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September 2010

• Suffolk Unemployed Get Boost to Skills and Confidence A new programme, inspired by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which is dedicated to helping unemployed people move into work, has given opportunities to 110 Suffolk residents in its first year (26Kb)

August 2010

• Swimmer Receives County Council Scholarship - Suffolk swimmer Stephanie Bird is celebrating after becoming the latest local 2012 prospect to be supported by Suffolk County Council (31Kb)

July 2010

• London 2012 to boost volunteering in Suffolk - A volunteering events team is to be established in Suffolk in response to the massive interest created for volunteering by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it has been announced (29Kb)

• Suffolk awarded another London 2012 Inspire Mark - 'Suffolk Celebrates London 2012 Open Weekend’ has become the latest Suffolk project to be awarded a coveted London 2012 Inspire Mark (26Kb)

• The Tour of Britain is Coming to Suffolk - The Tour of Britain, the country’s biggest professional cycle race, and biggest free-to-attend sporting event, will be visiting Suffolk for the first time on Friday 17 September 2010 (26Kb)

• Suffolk Disability Sport Initiative receives London 2012 recognition! - Optua is celebrating after its Disability Sport Showcase Days received the official London 2012 Inspire Mark (28Kb)

• Clean Sweep for Suffolk Schools in 2012 Inspired Technology Challenge - Two schools from Suffolk have emerged victorious at the prestigious 2010 BT and NRE (Nations and Regions East) Technology Challenge (27Kb)

• June 2010

• Celebrate the Sights of Suffolk - Choose Suffolk and Suffolk County Council are calling on people living or visiting Suffolk to get out and about with their cameras and camcorders to capture and celebrate the county’s most characteristic people and places as part of a new London 2012 Inspired project called Suffolk ICONS (27Kb)

• Gymnastic Joy for Lowestoft - Some of the world’s best gymnasts will train and prepare for the London 2012 Olympic Games in Lowestoft, it has been announced (24Kb)

• UK public invited to take a London 2012 Open Weekend challenge - Top sporting talent from across the UK has joined Sebastian Coe, Chair of the London 2012 Organising Committee to invite the public to actively celebrate the two year countdown to the start of the London 2012 Games by participating in Open Weekend 2010 (26Kb) 

• May 2010

• Olympic star helps Suffolk children to get ready and set to go - Olympic athlete Colin Jackson was in Suffolk this week to see how children at two Suffolk schools are preparing for this year’s Tesco Great School Run (24Kb)

• April 2010

• Calling All Young Suffolk Film Makers - Make A Film For The Greatest Show On Earth. Do you know any young people who would like to see their film screened at Glastonbury? (28Kb)

• March 2010

• London 2012 Tickets – Sign-up Now -  The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has announced more details of its ticketing plans and is inviting sports fans all over the UK to ‘sign up’ and register their interest (30Kb)
• 2012 The Azeris are coming to Ipswich - Ipswich discussed the agreement with Azerbaijan last week at their Embassy in London, which formally confirms that they will use Ipswich as their pre-Games training camp for their Olympic and Paralympic teams in 2012 (29Kb)

• January 2010

• Tourism conference supports Suffolk's sporting stars -  Suffolk’s young Olympic stars of the future will benefit from this year’s Destination Suffolk 2010 Tourism Conference, taking place at Trinity Park, near Ipswich on Wednesday 3 March 2010
• Tourism conference to focus on the London 2012 games  Choose Suffolk Annual Tourism Conference and will be held on Wednesday 3 March 2010 at Trinity Park, Ipswich
• The  BT /NRE Technology challenge Schools from across Suffolk are being invited to form teams, take on the BT NRE Technology Challenge 2010 and live the Olympic and Paralympics values (12Kb)
• London 2012 Business Event for Lowestoft Businesses in north Suffolk are to be given the opportunity to hear about how they can bid for contracts for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games (22Kb)

• December 2009

• Destination Gold for Suffolk An exciting new sporting initiative has been launched in Suffolk (23Kb)
• London 2012 Inspired Project Shortlisted for Award Suffolk County Council is celebrating after being shortlisted in the Tackling Health Inequalities category of the prestigious Community Partnership Awards (30Kb)

• November 2009

• London 2012 Major Project 'Unlimited' Launched Unlimited, the UK's largest ever disability arts programme - set to transform the disability arts movement in the UK - has been launched by London 2012 as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, and is open for artists' entries (32Kb)
• Cash on offer for communities as the Olympic countdown continues
  As we reach an exciting milestone in the Olympic countdown calendar, the Suffolk Culture and Sport Partnership is announcing a grant scheme to support 2012 Open Weekend events held in the run up to the Olympic and Paralympics in London (29Kb)

• October 2009

• Suffolk Artist Takes the Lead Suffolk-raised artist Robert Pacitti has been named as the winning artist for the East of England in Artists taking the lead, one of the major projects for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad (30Kb)
• Rwanda Choose Bury St Edmunds The National Olympic Committee of Rwanda has chosen Bury St Edmunds as their training base for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games (30Kb)
• Vote Today for Emma Graham Suffolk Gardener in Final of Olympic Competition - Emma Graham from Suffolk needs your vote in The Great British Garden Competition (21Kb)
• Another Boost for Suffolk’s Olympic Training Camp Credentials Suffolk’s credentials as an ideal training base for Olympic teams preparing for the London 2012 Games have been further boosted with the news that the Brazilian Women’s Gymnastics Team will prepare for next months World Championships at Ipswich Gymnastics Centre (29Kb)

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