About this Newsletter: Edition 5

As we have outlined in our first four editions, July 2007, November 2007, April 2008 and November 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

We hope that you have found this newsletter informative, and that it has provided some inspiration and food for thought as to what you might do locally with the magic dust of the Games.

The Games are a very unique and time bound opportunity, and with Kent’s proximity to them, they are an opportunity we must imaginatively and confidently seize. Kent is receiving national and regional recognition for its approach to these opportunities and challenges, and, with your help, input and local activity, we can keep it that way!

Details on most of the items featured in this newsletter are available on our website www.kentsport.org/london2012

A full list of the members of the Kent Coordinating Group for the 2012 Games is also available on our website, as are membership lists for each of the eight sectoral task groups.

Our thanks go to all partners in the Kent Campaign, and to all those who have contributed to this newsletter. We welcome any feedback on this newsletter, which should be sent to:

Kent Campaign for the 2012 Games
KCC Sport, Leisure and Olympics
Communities Directorate
Commercial Services Building
Gibson Drive
Kings Hill, West Malling
Kent ME19 4QG