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100 teenagers selected for new London 2012 development programme supported by BP
London 2012
07 Jul 2010
Teenagers from Aberdeen, Hull, east London (Greenwich, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets & Waltham Forest), west London (Hillingdon, Hounslow and Wandsworth) and Surrey (Spelthorne) have been selected to take part in a major new personal development programme which will, with guidance from BP employees, give the young people the chance to make a positive and significant change to their lives and local communities. The selected Young Leaders will then also have the opportunity to contribute to the delivery of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
500th Inspire mark awarded as millions across the UK inspired by London 2012
London 2012
16 Jun 2010
Seb Coe, Chair of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), and Hugh Robertson, Minister for Sport and Olympics, have visited Yorkshire to award the London 2012 Inspire mark to ‘Steps to Inclusion’. ‘Steps to Inclusion’ is an innovative coach education programme that aims to increase opportunities for people with disabilities across south Yorkshire to participate in sport. This was the 500th Inspire mark to be awarded to a project or event inspired by the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
York to host The Gambia in run up to the Games
London 2012
08 Jun 2010
York was celebrating yesterday after officials put the finishing touches to an agreement that will see Gambia athletes use the city as a training base for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Yorkshire pupil wins London 2012 coin design competition
London 2012
09 Feb 2010
A 16-year-old pupil from Yorkshire has won the competition to design a London 2012 Olympic Games 50p coin featuring the sport of Cycling.
Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson and Tony Hall made peers in House of Lords
London 2012
05 Feb 2010
Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson and Tony Hall have been appointed to the House of Lords as Crossbench (non-party political) peers.
