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JOIN INWHICH LOCAL HERO

WILL YOU BE?

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Whilst it was the athletes who delivered awe-inspiring

sporting action during the London 2012 Games, there’s no doubt it was the London

2012 volunteers who delivered the sparkle.Join In promises to build on the expertise and enthusiasm of the volunteers and

inspire others to get out into their local community and volunteer, a goal that

matches the Big Lottery Fund’s ambition and it is a project we are proud to support.Through the Big Lottery Fund’s ‘Keeping the Spirit of 2012 Alive’ campaign, we

are determined to transform the feel-good spirit of the London 2012 Games into a

lasting legacy that will benefit communities across the UK and Join In is one of the

initiatives to benefit.

This event at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, combined with the new Join In website,

will create thousands of new volunteers and ensure that the public spirit that made

the London Games such a huge success can be a real force for change.

Peter AinsworthBig Lottery Fund Chair

INTRODUCTION

It’s wonderful to see so many people here in the Olympic Park, one year on

from the Games. Today we can celebrate what was achieved and relive some

precious memories. However, we’re not just here to look back.

Last year, the Games Makers, along with all the volunteers in London and

around the UK, made the Games the success they were. Most importantly,

they inspired people – showing what it means to be a volunteer, in both

attitude and impact.

We need to harness that inspiration, to make sure the volunteering legacy is

a real one. It starts with you.

Whether or not you volunteered last summer, I’d like to

encourage you to take the energy from 2012 and go local. Lend

a hand in a sports club or community group. I know from

experience the crucial difference you’ll make.

There are thousands of opportunities available, starting with

the Join In Summer of events, 27 July – 9 September. You’ll

hear more about it today, with lots of information in this

programme too.

It took us 10 years to deliver the Games; it will take 10

years to deliver the full London 2012 legacy. Without you,

it won’t happen at all. So have a great time today and

thank you in advance for helping keep the 2012 spirit

alive for many years to come.

Best wishes,

Sebastian Coe CH, KBE

The Prime Minister’s Olympic and

Paralympic Legacy Ambassador

welcome

Last summer the Games showed us what is possible when

people come together and we were incredibly proud of the commitment and

dedication of the 2012 volunteers.

We have always said that we wanted to see a long-lasting volunteering legacy

inspired by 2012 and that is why we are supporting Join In.

This summer will see lots of exciting events taking place, which we hope will

inspire lots of new volunteers and show how much we appreciate and need

volunteers in the UK.

The Go Local event is the first step on this journey to celebrate volunteering and

encourage more people to get involved in their community this summer and beyond.

I would encourage you to use your talents to make a difference in your community

and inspire others to do the same.

Nick HurdMinister for Civil Society

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Special appearance by Attraction Dancers

Boris Johnson ‘Challenges Anneka’

Jack Carroll and Gabz

BOND Quartet

Performance by Eddie Izzard

McFly close the show

Enjoy a walk around Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park gardens

Try out a new sport at one of the ‘have- a-go’ stations for Tennis, Hockey, Sitting Volleyball and Boxing

Chat to our lovely Join In and Team London volunteers about how you can sign up to volunteer in your local community

Write your volunteering commitment on our pledge wall and be inspired by others’ promises

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Show starts – get ready to be inspired!

Pandemonium Drummers open the show

Sebastian Coe speaks about the inspiration of London 2012 and the legacy of the Games

Spelbound

Eddie Izzard presents the Join In volunteering vision for the UK

Lend a Hand Quiz, featuring special Olympic and Paralympic contestants

Greatest Hits of the West End, starring Jodie Prenger

The Feeling

Boris Johnson and Team London present volunteering opportunities across the capital

Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd form chart-topping British guitar-pop band McFly. Since 2004, they have had seven UK number 1 singles and five Top 10 albums, selling over 10 million copies worldwide. With ‘Room on the 3rd Floor’ they became the youngest band ever to have an album debut at number 1, taking the title from The Beatles.

Last year, Tom wrote the London 2012 mascots’ official song, ‘On a Rainbow’, singing it with sister Carrie.

