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Written by Eve Conway
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Rotarians have the opportunity to become local Leaders - a programme being launched by London 2012 to invite the nation’s organisers, planners and doer’s to get ready for the Games. Across the whole of the UK, millions of people will be part of the celebrations. And at the heart of every celebration will be the one person who makes it happen. The person who makes a difference and just gets stuff done. If this sounds like you, why don’t you sign up to be a London 2012 Local Leader?
Being a Local Leader is simple: all you need is an idea of how you will celebrate the Games and then get organising. Local Leaders can create their own events or get involved with the some of the ideas communities across the UK have suggested to London 2012. From Gardening for the Games to planning a Sports Quiz or an Opening Night In, get your friends, family and neighbours ready to celebrate.
When you sign up you will get hints and tips to help you plan your celebrations, plus access to exclusive toolkits as we get closer to the Games.
Join thousands of others around the UK to organise events to make the Games local. Sign up at www.london2012.com/localleaders
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Last Updated ( Friday, 25 November 2011 )
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Written by Eve Conway
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London 2012 reveals all communities on Olympic Torch Relay route and invites the UK to welcome the Olympic Flame next summer
 The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) confirmed all the communities through which the Olympic Flame will be carried by Torchbearers during the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay. The announcement of the 1,018 villages, towns and cities on the route means LOCOG has realised the aspiration of taking the Olympic Flame to within an hour’s journey time of 95% of the population. In fact, over 95% of the population will be within just 10 miles of the Olympic Flame next summer. The street by street detail of the route will be confirmed next year.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 11 November 2011 )
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Written by Poem by John McCrae 1915
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At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month in the eleventh year of the twenty first century.
We will remember them.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
By John McCrae 1915
Photograph courtesy of Alan Moorhouse
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Last Updated ( Monday, 07 November 2011 )
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Written by Kalyan Banerjee
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My dear brothers and sisters in Rotary,
 In 1885, the London Times ran a series of editorials honoring the 100th birthday of Sir Moses Montefiore, the British financier and philanthropist knighted by Queen Victoria. The editorials commented on his honesty, his generosity, and his willingness to come to the aid of anyone in need. One story was particularly telling.
Someone once asked Sir Moses, one of the wealthiest men of his era, how much he was worth. In the face of such an ill-mannered inquiry, he merely paused for a moment’s reflection before naming a figure – one that fell far short of his questioner’s expectations. Naturally, it was met with an objection; surely he must be worth 10 times as much! Sir Moses merely smiled. “Young man,” he replied, “you didn’t ask me how much I own. You asked me how much I am worth. So I calculated how much I have given to charity this year, and that is the number I gave you. You see, in life we are worth only what we are willing to share with others.”
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 01 November 2011 )
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