Wednesday, 7 March 2012

London 2012 celebrates Diversity Day

Tourism NewsLOCOG celebrated its last Diversity Day before the start of the Games.

At an event held today at ExCeL, LOCOG Chief Executive Paul Deighton was joined by Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) Chair John Armitt, Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone, Deputy Mayor of London Richard Barnes and members of the LOCOG Diversity Board including Tanni Grey-Thompson and John Amaechi.

Paul Deighton highlighted how LOCOG and London 2012 stakeholders are delivering on their promises during the bid to host the Games to ensure the London 2012 Games are as diverse and inclusive as possible. He focused on three key areas where the most impact could be made – within the workforce, supply chain and Games time service delivery. This reflects the work done by the ODA to encourage people to work on the construction of London 2012’s venues and infrastructure.


Continue Reading...

No comments:

Post a Comment