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London 2012 to take Young Reporters' baton from Singapore

16 Aug 2010The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) is to invite the outstanding candidates from the International Olympic Committee’s Young Reporters programme to come to London in 2012.

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Greenwich Park ground preparation work begins for 2012

09 Aug 2010Work will begin this week at Greenwich Park to make it ready to host the Olympic Equestrian competition in 2012. The work will be carried out by sub-contractors working on behalf of the London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG), in association with The Royal Parks.
The work has been approved by the local planning authority, Greenwich Council, which granted planning permission in March 2010 for both the Test Event in 2011 and events in 2012, subject to a number of planning conditions. LOCOG is now taking action on a number of these planning conditions, which have been agreed with the four statutory consultees: The Royal Parks, English Heritage, Natural England and Sport England.

The work will include:


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Mayor's privilege: Boris Johnson in Olympic mode / LOCOG

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Public consultation on temporary facilities for London 2012 Sailing competition

26 Jul 2010This week the London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) begins a public consultation process to seek the views of Weymouth and Portland residents before submitting planning applications to Weymouth and Portland Borough Council later this year.

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Cultural Olympiad campaign Discovering Places launched at Houses of Parliament

21 Jul 2010Jonathan Edwards, LOCOG Board member and Olympic Triple Jump gold medallist joined Loyd Grossman, Chair of the Heritage Alliance, at the Houses of Parliament – a World Heritage Site – to launch the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad ‘Discovering Places’ campaign.

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London 2012 awarded for challenging discrimination

15 Jul 2010The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) have been given an Employers Forum on Age (EFA) award for their work on tackling age discrimination in the work place.

LOCOG’s Attitude over age programme was launched in March 2009 with a vision to increase the proportion of older and younger people working at the organisation. Four main projects are in place to help achieve set targets: a Get Ahead school leaver programme; work placements; Trailblazers pre-Games volunteering programme; and a buddy system designed to encourage older and younger members of staff to interact.

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LONDON, Jul 13: Jacques Rogge screwing into place seat 2012 in the Olympic Stadium during the IOC coordinating commission’s latest visit to London was a photo opportunity that paid off for LOCOG.  For its true significance we had to wait a further three days.

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Have you got what it takes to be a Games Maker?

09 Jul 2010With almost two years to go until the London 2012 Games, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today announced plans to recruit up to 70,000 volunteers for the London 2012 Games. The volunteers will be known as Games Makers.

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Jacques Rogge: London meetings with Olympic organisers

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