They have just released a retrospective collection, ‘Memory Lane’.

Tess co-presents ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ with Bruce Forsyth and is joint patron of Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity along with husband Vernon Kay.

A popular choice with all age groups, Tess woke up the nation on ITV1’s favourite Saturday morning show ‘SM:TV’. She hosted the ‘Dancestar Awards’ for MTV, as well as ‘Your World Cup Pitch’ for ITV1, and ‘LA Pool Party’ for the BBC. Tess has just been chosen as the newest Ambassador for L’Oreal.

The original electric string quartet, together Tania Davis, Eos Chater, Elspeth Hanson and Gay-Yee Westerhoff form BOND.

Since their original debut a decade ago, the global chart-topping group has sold well over four million records worldwide, making it the best-selling string quartet of all time. They have travelled the globe several times in sell-out tours.

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Since winning ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ in 2010, gymnastic troupe Spelbound have performed regularly on TV, as well as live in the UK and around the world. They have strong ties with London 2012, performing in Team GB pre-Games awareness activities; at the Paralympic Ball; and at the Olympic Closing Ceremony. Sebastian Coe and Dame Kelly Holmes are among the troupe’s enthusiastic admirers.

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Recently discovered busking on the streets of London, Robbie Boyd’s feel-good folk pop songs have earned him national recognition, with airtime on a number of radio stations and a live performance on ITV’s ‘This Morning’. His band made the top 20 of MTV’s Brand New Unsigned for 2013.

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Following their debut EP release and national tour earlier this year, the James Riley Band are thrilled to be at Go Local. A nine-piece bluegrass and soul explosion, they blend melodic songwriting with soulful intensity. Formed in 2011, they won the Mayor of London Gigs Competition in 2012.

Formed during London 2012, the Games Maker Choir has more than 500 members. They regularly perform, raising money for sporting good causes. David Cameron described their song ‘I Wish For You The World’ as, “a testament to their resolve to keep that can-do spirit of the Games Makers alive”.

West End Greatest Hits is a mix of all that is exciting, popular and inspirational in musical theatre from London’s West End.

The cast includes winner of BBC One’s ‘I’ll Do Anything’ Jodie Prenger, alongside a top ensemble and choir. They will make you want to get up, dance and sing along.

The Games Maker Choir

Since his stand-up debut in 1993 on the West End stage, Eddie has had sell-out and critically-acclaimed international tours, including gigs at Madison Square Garden Arena in New York and a recent three-month residency at the Theatre De Dix Heures in Paris. He is also now equally respected as a film, theatre and TV actor.

Wowing the world in their role as volunteer performers at the London 2012 Ceremonies, the Pandemonium Drummers have gone on to enjoy great success. Though many had never drummed before, they now perform at events large and small in support of good causes, creating another long-lasting legacy of the London 2012 Games.

Ivor Novello award-winning, Brit Award-nominated band The Feeling first burst onto the music scene in 2006, with their million-selling debut album ‘12 Stops And Home’. It was followed by number one album ‘Join with Us’ (2008) and ‘Together We Were Made’ (2011).

Frontman Dan Gillespie Sells’ home is down the road from the Olympic Park and also serves as the band’s studio. There, he and fellow band members Richard Jones, Kevin Jeremiah, Ciaran Jeremiah and Paul Stewart have just put the finishing touches to their fourth album, due to be released this year.

Pandemonium Drummers

In August 2009, Eddie took a month off work and ran 43 marathons in 51 days for Sport Relief, raising in excess of £1.85 million.

In 2010, he became involved in the search for 70,000 volunteers for the London 2012 Games and followed their journey in the build up to and throughout the Games. To keep the spirit of the London 2012 volunteers alive, he is Patron of the Join In Trust. He is taking time out from his new world tour, Force Majeure, to be here at Go Local.

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Greatest Hits of the West EndPLUS...The voice of the ‘X Factor’ Peter Dickson

Paralympian, journalist and presenter Ade Adepitan

Olympian and presenter Iwan Thomas

‘Britain’s Got Talent 2013’ winners, Attraction and finalists Jack Carroll and Gabz.

