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Delivering a lasting legacy from the 2012 Games

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  • Teens learn about 2012 employment and skills opportunities at careers fair 24 November 2008 The LDA, ODA and LOCOG joined forces to promote the employment and skills opportunities arising from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games at 'Skills London 2008' – a major careers fair aimed at 14–19 year olds held at Excel 20-22 November.Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, meets Derek Reed, a former bus driver who completed construction training and is now working on the Olympic Park site
  • LDA puts students at the heart of 2012 legacy benefits 21 November 2008 Students and academics are getting the chance to find out first hand how the legacy benefits of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are being secured with the LDA hosting a series of lectures and workshops.The LDA is hosting a series of lectures around the legacy of the 2012 Games
  • Children get creative with 2012 legacy 10 November 2008 Children from the Olympic boroughs have been helping to develop legacy plans for the 2012 site during half term activities organised by the London Development Agency (LDA).Youngsters from the London host boroughs share their ideas about what they would like to see created on the Olympic Park site
  • Personal Best for every London borough 4 November 2008 Disadvantaged Londoners are being offered a stepping stone into work as a groundbreaking training programme linked to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is rolled out.Former Olympian Jonathan Edwards with PB participants at their graduation ceremony at Wembley
  • Thames Gateway’s SMEs get new business support service 27 October 2008 Small to medium businesses (SME) in 10 London Thames Gateway boroughs are being given more opportunities to win contracts with corporate and public buyers as well as major developers through the East London Business Place (ELBP), a new initiative officialEast London Business Place provides business support to SME's in 10 London Thames Gateway boroughs