Olympics latest updates
London 2012 Recruitment event
Date: 7 February 2012
Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Venue: Stadium Suite, John Lewis 3rd Floor, Westfield Stratford City, Stratford E15
To find out more about the event please click on the relevant links below:
Invitation
Recruitment Event Poster
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“What’s on” page of the London2012 website
There will be millions of ways to join in with London 2012, with events taking place right across the UK from now right until the end of the Games.
Please use the link below to get to the page. For example, you could enter your post-code to find all the events near you.
http://www.london2012.com/get-involved/whats-on/
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The Olympic Flame is coming to you. Yes, you.
To find out more please click here
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London 2012 Jobs Leaflet
The short jobs leaflet gives details on how to apply for contractor jobs at the Games. There are separate contacts for each of the six host boroughs as well as a contact if you are not based in a host borough.
LOCOG is encouraging applications from East Londoners but this does not exclude other applicants.
All of these posts will be paid at London Living Wage or above.
In addition jobseekers should look at:
www.jobsforthegames.co.uk and www.london2012.com/jobs
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The Olympic Flame journey
The Olympic Flame will come within one hour's journey of 95 per cent of the UK, spreading the excitement of the Games to everyone. London 2012 have announced the towns and cities that will host celebrations on each evening of the Torch Relay, as well as daytime island visits.
To find out where the Flame is going visit london2012.com/olympictorchrelay
London 2012 willannounce more locations along the route later in the year.
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The Big Opportunity Website Update
The Big Opportunity helps the London Voluntary and Community Sector make the most of the opportunities provided by the London 2012 Games and gives them a voice in shaping a sustainable legacy. The website has recently been revised to provide the most up-to-date and accessible information for the sector.
To help demystify the organisational process of the games, the site now includes a London 2012 jargon buster, a detailed organogram of delivery structures and a breakdown of the Olympic and Paralympic programme objectives. Other recent additions to the website include the latest information on ticketing and scheduling as well as the most recent GLS handbook on cultural opportunities. The Big Opportunity also encourages other trusted organisations to share materials and links on the website. To do so please contact: paul@londoncivicforum.org.uk.
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Festival 2012
The culmination of the Cultural Olympiad will be the London 2012 Festival, bringing leading artists from all over the world together from 21 June 2012 until 9 September 2012. At the heart of the festival will be a programme of commissions by some of the finest artists in the world in events ranging from pop to film, from visual arts and fashion to theatre, from circus to carnival,from opera to digital innovation. The first commissions include works from the likes of Rachel Whiteread, Akram Khan, Cate Blanchett, Mike Leigh and Damon Albarn, Rufus Norris and Jamie Hewlett. In total, the festival will feature more than 1,000 events, with an estimated audience of more than three million people. Information on ticketing, pricing and promotional plans will be provided in the build up to the first tickets going on sale in October 2011.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Big Opportunity News Flash
Last chance to be part of the London 2012 Cultural programme
The Cultural Diary is the calendar and online planning tool to help the planning and promotion of every cultural event taking place across London in 2012.
Deadline for posting event/s is 31st March 2011
Organisations and Individuals must register on the website before 31st December 2011 to qualify.
Registration is FREE.
Further details in relation to the Cultural Diary please visit their website or read The Big Opportunity Newsletters.
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Legacy Company offers lease for multi-use Olympic Stadium
The Olympic Park Legacy Company has opened bidding for a long-term lease following initial expressions of interest, which attracted well over 100 participants. Interested parties have until 12 noon on Thursday 30 September 2010 to make a formal bid. Plans for the Olympic Stadium form part of the Legacy Company's wider plans for the Olympic Park which will include new housing, schools, health centres and offices, along with the running of venues such as the Aquatics Centre.
Work begins on the Athletes Village
Work has begun on the first stage of the Athletes Village which will include 2,000 new trees and recreation spaces. After the Games 2,818 new homes will be built on the site and include play areas, cycling facilitates and picnic areas.
