Press Releases

Bury’s Olympic Legacy now on display

Mar 08, 2013 15:06 GMT Bury Council A special exhibition is keeping the Olympic flame burning brightly at Bury Library.

Nov 12, 2012 16:55 GMT National Union of Students A survey of participants of the ‘Be a Champion’ an inspire project of London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, led by the National Union of Students (NUS) and funded by Coca-Cola, has found that the projects have had an overwhelmingly positive impact on both the students involved and their local communities.

Nov 02, 2012 17:24 GMT Panasonic UK Welsh Paralympic Gold Medallist Mark Colbourne will open an exciting new Panasonic Store in Cardiff on Saturday 3rd November at 10am. Mark, a paralympic-cyclist, won gold in the C1 3km individual pursuit at London 2012 after breaking the world record in both the qualification round and the final.

Sep 07, 2012 11:00 BST UK Kindness Movement London Olympics changed world’s view of British kindness, says Louise Burfitt-Dons

Jul 30, 2012 12:34 BST Mixing Digital The UK’s TV App Agency has built and deployed an Olympics app for Spanish broadcaster RTVE.

Jun 19, 2012 16:57 BST Foreign and Commonwealth Office Foreign Office Minister Henry Bellingham will celebrate conflict prevention and the peace ideals of the Olympic Truce in a speech tonight.

Chester school pupils encouraged to achieve personal bests for London 2012 with Atos

May 31, 2012 13:45 BST Atos With just 59 days to go until the London 2012 Opening Ceremony, pupils at Mickle Trafford Village School, were today visited by Olympic Silver Medallist, Leon Taylor and local Atos employee, Tim Burnett, to encourage the children to achieve a personal best for the Games. Atos brought a London 2012 experience to Mickle Trafford Village School.

May 22, 2012 09:41 BST E-beeze Ltd Just a week after the launch of the OlympiMania movement, the OlympiManians are ready to launch their official mobile app for the Olympic Games. The mobile app is called Spogger. It is inspired by the Olympic spirit and is created to bring you closer to hottest event this summer.

May 18, 2012 09:00 BST E-beeze Ltd A team of young app developers has initiated a movement to spread the Olympic spirit around the world through a number of events including unique mobile app (soon to be released), so all fans can experience the Games wherever in the world they are.

New Instructability Course comes to Hillingdon

Mar 14, 2012 10:49 GMT Aspire Instructability is a pioneering course by Aspire and YMCAfit. We provide free training to anyone over 16, disabled, unemployed and living in a London Borough. The course gives participants the skills, knowledge and confidence to begin their fitness career. Successful completion of the course will lead to an internationally recognised qualification, the CYQ Level 2 Certificate in Gym Instructing.