Olympic and Paralympic champions

Warm up entertainer and presenter Andy Collins

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VENUEs

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July 2013 Copper Box ArenA opens

The first venue on the Park opens – a multi-sport facility and home to the London Lions.

AuGusT 2013 eAsT VIllAGe opens

The Park’s first housing development welcomes new residents in the area that started life as the Athletes’ Village.

AprIl 2014 lee VAlley HoCKey AnD TennIs CenTre opens

New state-of-the-art facilities on the site of the old Eton Manor Sports Club.

AprIl 2014 lee VAlley VelopArK opens

Track cycling, BMX, road racing and mountain biking: get all your two-wheeled thrills in one place.

AprIl 2014 souTH plAZA opens

AprIl 2014 CArpenTers loCK opens

Local residents gain access to key routes leading to the facilities on the Park.

AuGusT 2017 IAAF WorlD ATHleTICs CHAmpIonsHIps

Taking place in the Stadium.

sprInG 2014 ArCelor-mITTAl orBIT opens

2017 CrossrAIl serVICe CompleTIon

sprInG 2014 AquATICs CenTre opens

Affordable swimming for the community.

2015 CHoBHAm mAnor opens To resIDenTs

The first of five new neighbourhoods to be built on the Park welcomes its first residents. Pictured right: how it will look in 2030.

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sepTemBer 2013 FesTIVAl oF DIsABIlITy sporT

The first of what will be an annual festival of disability sport; part of a £2m package of Paralympic plans.

sepTemBer–oCToBer 2015 ruGBy WorlD Cup

The Stadium hosts five matches.

2015 europeAn HoCKey CHAmpIonsHIps

Hosted at the Lee Valley Hockey Centre

3,000seats from the London 2012 Basketball Arena have been reused in

the permanent hockey seating at Lee Valley

Hockey and Tennis Centre.

111acres (45 hectares)

of biodiverse wildlife habitat

are being created, including reedbeds, grasslands, ponds

and woodlands, with 525 bird boxes and

150 bat boxes.

9million+visitors a year will come to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

from 2016

2016 europeAn sWImmInG CHAmpIonsHIps

London is bidding to host the 2016 European Swimming Championships in the Aquatics Centre, pictured right.

AuGusT 2016 sTADIum opens permAnenTly

Home to West Ham United FC and a major live music venue.

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So, WHAT’S HAPPEninG in THE PARK?

Looking forward to another unforgetable summer

Join In was set up to harness the spirit of the volunteers we came to know and admire last summer

during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. It’s the home of the Games Makers. But we are more than that: our aim is to encourage everyone to get involved − whether or not they volunteered last summer. One year on, it’s time to ‘go local’.

The Join In Summer runs from 27 July to 9 September. With the help of our funder the Big Lottery Fund and our

Official Partners BT and Lloyds TSB, there will be 10,000 events in sports clubs and community groups across

the UK. Without people to lend a hand, the events won’t happen. So find one near you and offer to

help. It’s your chance to make a real difference to your local community – and what could be more

rewarding than that?

Thanks for coming to the UK’s biggest ever celebration of volunteering. Enjoy!

Alice HuntCEO, Join In Trust

FEELINGHEROIC?

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Join us. Join In.Last summer, as we cheered our sporting champions

doing us proud at London 2012, I also marvelled at the heroic volunteers making it all happen.

This year, we don’t have the Games. But we do have the Join In Summer, with sports clubs and community groups right around the UK holding special

events. That means there are thousands of opportunities for local volunteers to shine, lending a hand to make sure the events run brilliantly.

We’re match-making enthusiastic people like you to the organisations that need you. Whatever your skills, however much time you can give, you can help.

If you’re feeling heroic, join us – join in. Have a read of this programme, listen to everything you’re told today, then get online at joininuk.org

and work out where you’ll go.

I thank you. So do all the people whose lives you are about to better.

ready? let’s go...

Eddie IzzardPatron, Join In Trust

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A nation of active people joining

in with their local community.

