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London 2012 gets young people from East London involved in the Games

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is involving children and young people from east London in the preparations for the Games with a string of successful community projects. Last month, Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell and ODA Chief Executive David Higgins praised children and young people from East London for their artwork which they unveiled on hoardings on the Hackney Wick towpath. The ODA and Tower Hamlets-based social enterprise Signs of Life have been working with primary, secondary and special...

‘ODA spending 75 pence in every £1 on London 2012 regeneration legacy’

Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) Chairman John Armitt set out how 75 pence in every £1 spent by the ODA is being invested in long term regeneration of east London. Speaking at a Foundation for Science and Technology debate last night Mr Armitt made clear that legacy from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games was being delivered now. The first phase of legacy, led by the ODA, is focused on the creation of the Olympic Park and the delivery of the venues, new infrastructure and transport improvements...

Local residents consulted on plans for Main Press Centre and International Broadcast Centre

Local residents are being encouraged to attend an Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) local consultation event and drop-in sessions to find out more about the plans for the International Broadcast Centre and Main Press Centre (IBC/MPC) for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The consultation events are being run before the ODA makes its planning submission is made for the Games time elements of the venue which will serve around 20,000 media during London 2012 and will become a quality employment...