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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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Futures: the Spirit of Sport
East Sussex Record Office worked with Chailey Futures, the residential service for young adults with complex physical… -
Cambridgeshire People's Record
This project allowed members of the community to participate in a range of experiences at each family day that complied… -
Paralympic Perceptions
This project explores perceptions of the impact and value of the Paralympic Games.
Students at Loughborough University… -
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… -
Feeling Well - Olympic week
Suffolk Libraries have developed The Feeling Well project (a year of sport and wellbeing promotion), working with a… -
Sporting activities in Thurrock
This is a collection of individual items relating to sporting activities in Thurrock. The items were collected by…
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