That was the vision – and the

London 2012 Games were the

perfect opportunity to make it a

reality. So last year we set up Join

In to promote volunteering in

a new and exciting way. On the

weekend between the Olympics

and Paralympics, we asked people

across the UK to come together and

celebrate where it began for all of

our sporting champions – their local

sports clubs. More than 300,000

people took part in 6,013 events – as

volunteers, hosts and participants.

This year, we’ve got a whole

summer of events lined up, with

more registering every day.

There’s a huge range of Join In events to take part in: from walking in Waltham Abbey to gymnastics in Gillingham; from carnival in Castleford to wheelchair tennis in Wales. None of them would be possible without our partners:• British Cycling• Change 4 Life• Community Games• English Netball• Fields in Trust• Go Spike Volleyball• Hockey Nation• Parasport UK• Spogo• Team London• UK Athletics

Join In is funded by the Big Lottery Fund, government grant and by Official Partners BT and Lloyds TSB.

74.8%of clubs who took part in The Join In

Weekend last year said they

wanted it to be an annual event

If you’re part of a club, it’s not too late to host an event as part of the Join In Summer. Stuck for ideas? We’ve got plenty. Why not try one of these?...

Players pitch inReverse the roles for a day. Players muck in and do some clubhouse DIY while volunteers get on the pitch and play!

Community gamesStage your own mini-Games for the whole community – with events from long jump to archery. You could even have your own medals ceremonies.

Parents’ pick and mixGet the parents of your club’s younger members to organise a special picnic with quizzes, sports, food, drink and of course a tug-of-war! You’ll find loads more ideas on the Tools and Tips section on our website – joininuk.org

Familiar faces will be popping in at Join In events everywhere throughout the summer – Olympic and Paralympic champions lending a hand at their local clubs. Go to Facebook and Twitter for the latest news... you never know who might turn up at an event near you.

see you there!Enter your postcode at joininuk.org to find a

community event near you. Or turn to page 30 to keep in touch with Join In.

How IT ALL STARTED

Spot the SPORTING HEROES

What? How? Could you host an event?

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So we’re back, bigger and better!

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The AccountantGood with

money, loves a spreadsheet

The PhysioGood at

manipulating

The ChairpersonWilling and able to

take charge

The Volunteers Co-ordinator

Good at juggling

The DriverGets from A to B

with ease

The WelcomerNever without

a smile

The Costume Maker

Loves a sequin. Or 50

The Social Secretary

Life and soul of the party

Across the UK, LOCAL HEROES ARE LENDING A HAND...In sports clubs and community groups across the land, local heroes are giving their time to help out. It takes all sorts – and whether it’s every week or once a year, their efforts are invaluable: seven in 10 clubs say they need more volunteers. What do you have to offer?

The Web & Social Media OperatorCan’t function if

not logged on

The CoachMotivator

extraordinaire

The RefKnows the rule book inside out

The MarshallKnows left from right

The Subs Collector

Never afraid to ask

The Membership Secretary

Organised, good with names & faces

The ChefKnows which

way their bread is buttered

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“It’s the background people that really count. They get no glory. If we didn’t have any volunteers we wouldn’t have a club.”Margy Sullivan, Tooting Bec Lido. To view the film, launch the Aurasma app and hold your phone over the page – or see it at youtube.com/joininuk

I’m a stay-at-home Dad with two children – Rhys, 5, and Charlotte, 2. I have always carried out voluntary work: from a kid I was a member of St John Ambulance for 15 years, doing various public duties and life guarding.

For the last five years I have run Albany Road Baptist Church Luncheon Club with help from other volunteers. It’s aimed at the over 50s, held once a week for anyone in the community to meet and make friends over a two course meal with tea or coffee for £2.50.

I’m also the catering officer for our church, involved in many events – from BBQs to kids’ clubs. This year I arranged a charity duck race and Fun Day – we invited the whole community to join us.

I try to do my best to give back investing time in the community and to serve

others gives me a real sense of joy. There’s nothing more pleasurable than to make someone else smile, especially when it only cost you time and effort.

Peter Littlechild, Cardiff

IN REAL LIFE...

