Olympics 2012

Inspire Leicestershire

Inspire Leicesterhire is a partnership of East Midlands Development Agency, Leicester City and Leicestershire Local Authorities whose aim it is to maximise the benefits for the whole of the sub-region leading up to, during and beyond the 2012 Games.

Visit the Inspire LeicesterShire website to keep up to date with what is happening in Leicester and Leicestershire to maximise the benefits of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games or carry on reading this page to find out how you can get involved in the 2012 Olympics legacy.

Inspire Leicestershire (PDF Document, 0.83 Mb) - Presentation on the Olympics Legacy for Leicestershire

Games Time

Games Time is a community celebration that brings the spirit of the Olympic Games to your home town – an exciting geographical game with the East Midlands as the board!

In a “games frenzy”, board games will invade streets and parks, culminating in a giant performance starring 200 local people with dancers, breath-taking costumes, music and pyrotechnics.

Join a team and play against friends and family in the lead up to this amazing show.

You can join in many ways… be a dancer, help make the costumes, play games for fun, or just watch it all unfold. But whatever you do, make sure you see the spectacular “play-off” performance involving kings, queens, executioners and mythical creatures, such as dragons and minotaurs....

Games Time is coming to Loughborough on 9th June 2012 – and Games Time NEEDS YOU!  Find out how you can get involved in our section on volunteering in Charnwood below.

Charnwood Borough Council is proud to be a partner in Games Time, alongside the Spark Children's Festival, Loughborough University, Charnwood Arts UK2K12 , Loughborough Town Centre Partnership and Leicestershire County Council

Contact Email:  c.limb@deda.uk.com

For more information visit the website: http://www.gamestime.org.uk

Volunteering in Charnwood

A Once in a Lifetime Opportunity to Become a Volunteer in 2012

During this exceptional year Loughborough will truly ‘Welcome the World’ with a range of exciting events and activities taking place through the summer months.

This is your opportunity to get involved in Games Time a large scale, spectacular outdoor stage show taking place on Southfields Park on the evening of Saturday 9th June as well as a not to be missed chance to experience the Torch Relay in close proximity on the morning of Tuesday 3rd July.  

If you would like to be a volunteer, please confirm your interest by e-mailing your contact details, name, e-mail address and contact telephone number to leisure@charnwood.gov.uk  and let us know which of the events listed you are interested in volunteering for.        

• Available on 9th June (Games Time) 6.30pm – 10.30 pm (approx)   
• Available on 3rd July (Torch Relay) 8.00 am – 12.00 noon (approx

Torch Relay

Visit our Olympic Sports pages if you would like to volunteer to help at the Torch Relay.  See Related Documents at the foot of this page for a copy of the leaflet outlining the details of the rehearsal and the route the torch will take.

More Volunteering Opportunities in Charnwood

Patchwork Pledge

Calling all crocheters and knitters!

Grab your hooks and needles and help Inspire LeicesterShire & Lionheart Project create a ‘London 2012 inspired’ pledge blanket in aid of Age Concern, Leicester Shire & Rutland.

We need your help to crochet or knit 6" squares to your own design, which we can join together to create the largest blanket Leicestershire has ever seen. A blanket so big, we will cover a building with it to celebrate the Games in 2012 and inspire all ages to learn new skills.

It is entirely up to you what you ‘pledge’. Think about the Olympic & Paralympic values of Respect, Excellence, Friendship, Determination, Courage, Inspiration and Equality.

This could form part of your design. Why not get together with family, friends or your local community group to create your own ‘mini’ blanket, an ideal size would be 6ft x 4ft, that’s 96 squares! Each square counts as one pledge, so the more you pledge the bigger the blanket gets.

Simply drop your completed square or squares into any Age Concern charity shop in Leicestershire & Rutland.

Join in and be a part of the 2012 Games.

My Games My Legacy has been granted the prestigious London 2012 Inspire ark, the badge of the London 2012 Inspire programme which recognises exceptional and innovative projects inspired by the 2012 Games.

To find out more and how you can get involved go to:  www.inspireleics.org.uk/patchworkpledge 

For details of more Olympic related activities taking place in Charnwood visit our Sports section.