Money for Sports Scheme Thousands of pounds of lottery money will pay for schemes to tackle obesity and encourage more volunteering in Leicester. The City’s Local Sports Alliance has been awarded over £86,000 after a successful bid to Sport England for the cash, which is designed to encourage healthier lifestyles. Steve White, Chairman of the Local [...] [...more]
Please find below the latest Special Olympics news: Olympic Awareness Day - 23rd June 2008 Students from all of the city’s special schools and community day centres have been invited to take part in a day of sport to mark International Olympic Day on Monday, 23rd June 2008. The event will take place at Saffron Lane Sports [...] [...more]
The Volunteering Strategy for the Special Olympics in July 09 was launched on Monday at Voluntary Action Leicester. The Games taking place in Leicester for the second time will require over 1,500 volunteers and the 6 day event will see competitors from all across Great Britain converge on the City to take part in a variety [...] [...more]
The new Lord Mayor of Leicester Cllr Manjula Sood has begun her historic term of office. Cllr Sood is the first Asian woman in the country to take on the role of Lord Mayor. “Its a great honour for me to represent the city”, she said. “This will be an historic time for Leicester in many [...] [...more]
The Special Olympics 2009 Volunteering Strategy will be launched with an event at Voluntary Action Leicester’s City Centre building on Monday 2nd June 2008 - at the beginning of National Volunteers’ Week. An application form for potential volunteers will also be available to download from this website. The aim of the volunteering strategy is to support [...] [...more]
Countdown to the 2009 Special Olympics GB Summer Games has begun. Host city Leicester has announced that the games will take place from July 25th to 31st. More than 4,000 people will head to the city to be part of the games, which are set to feature around 21 sports in a wide range of sporting [...] [...more]
