Introduction
Welcome to the East Midlands Development Agency's web pages for the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
The East Midlands is committed to maximising the benefits from the Games. This site will keep you up to date with what is happening at a regional and local level as well as the latest news from London 2012.
Using the navigation bar along the top you can find out about each of the eight key activity areas, the Regional Strategy, any documents relating to the Games and what is happening in each of the five counties.
The key activity areas are lead by: East Midlands Development Agency, Sport England, East Midlands Tourism, Government Office for the East Midlands and Culture East Midlands. Working in partnership these organisations form the East Midlands Steering Group for the 2012 Games and are developing the regional strategy for the Games.
News
72 East Midlands athletes to compete at the Beijing Games »
The British Olympic and Paralympic Associations have announced that 72 members* of the Team GB squads were either born or currently live or train in the region.
Forty nine of these athletes…[more]
Pre Games Training Camps
The East Midlands is the ideal place to come and prepare for the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. As England's fourth largest region it is positioned right in the middle of the country. The counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland make up the East Midlands and all six are truly committed to supporting the 2012 Games. [more]
Contact Us
For all general queries regarding the Games in the region please email the Regional Coordinator at regionalcoordinator@emd.org.uk or call 0115 988 8307.
To find the contact details for the organisations developing each key activity area please click here.
To find the contact details for the organisations developing local strategies in each county please click here.
