Children and young people to be fully involved in the Cultural Olympiad

The Cultural Olympiad began as soon as the handover ceremony from Beijing to London had taken place and represents a way in which everybody in Great Britain can engage with London 2012. People can connect via Dance, music, the visual arts, media, theatre, literature…the possibilities are endless.

The creativity of young people will have full expression through the Cultural Olympiad and already many young people across the region have been inspired to get involved, particularly through Open Weekend and the Igniting Ambition events which have taken place in the region since 2008. In 2008 the region’s cultural activity focused on Derby through the Derby Feste. In 2009 Igniting Ambition and Open Weekend centred upon the spectacular Opening Ceremony of Special Olympics Leicester at Walkers Stadium. Many children and young people were involved in both.

One exciting project being developed by The Mighty Creatives is its Journals project in which young people are being invited to develop their journalism skills by writing journals or creating photographic or film diaries of their sporting or cultural experiences leading up to 2012. Some of these young journalists were trained ahead of Special Olympics Leicester and created journals of their experience of the events around SOL.