Leicester City Centre was the focus of Regional celebrations to mark UK Inspire Day on Wednesday 16^th May 2012.

Humberstone Gate, Live Site came alive with a variety of activities showcasing elements of the Inspire Mark programme both locally and from across the region.

Fancy performing at Splash Dance Weekend festival? Dance4 in partnership with the Big Dance East Midlands Hub Partners has commissioned the widely Fancy performing at Splash Dance Weekend festival?acclaimed, ever popular New Art Club to choreograph an extraordinary performance spectacular at National Water Sports Centre during Splashdance Weekend.

Leicester-Shire and Rutland Sport (LRS) is delighted to be supporting the Community Games project. Community Games is a national programme inspired by London 2012, aiming to encourage people of all backgrounds, from right across the country, to come together to play their part in the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games today launched an initiative to help individuals within communities play an active role in bringing their friends, family and community members together to celebrate the Olympic and Paralympic Games coming to the UK this summer.

The University of Leicester is setting the stage for a celebration of the city's 'secret' Olympic history. In 1866, thirty years before the first modern Olympic Games in Greece, the city of Leicester hosted its own Grand Olympic Festival – on what is now the University of Leicester campus. Now plans have been announced to commemorate this unique event with a recreation at the original location.

Do you want to be involved in BIG DANCE? Learn the Schools Pledge at your school, community centre or in your bedroom and take part in a world record attempt on 18 May 2012!

Would you like to be part of the team bringing the best in dance from around the world to Leicester? With artists from the Caribbean, South Africa, Namibia, India, and Spain alongside fantastic local performers. Whether you're available to help lots or just a little the Lets Dance International Festival team would like to hear from you!

Dance4 are looking for local people in Braunstone and Belgrave to take part in a new community project, Routes, commissioned by Leicester Primary Care Trust. Dance4 are looking for people of all ages (18+) who are interested in taking part in a creative experience that contributes to their local community.

In the build up to the Dress the World exhibition openings, groups of young people and students from Leicester and Leicestershire are invited to take part in a series of fun and creative performing arts/dance workshops which will culminate in a series of extraordinary, synchronised street performances.

Shauna Richardson's 'Lionheart Project' has announced its UK tour, which will see three giant crocheted lions travelling the country in a 16 metre long illuminated glass case. The three giant lions will tour the East Midlands before arriving at the Natural History Museum in London in time for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.