Over 1,000 children from across the city have taken part in a 2012-inspired athletics event at a Coventry school.
Young film-makers can win a chance to get their work showcased at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games by entering Film Nation: Shorts - a short film competition for 13-25 years olds which opened for submissions on 23 June 2010 and is led by Screen WM.
On 21 June medal winning gymnast Beth Tweddle joined David Moorcroft, Chair of the West Midlands Leadership Group for the 2012 Games to invite people to actively celebrate the two year countdown to the start of the London 2012 Games by participating in Open Weekend 2010.
Stoke-on-Trent Fast Track Paralympic athlete Ian Marsden has exceeded his expectations to come third in the International Paralympic Committee National Shooting Championships held at Stoke Manderville 18 -20 June.
Eight innovative projects across the West Midlands have been awarded the Inspire Mark which recognises innovative and exceptional projects directly inspired by the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) announced today that four leading UK creatives will form a team of Executive Producers who will oversee the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
The second round of Unlimited Commissions, the UK’s largest ever disability arts programme as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad and set to transform the disability arts movement in the UK is now open with a series of Advice Sessions planned for June and July.
BBC Coventry and Warwickshire's Trish Adudu joined Imagineer Productions on Saturday 5 June at Coventry Transport Museum’s Festival of Cycling to encourage members of the public to sign up to be part of the Godiva Awakes Cycle Team by hopping on a bike and taking part in a virtual cycle ride to London.
The Ricoh Arena, the home of Coventry City Football Club has been selected as the new Midlands venue to host Olympic Football matches in 2012. This follows a selection procedure by the London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) and means that all venues are now in place for the London Games.
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), supported by Arts Council England (ACE), is seeking to commission experienced arts organisations or curator/producers to programme, manage and deliver a number of innovative, exciting, and high quality artist-led, temporary commissions and participatory projects focused around the edges of the Olympic Park site in east London.
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