A leading user-led arts organisation has raised new concerns over the search for volunteers to take part in the opening and closing ceremonies of the London 2012 Paralympics.
Last week, disabled artists and performers warned that many disabled people would be put off by a call from London 2012 for 5,000 volunteers with “huge amounts of [...]
The London 2012 organising committee’s appeal for volunteers to take part in the opening and closing ceremonies of the Paralympics has been criticised by leading disabled artists and performers.
The organising committee, LOCOG, announced this week that it was seeking 5,000 disabled and non-disabled volunteers to fill roles as dancers, actors, percussionists and all-round performers.
LOCOG said [...]
Disabled protesters furious at the involvement of two of London 2012’s major sponsors have targeted the first “test event” held to prepare for next year’s Paralympics.
Protesters were denied access to the Olympic Park by LOCOG, the 2012 organisers, but were able to position themselves near the entrance gates in Stratford as ticket-holders arrived.
They are angry [...]
An investigation by young disabled campaigners has raised new fears of a shortage of accessible hotel rooms when thousands of disabled visitors descend on London for the 2012 Paralympics.
The investigation also highlighted flaws in Inclusive London, a website launched this summer by the mayor of London, Boris Johnson, and the Greater London Authority (GLA).
Johnson has [...]
A software glitch may have prevented older people from ordering wheelchair-accessible spaces for next year’s Paralympics, it has been claimed.
The application process for tickets for the London 2012 Paralympics closed on 26 September, with organisers describing demand as “unprecedented”.
But one leading disabled activist says a “glitch” in the software for the ticketing website meant that [...]
The Paralympic flame for next year’s games in London will be created in a ceremony in Stoke Mandeville, the birthplace of the Paralympic movement, 2012 organisers have announced.
It will be created from four separate flames lit in the capital cities of the UK – London, Belfast, Edinburgh and Cardiff – and then brought to Stoke [...]
More than half of the tickets for the 2012 Paralympics in London will be priced at £10 or under, organisers of the games have announced.
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) said that two million tickets would go on sale from 9 September 2011.
Tickets for those under 16 or over [...]
Organisers of the London 2012 Olympics have been forced to rethink their ticketing policies after disabled activists warned they would breach disability discrimination laws.
The 2012 organising committee, LOCOG, had decided that all wheelchair-users who were successful in the main Olympic ticket ballot would automatically be allocated an extra free ticket for a personal assistant (PA) [...]
Channel 4 is to broadcast live coverage of this year’s BT Paralympic World Cup, after securing the rights at the expense of the BBC.
The broadcaster will offer two hours of live coverage on the final day of the event, 28 May, with highlights programmes on 26 and 27 May and daily live coverage on its [...]
The BBC has won the UK radio rights to broadcast coverage of the London 2012 Paralympics on its Radio 5 Live news and sports station.
The BBC said it would broadcast an estimated 25 hours of programmes and news on Radio 5 Live during the games, as well as extensive live commentary on its sister station [...]
More than 8,000 disabled people have applied to volunteer at the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.
Although the figure is only about three per cent of the total number of applicants, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) said it was “very pleased” with how many disabled people had put their [...]
Disabled people who want to volunteer at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be able to start applying later this month – nearly two months earlier than non-disabled people.
The 2012 organising committee (LOCOG) decided to give disabled people longer to apply after taking advice from disability organisations and volunteering teams from previous games.
Disabled [...]