London 2012 Launches New Roadshow
LOCOG, the organising committee for the London 2012 Olympics, has launched the ‘Get Set London Roadshow’ – a mobile unit that will visit all the London boroughs in the run-up to the Games to explain to Londoners and local businesses how they can get involved.
The Roadshow, implemented in association with The Mayor of London’s office and the London Development Agency was launched in Trafalgar Square.
The Roadshow offers Londoners a unique opportunity to find out how the 2012 Olympic Games & Paralympic Games will increase jobs and skills opportunities and benefit culture, sport, business and regeneration in the capital – from the 9,000 new homes that will be built in the Olympic Park to the £17bn investment on the transport system.
Advisors from the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) and JobcentrePlus are supporting the Roadshow by providing information about the job and skills opportunities available across all London boroughs in the run-up to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Through a range of different sized pods the Roadshow will then go on to visit all 33 London boroughs, between January and April 2008.
These local events will take place in shopping centres, parks and town squares and are aimed at the whole community.
The pods will feature interactive sporting equipment, information on how musical acts can compete for the incredible opportunity to perform during the Handover celebration in London in August 2008, as well information on the opportunities for jobs, skills development and business in each local area.
