Celebrating Suffolk’s Olympic and Paralympic Games heritage from

1948 - 2012.

Lap of Honour is a four year programme managed by Suffolk Artlink on behalf of Suffolk County Council. This project was created as a direct response to the successful bid for the London 2012 Games.

This project will create a multimedia archive to preserve the heritage of both competitors and supporters currently in Suffolk who have taken part in the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Involving and training volunteers from the Suffolk community means the stories of these remarkable people and their decades of involvement in the Games will be recorded so that future generations of Suffolk competitors, officials and trainers will be able to learn from them.

Lap of Honour aims to provide wide access to these stories. As well as a website, filmed interviews and audio recordings will be available through podcasts, local BBC radio and television broadcasts, education packages, and county wide touring exhibition.

The exhibition and training will take place in public places in Suffolk including rural museums, record offices, sport centers, libraries, schools, colleges and University Campus Suffolk.

• Involve local people in celebrating the achievements of their community; to contribute to the heritage of Suffolk
• Create a sense of pride and excitement as we move towards 2012
• Involve young people actively participating in the project
• Encourage development of new partnerships across the county

• Create an important educational, historical and cultural resource

• A touring exhibition across Suffolk during the Cultural Olympiad
• An online archive available to all via the internet
• High quality local film heritage
• Artworks and reminiscence work inspired by the gathered stories
• Volunteers trained in video production

www.suffolklapofhonour.org.uk