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Drumming up awareness for London 2012
By Michelle Johnson
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s part of preparations for the for the past 150 years.
London 2012 Olympic games 9,000 construction jobs in the Olympic
and Paralympic games which and Paralympics park at peak construction
begin in August 2012, the Mayor of in 2010.
London as well as the London 10,000 – 12,000 jobs will be available
Development Agency have set up a in the Olympic Park after the games, part
series of road shows across London’s of up to 50,000 new jobs arising from the
33 boroughs - to educate, inform and redevelopment of Stratford City and other
prepare Londoners for the Olympic parts of East London.
games. These road shows started in £17bn being spent on transport
January in Trafalgar Square and will end improvements: DLR extension to
on the 6
th
of April.
Woolwich, improved North London Line
The Haringey road show arrived at
service, extended East London line.
Finsbury Park last month with the Mayor
£1.5bn to increase in tourism.
of Haringey - Sheik G. Thompson,
Rivers and canals cutting across the
officially launching the show.
park revived and made available for
In an interview with The Trumpet
recreational use.
Newspaper, he emphasised on the need to
9,000 high quality new homes in the
inform people, particularly Africans and
Olympic Park
Caribbeans, of the vast opportunities that
The Media and Broadcast centre in the
the 2012 Olympics brings to them.
park will be converted to high tech
Olympic Medal hopefuls (left to right): Jonathan Crammen – Baseball, Teorema Dorsett – Athletics, Angus Pederson
According to him, I want to “see people
workspace for Londoners.
– Badminton and Billy Dainty – Tennis
coming out, participating, getting jobs,
projects and not only taking advantage of
the opportunities, but also winning as
many medals as possible” for London and
England.
Also in attendance was Simon
Woolley, Founder of Operation Black
Vote – an Ambassador of the London
2012 Olympics. Woolley hopes to
“encourage Afro Caribbean Londoners
through his organisation to participate,
and enjoy the event.
Other Ambassadors include: Rodney
Hines - Sports Editor of The Voice
newspaper, and Alistair Soyode - CEO of
BEN Television.
Speaking to The Trumpet - Dr Alistair
Soyode expressed how happy he was
being a part of this initiative. When asked
what BEN TV would add to the success of
the Olympics, he said “BEN TV would
start an official countdown as soon as the
Olympics ends this year, and would run a
series of messages to encourage Africans
to participate.”
The London 2012 Olympic games will
bring key benefits to London, including:
Five new permanent sports venues for
both community use and competitive
sporting use in the Olympic park in
Stratford, East London.
The Olympic Stadium will have
25,000 seats after it is converted post-
Back row (clockwise): Mrs Kyoko Thompson – wife of the Mayor of Haringey, Alistair Soyode and Simon Woolley-
Games
event’s ambassadors. Front row: Mr Sheik G Thompson - The Mayor of Haringey with a group of young athletes
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