Watch our latest video which was filmed at a recent tour of the Olympic Park for designers and architects.

Read more of “Designing for legacy”

On Thursday last week I spent the most wonderful day in Merseyside with the North West Team 2012. The day was entirely focused on sport. I was able to help at the Merseyside Primary School Games where the different districts of Merseyside competed amongst each other in friendly competition at the amazing facilities at Wavertree Sports Park.

Read more of “1500 young Merseyside sports stars and a wannabe mascot”

The Marriage of Sport and Art…

…a great Olympic phrase which you may have heard before. If not, then Saturday was a terrific example on the big screens at Glastonbury!

Read more of “The marriage of sport and art - helping bring the Lions tour to Glastonbury”

Chocolate makes you fat; London 2012 is all about encouraging healthy living and getting everyone inspired to do more sport.

So as the first London 2012-branded Cadbury Dairy Milk bars soon appear on the shelves, people will no doubt start asking questions: How can we responsibly partner with a chocolate company? Surely we’re sending out the wrong message? Aren't we just encouraging obesity at a time when it's already such an issue?

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Take 137,000 festival-goers, seven interactive web developers, the expertise of the London 2012 Live Sites programme and the BBC Big Screens team, add a large dollop of Cultural Olympiad video content from all over the UK and what have you got? 'Camp Pilton' – Glastonbury's latest invention delivered by the South West region, live from now till Monday 29 June for 18 hours a day and proud wearer of the London 2012 Inspire mark!

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This scheme enables corporate organisations to provide mentoring to undergraduates from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, and for disabled and dyslexic undergraduates from a number of universities around the country.

This year was ODA’s first as part of the consortium and to our surprise and delight, we were awarded the 'Best New Employer' for both ethnic minority undergraduates and disabled or dyslexic undergraduates.

Read more of “Catalyst for Change – mentoring at the ODA”

Read more of “EDF Green Britain Day”