"I hope they don't pull all the sports arenas down after 'cos it will be good to use them"
Jake Spoke
What did the Olympic and Paralympic Games mean to you?
The 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games were a once in a lifetime event. To record the impact of the Games, from 2010-2012 museums, libraries and archives around the UK supported community groups to collect and create material related to the Games, past and present. This website showcases the results.
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Featured projects
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Imagine sport
The project has been delivered by Carl Jaycock on behalf of Telford & Wrekin Council, and builds on the previous… -
Redbridge and the London 2012 Games
Redbridge Museum, based in Ilford, have made a series of five short films which explore the impact of the London 2012… -
Paralympic Perceptions
This project explores perceptions of the impact and value of the Paralympic Games.
Students at Loughborough University… -
Olympic and Paralympic future champions at Loughborough University
The is a digital video archive of interviews with Loughborough elite Olympic and Paralympic students, which focus on two… -
What it means to be a Loughborough University student volunteer for the 2012 London Olympics
"Volunteering will play a very important part of the London 2012 Olympic Games: London 2012 is relying on brilliant… -
Believe it Achieve it!
Believe it Achieve It’ was a project delivered in the London borough of Brent which recorded people’s…
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