More often than not, volunteers are needed just to muck in. No experience, no special skills, just enthusiasm and a willingness to do whatever’s needed: making the tea, sprucing up a wall with a lick of paint, pointing people in right direction on a fun run. Take Peter, for example…

ARE YOU ‘THE CHEF’?

“You may not be the best sandwich maker in the world but you can

certainly get a duster or a hoover to make a difference.”

Jim Sharples, Bolton Rugby Club

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LOCAL HEROES #1:THE CHEFIt’s lunchtime down at Eastleigh Tennis Club.

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I do the accounts and payroll for two charities

for free, and at a quarter of the usual rate for

another 10 charities. I would love to be able to

do them all free, but some are very complex. I

find working with numbers relatively easy, so

it’s good for me to help people who have more

difficulty with it – especially with the pressure

there is now on charities to have their accounts

in order.

Growing up, my parents were always

volunteering with the Asthma Society,

swimming club and Parkinson’s Society. I swam

competitively from the ages of 11 to 18; it was

all very dependent on volunteers, for transport,

organisation and so on. One of the reasons I

volunteer is to give something back.

I also regularly help out in other ways at a

number of organisations. Aside from the

accounting, I don’t always have the specialist

skills they need, so I do more general roles. Some

are weekly – for example, my role as Volunteer

Co-ordinator at Access Sport, a charity helping

young people with disadvantages or disabilities.

At smaller organisations they are very appreciative

about the help they get. Other roles are once a year,

like in the transport team at Crisis at Christmas and

marshalling at the London Marathon.

In September I start a six-week induction course

to volunteer at a youth centre: many of those who

go are homeless and have no work. I’ll help once a

week with their literacy and enterprise projects.

I find volunteering relaxing, energising

and enjoyable. It’s nice to be in a different

environment, to do something completely different from my

work – even if it is

still accounting!

Kim HOOPER, london

IN REAL LIFE...

87%of sports clubs say a lack

of volunteers prevents membership GROWTH*

There are many tasks at clubs and groups that need specialist skills – abilities that might come easy to you but others struggle with. You could use your catering knowledge to help in a large-scale soup kitchen; put your sewing talents to work making costumes for a dance group; or, like Kim, use an aptitude with numbers to help balance accounts…

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my local youth club but asthma made me stop, so I started coaching. I’m a

volunteer coach at a local school too. Because I want to be a PE teacher myself I’m getting proper

career experience and it helps with my application forms for university.”

Jordan Mondesir-Clarke

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“One year on from drumming at the Olympic Opening Ceremony

I am still on a high and still volunteering. I recently started

helping at the Spa Valley Railway and I’m training to be a Station

Master at Groombridge, East Sussex – a rural station on a real

life ‘Thomas the Tank Engine’-style line run entirely

by volunteers.”

David Bower, Kent

I have been a keen volunteer since I was

about 11, involved with my local youth club

and other organisations. I have a passion for

working with those less fortunate than I am,

so I’m a fully registered Special

Olympics Volunteer too. 

When I applied to be a Games

Maker at the age of 17 it was a big

challenge for me – but one I was

excited to take. It was an amazing,

unforgettable experience and it has

changed my whole outlook on life.

Since then, I’ve applied for a job at Manchester

United, where I’ve dreamed about working

ever since I was a child. I was also offered a

job for my university placement year at Walt

Disney World, Florida.

London 2012 has also inspired me to continue

volunteering, including a new post: Event

Services Manager with Special Olympics

Ulster. It’s extremely rewarding. None of this

would have been possible if I hadn’t

been a Games Maker.

As a volunteer, you’ll be helping other people. You’ll be making a difference to your own life too – and could use the opportunity to learn a new skill, from refereeing to working with people with disabilities to being a Station Master.

“I give my time to volunteer as a linesman and referee because I believe in helping people. When I see the happy smiling faces of the young people at the end of a match, it makes the experience priceless.”

Fitzroy Taylor, Ilford

IN REAL LIFE...

Volunteering has changed my life

ARE YOU ‘THE ref’?

