Community Games, funded by Legacy Trust UK, provide a wonderful and unique opportunity for communities from all backgrounds right across the West Midlands to come together to celebrate the 2012 Games and enable thousands of people to experience and create their own Olympic or Paralympic moment.

We hope you will want to be part of the Community Games programme - we will support you along the way as you organise your event.

Sign up now for Community Games and bring London 2012 to your neighbourhood

With just over six months to go until the start of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, now is the time to sign up for Community Games and create a special moment to celebrate London 2012 in your own neighbourhood.

Since the programme launched in 2010, 222 Community Games have taken place in our region involving over 165,000 people. It is expected that 500 games will have taken place by the end of 2012.

As David Moorcroft, Chair of the West Midlands Leadership Group for the 2012 Games and former 5000m World Record holder says: “Organising your own Community Games is a great and meaningful way to be part of the London 2012 celebrations.”

Find out more about Community Games now!

Olympic Torch to Arrive in the West Midlands

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) have now confirmed all 73 communities in the West Midlands through which the Olympic Flame will be carried by Torchbearers during the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay.

The route will see the Olympic Flame in the region on 24th, 25th, 30th and 31st May and between 30th June and 2nd July... read more

Volunteer at a Community Games

If you are interested in volunteering at a local Community Games, you can register on the West Midlands volunteering website to be a part of the Sport Makers programme. Like Community Games, Sport Makers is bringing the Olympic and Paralympic values to life in every community across the West Midlands. You will have the chance to participate in an inspiring Sport Makers workshop, before being linked up with local events and other opportunities that you can get involved with. 

Find out more at wmfor2012.com.