Researchers from Bournemouth University are looking to interview Games-time volunteers for a study that will capture their stories from the London 2012 Games.

Suppliers involved in helping stage London 2012 will be able to promote their involvement in the Olympics and Paralympics after a landmark deal was reached between the Government, the British Olympic Association (BOA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

London 2012 volunteers are to take a curtain call with a starring role in the capital's New Year's Day Parade.

There will be 400 Games Makers and performers from the London 2012 opening and closing ceremonies at the central London parade, organisers said.

Local Torchbearer & Paralympic Games Maker Aarti C Thobhani will be one of 500 selected Games Makers, lucky enough to attend the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award in London on 16th December 2012.

The British Olympic Association (BOA) and the British Paralympic Association (BPA) have joined forces to take over the official London 2012 education programme, Get Set, to ensure that it will continue to feature in schools across the United Kingdom.

Sport England have announced how £1 million of National Lottery investment will fund a training programme to ensure the inclusion of disabled people at tens of thousands of community sports clubs. The free training will benefit more than 10,000 coaches, leaders, assistants and parents, helping them develop the skills and confidence to include disabled people in sporting activity.

Team GB Women's Hockey star and Olympic Bronze medallist, Nicola White, inspired the people of Rutland on Wednesday 14th November, as she visited a local school prior to presenting awards at the Rutland Sports Awards event.

The Gold Event Series was unveiled today by UK Sport and the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) as part of wider plans to develop the Government's support for hosting major international sporting events, and continue the momentum generated by London 2012.

Team GB Basketball captain and current Leicester Riders Forward, Drew Sullivan, visited two Leicestershire schools on Thursday November 8th to share his Olympic story with local students from Mountfields Lodge School in Loughborough and Castle Donington Community College.

People are being given the chance to nominate their favourite local sporting heroes and top sporting events of 2012 in a campaign celebrating the best of the city's talent.