Mairéad McMahonLurgan, Northern Ireland

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“I want to to give something back to a community that has given so much to me. Volunteering puts a smile on your face. Plus, it’s good to do something for nothing, and opens up fabulous opportunities!”

Di Gough

“Volunteering isn’t just about giving, it’s about receiving. You can be cold and tired, but the smiling faces and ‘thank yous’ leave you feeling happy knowing you have

helped make that event.”

Carole Hayward

“If I volunteer I hopefully make the environment around me a better place, which moves

others to do the same – creating a virtuous circle within that

community.”

Simon LawrenceIt takes on average

40,000 volunteers to make a champion: we did the maths

Ask an athlete and they’ll remember the volunteers who made their achievement possible. We asked Olympians and Paralympians how many people had been involved in their success since they first started out at their local club and crunched the numbers. We found that on average it takes 40,000 volunteers to make a champion. So if you lend a hand at your local club – whatever role

“It’s a fantastic opportunity to meet

other people who have the same interests and

passions as you.”

Hemal Mistry

64% of sports clubs do not have

suitably trained staff to allow disabled people to

participate.*

Let’s change that!

“Volunteering is usually about a greater cause than yourself but through doing it you learn to be yourself; put yourself out there

and most of all smile.”

Matt Briggs

The big question: why volunteer?

So, there are lots of different ways you could lend a hand in your local area.

But why bother?

“If I’m going to put my time, expertise and enthusiasm into anything, isn’t it better to do something many people can get a tangible benefit out of? It

keeps you active – mentally, physically or emotionally, or all of the above. And

heck, every day’s an adventure.”

Richard Clayton

“Once you do it, you will get a wonderful sense of achievement

and belonging.”

Barbara Marie

you’re doing – you could be helping the next Sebastian Coe or Sarah Storey. And every medal they win, whether it’s at a local competition or the Olympic Games, will be your medal too.

World Champion and Olympian Colin Jackson:“When I retired in Birmingham at the Indoor Arena, all the volunteers on that day signed a massive card saying how wonderful it was to have helped me in my career. To this day I still have that card and every time I read it, it touches me.”

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Get inspired at Go Local! Take in the buzz of being in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, surrounded by people enthusiastic about being part of the Join In Summer.

Log on to joininuk.org and find an event Just type in your postcode and see what pops up near you – there are more than 10,000 events registered for the Join In Summer.

Be prepared. RSVP to the event via the Join In website or get in touch directly to find out if they need a hand. Check the weather, tell your friends, find your comfy shoes and a water bottle…

Turn up with a smileReady to put in some effort? The enjoyment of the people taking part thanks to your help will make it all the more worthwhile.

You’re a Join In local hero!Bitten by the volunteering bug? See what you can do more regularly – whether it’s an hour a week or once a year. Join In is linking up with the people who need you all the time – find them on our website. If you don’t find what you’re looking for, why not contact a local club or group near you directly and offer your services?

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Text GOLOCAL and your email address to 85010 today*This will enter you into the competitions and add you to the Join In mailing list. *Standard network charges apply. Text service only available on 19 July 2013.

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Help us to run your local community event and bike rides.

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British Cycling's Breeze is the biggest programme ever to get more women into riding bikes for fun.

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at your local judo club

Scan to find your local clubs or visitwww.britishjudo.org.uk/clubfind

It’s a great way to exercise, and fun for the whole family

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Create dementia friendly communities by volunteering as a Dementia Friends Champion.Dementia Friends Champions aretrained volunteers who encourageothers to learn a little bit aboutdementia, and inspire them to helppeople with dementia live well.Go to dementiafriends.org.ukto register.

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Pick a sPort...See which disability sport might best suit you.

Find a club...Enter your postcode to locate the nearest of over 3,000.

Give it a Go!Get involved – and most importantly, enjoy it!

Parasport is a free tool, run by the british Paralympic association with support from deloitte, designed to

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SPORT CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING. At Sported, we use the power of sport to transform thelives of disadvantaged young people, giving them hope,confi dence and the skills to escape a dangerous life.

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