Welcome to our Seventh Edition

Welcome to our seventh 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. 2009 has already brought some key successes!

As we have outlined in our first six editions, July 2007, November 2007, April 2008, November 2008, May 2009 and September 2009 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 news from the campaign is available at www.kentsport.org/london2012

 

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