Councillor Chris White, Chair of the Local Government Association’s Culture, Tourism and Sport Board:
Hertfordshire is on the starting blocks for London 2012 Open Weekend
It’s just four short weeks away until Hertfordshire and the rest of the UK c
elebrate the 3-year countdown to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. What will you do to celebrate the Open Weekend on 24 – 26 July?
Why not join in and do something you’ve never tried before? We want organisations and venues to open up and challenge themselves to do something different. And we want the public to join in and try something new, inspired by London 2012. This could be learning a new language, trying out a new sport or exploring parts of your local area you’ve never seen before.
Hertfordshire is piloting ideas around the county during the Open Weekend which we hope will become regular events that bring communities together beyond 2012. We are particularly keen on cultural activities in town centres and events that make more use of open spaces. And Lee Valley Regional Park, home to the White Water Olympic venue in Broxbourne Hertfordshire will have all sorts of exciting events over the weekend.
The Open Weekend is a perfect example of how communities from around the UK, and not just those in London, can get involved with the London 2012 Games. And it illustrates how the London 2012 Games is about a whole lot more than sport.
To register your event log onto: www.london2012.com/openweekend and complete the form.
After reading the hype in Horizons and hitting your web page re open weekend. A search of the local area on the 2012 open weekend section of the olypic website, showed exactly 0 activities around St Albans, Hemel and WGC.
Clearly the assumption is if your in our part of Herts form the open weekend – drive somewhere else……. I expect a similar approach will be in place for the next three years. It’s ok St Albans car park for 2012.