On 1 September, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) visited Coventry to meet local residents and raise awareness of the London 2012 Games Maker volunteering programme.
August sees the nationwide launch of the London 2012 Games outdoor advertising campaign, with hundreds of buses across the UK encouraging people to find out if they have what it takes be a volunteer – or ‘Games Maker’ - for the London 2012 Games.
Looked-after young people from across Staffordshire recently enjoyed an action packed day of sports and arts.
A re-staging of the Shropshire Olympian Festival of 1864 has been granted the Inspire Mark, the badge of the London 2012 Inspire Programme.
Over 40 highly talented disabled school pupils from Staffordshire took part in the County Athlete Assessment day on 24 June, held at Fenton Manor Sports Complex, Stoke-on-Trent.
Every year, in the Whitsun Half Term at the start of June, it's Volunteers Week - when organisations all over the country do events to celebrate and recruit volunteers.
Sebastian Coe, Chair of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games joined the West Midlands Leadership Group for the 2012 Games earlier this month to launch, and support, a major new region-wide volunteering initiative, inspired by the London 2012 Games.
Sebastian Coe, Chair of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games joined the West Midlands Leadership Group for the 2012 Games on 1 April 2010 in Stoke and Staffordshire to launch a major new region-wide volunteering initiative, inspired by the London 2012 Games.
Pupils and teachers at Cardinal Griffin High School, Cannock are celebrating after becoming the first school in Staffordshire to be officially welcomed in to London 2012’s Get Set network, in recognition of their commitment to the Olympic and Paralympic Values.
Olympian and former 5000 metre world record holder, David Moorcroft visited Burton upon Trent recently to speak to delegates at the third Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent 2012 Conference.