People across the West Midlands are being encouraged to get into the groove as part of Dancing for the Games - a dance project inspired by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Performers across Stoke-on-Trent are being encouraged to audition for a unique role that would see them play a part in the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad through Imagineer Productions’ Godiva Awakes project.
With only 2 years before the 2012 Paralympic Games begin Channel 4 is profiling some of Britain’s elite Para athletes and discovers why they excel at their sport. In the first episode of ‘That Paralympic Show’ on Saturday 28 August Lee Pearson MBE OBE from Cheddleton in Staffordshire teaches Celebrity Big Brother winner and cage fighter Alex Reid how to ride dressage.
125 people aged between 14 and 87 will join Ballroom dance instructor Kevin Ford to learn to dance at the start of a free eight week course.
Two young athletes from Staffordshire have helped ensure a successful Youth Olympic Games for Team GB in Singapore by securing medals in their respective sports. The inaugural Youth Olympic Games took place from 14-26 August 2010, involved all 26 sports on the summer Olympic programme, with 3,600 athletes, aged 14-18, from over 200 nations taking part.
As English National Champions for u18 boys, Newcastle (Staffs) Volleyball Club have been invited and accepted entry into the first ever European Clubs Championships which take place in Bari, Italy from the 15-20 September.
Do you want to be a confident cyclist by 2012? Then name your time and place to build cycling confidenceResidents of Stoke-on-Trent who want to improve their cycling confidence can take part in one-on-one training courses at a location of their choice across the city.
Father and daughter Taekwondo National champions Peter and Bethany Johnson are to travel to Korea on the 27th August to train and compete in one of the biggest WTF Taekwondo Tournaments in the World.
Art competition to promote joys of cycling leading up to the Tour of BritainAn art competition organised by CycleStoke is giving residents the chance to win one of three new bikes and have their work displayed at next month’s Tour of Britain in Stoke-on-Trent.The competition invites residents to design a picture to promote cycling in Stoke-on Trent.
Tate have announced the launch of the interactive website and national roadshow of the Tate Movie Project. Children from across the country are invited to take part in creating the Tate Movie, the first of its kind, an animation film made by and for children.