Welcome to our fourth e-newsletter, updating you on all the current thinking, planning and delivery taking place in our County off the back of London staging the 30th Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in 2012 and building on the success and lessons from the Beijing 2008 Games. As the time gap between this newsletter and our last shows, it has been a very busy summer!

As we have outlined in our first three editions, July 2007, November 2007 and April 2008 the Kent Campaign for the 2012 Games is a partnership led and managed by Kent County Council through its Sport, Leisure and Olympics Service, which is part of the Communities Directorate.

The Campaign seeks to ensure that Kent derives maximum benefit from the Games across the areas of sport, young people, economic development, regeneration, the arts, media, tourism, volunteering, and transport.

The Campaign is led by a cross-sectoral Kent Coordinating Group for the 2012 Games, and is chaired by chris.hespe@kent.gov.uk, Head of Sport, Leisure and Olympics at Kent County Council. There are eight sectoral task groups, which feed into the Coordinating Group and drive forward the delivery. Stephanie.Holt@kent.gov.uk is the Kent Manager for the 2012 Games and manages the Campaign.

Please make contact with the Campaign if you would like discussions or presentations on the opportunities that are available to your sector from the 2012 Games. More detail on much in this newsletter is available at the Campaign’s website www.kentsport.org/london2012

Articles in this newsletter:

Kent athletes star at Beijing 2008 Kent celebrates Olympic Handover 24 August PRIDE in Paralympic Handover Celebrations, 17 September 17 September - Launch of Kent’s 20in12 Learning Programme Cultural Olympiad Launch 26-28 September goes off with a bang! Kent School Games Finals Kent eVent Team - flexible volunteering for events London 2012’s sponsors continue to multiply Kent Campaign for the 2012 Games’ Small Grants Fund Kent winning 2012 business Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games inspire more young people to read in Kent We’re on the Telly! Thames Gateway Legacy Framework for the 2012 Games …and it’s a warm hello from Dover… Impact of the London 2012 Games on Kent? Everyone’s Games? National Conference - 3 December 2008 Kent’s Talented Performers – New Support Package Get Set – London 2012 Education Programme Create, Compete, Collaborate Increased Opportunities for Disabled People in the South East through the inspiration of 2012 University of Kent student has key role in Beijing Handover Ceremonies Cultural Olympiad – Major Projects Kent’s hoteliers supporting our Pre Games Training Camp efforts A 2012 ‘lead’ for every local authority in Kent Kent 2012 Chairman’s Visit to Beijing – 9-17 August 2008 Kent on London’s Doorstep Kent's 2012 work shortlisted for national quality mark Kent Young People’s Film Project is Award Winning International teams already training in Kent Potential Paralympic Pre-Games Training Camps in Kent Inaugural Winter Youth Olympics Government’s 2012 Legacy Action Plan Museums, Libraries and Archives setting the 2012 pace in Kent Kent's Campaign for the 2012 Torch Athletes with learning disabilities allowed back into the Paralympics in time for 2012 Seven 'new' sports considered for 2016 Olympics Skills Sectoral Task Group Disbanded Dover Schools Torch Conference Social Enterprise Event, Maidstone – 'Winning with 2012' Feedback from Kent’s Big Day Out Last lap of our Kent Campaign for the 2012 Games Newsletter: Edition 4