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400,000+ readers leisure opportunities 8 February – 21 February 2011 ISSUE 547 Daily news & jobs: www.leisureopportunities.co.uk OPLC postpones stadium decision pEtE hayman


A decision on the future use of London’s Olympic Stadium has been put on hold after the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) said it needed “more time”. It had been anticipated that


the OPLC would recommend its preferred bidder to the government and the mayor of London on 28 January. However, the company said it needed further clarification to secure “the most appropriate solution” for the venue. West Ham United Football


Club is working alongside Newham Council on its bid, as well as Live Nation, Essex County Cricket Club and the University of East London. Meanwhile, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club has part- nered with entertainment operator AEG and is aiming to completely redevelop the stadium.


1,340 applications for Arts Council funding


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Arts Council England (ACE) has revealed that around 1,340 arts groups have applied for funding as part of its new National portfolio programme. Te application process closed at


10am on 24 January, with the new system due to come into effect from April 2012 to replace the Regularly Funded Organisation system. All of the funding bids will now


be judged against ACE’s published criteria and it is anticipated that the funding agency will announce its decisions on 30 March.


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Te Olympic Stadium’s future post 2012 is no nearer to being resolved A third option is also being considered by


the OPLC, which incorporates initial plans for the redevelopment of the stadium into a 25,000-seat mixed-use athletics venue.


Crematorium plans debated by council


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Recycled energy from a crematorium could be used to heat a leisure centre in Redditch, under proposals discussed by the local authority. Redditch Borough Council’s executive com-


mittee and full council debated the plans on 1 and 7 February respectively. In an attempt to reduce carbon dioxide


emissions, the council plans to recycle energy that would help heat the newly-redeveloped Abbey Stadium Leisure Centre. Energy generated from the flue gas clean-


ing process at the crematorium would heat the majority of the leisure centre site, which would otherwise have been wasted.


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Recycled energy could heat the redeveloped complex A spokesperson for the local authority said:


“While remaining respectful of the bereave- ment process, the plans are supported to help tackle the pressing challenges of CO2 emis- sions and climatic change.”


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heneghan.peng have designed the £18.5m facility


Work starts on Giant’s Causeway visitor centre


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Work has now started on a new £18.5m vis- itor centre at the Giant’s Causeway World Heritage Site in County Antrim. Gilbert-Ash has been chosen to lead


the project, which has been designed by Dublin-based architects heneghan.peng. McConnell Stone; Metaltech; Mastercraſt;


Vaughan’s; and Hynd’s Architectural Systems are also working on the scheme. Elsewhere, Event Communications has


been appointed to develop the interpretive design of the new visitor centre.


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