Located next to the Olympic Park the Athletes Village will be home to the athletes and officials during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Find out more
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The Big Opportunity - the voluntary and community sector's voice in London 2012 which is hosted by London Civic Forum and funded by City Bridge Trust - has re-designed its website at www.thebigopportunity.org.uk . As well as the latest London 2012 related opportunities for the VCS, the site now includes a section on Legacy and also research on the community benefits (or lack of them) from previous Games. Of particular interest is the work on the Los Angeles 1984 Games where profits were invested in a trust which has invested millions in community sport. 26 years after its foundation and the fund is still supporting local not-for-profit organisations in Southern Califonia. For more details continue reading ...
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Creative skills and learning opportunities for London residents ahead of the Olympic Games
The London Development Agency has awarded thirteen cultural and community bodies across London a share of half a million pounds to develop residents’ creative skills and increase their employability ahead of the 2012 Games. The funding is the final round of the £1.2. London Cultural Skills Fund created to enable arts bodies to educate local people.
To read more see this link
Final agreements confirmed for Olympic Village affordable housing
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) confirmed today that, as announced last month, it has now entered into final agreement for the Triathlon Homes joint venture company to purchase 1,379 affordable homes on the Olympic Village development. The signing of terms for affordable housing concludes the agreement-in-principle announced by the ODA and Government last month.
The Olympic Village will create 2,800 homes in legacy and the agreement now reached will see Triathlon Homes purchase 1,379 of the homes to become available as affordable housing, including affordable rented, intermediate market rented and part-buy part-rent (shared ownership) homes, together with shared equity housing.
The pre-sale deal will see Triathlon Homes (a joint venture company established by First Base and housing associations Southern Housing Group and East Thames Group) invest £268.7 million into the Village. The investment includes a £110 million grant from the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), equity from Triathlon Homes, £63.5 million of lending from Barclays Commercial Bank and £95.2 million of lending from the European Investment Bank. As previously stated, this funding is separate to the Olympic budget and the remainder of the Olympic Village homes will be funded through the public-sector funding package announced by Government last month.
The Olympic Village will accommodate athletes during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. After 2012, it will leave the legacy of new homes together with new parks, public squares and open space; an Academy education campus for all ages; multi-use community facilities; and new infrastructure to connect the new communities with the Olympic Park, one of the largest new urban parks in Europe for 150 years.
Construction work started on the Village in June last year and building work is now underway on 7 of the 11 residential blocks with work also beginning this month on the world-class new education campus, Chobham Academy. Extract from the East Thames Group website: http://www.east-thames.co.uk/pages/np/index.asp?NPID=120
Olympic Delivery Authority 'overlooks social enterprise'
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More opportunities to visit the Olympic Park!
Exciting news! They are now able to offer site tours of the Olympic Park to members of the public. The public tours currently operate on Saturdays, Sundays and selected weekday evenings and bookings can be made up to three months in advance. To book on a tour call the booking line on 0300 2012 001 ( lines are open 9:00am - 5:00pm Monday to Friday).
Olympic Stadium On Track
Over the last twelve months fantastic progress has been made on the Stadium, which is now visible for miles around.
Please click ‘On Track’, a document that visually shows this progress:
FREE guided bus tours
The Olympic Delivery Authority operates free guided bus tours to London’s developing Olympic Park, where the Olympic and Paralympic Games will be hosted in 2012.
The tours offer members of the public the opportunity to see first hand the work that is progressing on the Olympic Park.
During the hour long trip, you will see the major venues including the Olympic Stadium and Aquatics Centre taking shape, and learn about the environmental and community programmes running on the Olympic Park.
The tours currently operate on Saturdays, Sundays, and selected weekday evenings and bookings can be made up to three months in advance.
To book your place on a tour, phone the booking line on 0300 2012 001 (9.00am – 5.30pm Monday to Friday).