CREATING OPPORTUNITIES East Bank East Works Find out the latest on our Awards world-class culture and Celebrating local education destination on talent on page 4 A NIGHT TO REMEMBER page 3 FOR LOCAL TALENT! January 2019 On 1 November, 250 people former apprentice Joan Da Cruz, gathered to celebrate the amazing and ten gongs were handed out on diversity of talent, innovation and the night. 19 year-old Shoreditch businesses on and around Queen resident Jack Connolly, who works Elizabeth Olympic Park at the as a horticultural apprentice, was East Works Awards. The annual crowned Apprentice of the Year. PARK NEWS event, held at Here East, recognises Jack said: “I was ecstatic to be the achievements of people and told I’d won, I’ve never really won partners participating in the anything big before! I joined in Legacy Corporation’s East Works March this year, doing a two-year Jack receives his Apprentice of the Year award from the Mayor of Hackney. HAPPY programme, which seeks to connect apprenticeship. I work in the north the talents of east Londoners to of the Park, planting, weeding, added: “It’s definitely worthwhile to the extraordinary opportunities strimming, hedge cutting… I’ve learnt do something like an apprenticeship NEW YEAR! being created in and around the a huge amount with the help of because you are learning on the job.” Park to ensure local people, under- my team leader and managers. It’s You can find out more about the represented groups and local helped me decide this is the area I East Works programme here: businesses can share in the benefits want to work in, and opened lots of QueenElizabethOlympicPark.co.uk/ of the Park’s development. opportunities up to me.” our-story/transforming-east-london/ The Awards were hosted by an Jack, who has his eye on a east-works-jobs-skills-and-business- LLDC board member alongside management role in the future, growth

GETTING YOUR FIRST BREAK IN DIGITAL INDUSTRIES Are you (or someone you know) a and was also crowned Intern of the creative problem solver? Do you Year in the East Works Awards, said . . . AND THANKS FOR VISITING IN 2018! enjoy learning by doing? Then “The Flipside experience has been apply for Flipside – a three month a rich and awarding adventure, full SAVE THE The last few months of 2018 were once again memorable As winter sets in, the Park is now an ideal place for a paid, digital product design training of personal growth and professional at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park! We played host to winter walk amongst our hundreds of acres of open programme aimed at helping young development… I feel empowered as an DATE! international sport, with the England Roses winning their space, or to focus on your New Year Resolution to get fit east Londoners break into the individual and as a part of a group of netball series against Uganda at the , and healthy! Our swimming and gym facilities are second digital industry and start creating young creatives.” and the UCI Track Cycling World Cup bringing the stars to none, and with Santander bikes throughout the Park, digital products. The programme of world cycling back to the velodrome in Lee Valley it’s a great place for a cycle. We’ve also got a week of free was developed by leading creative Your VeloPark. health and wellbeing activities planned for January – digital agencies in collaboration with working with partners such as IQL, Here East, Lee Valley There were also some exciting announcements about our the London Legacy Development Neighbourhood Talks Regional Park Authority, and GLL – and for those of you plans for 2019. The first Major League Baseball game to Corporation, A New Direction and the ready for a bigger challenge, our first ever half marathon The next Your Neighbourhood be held in Europe – the Boston Red Sox vs the New York SkillsLab. The programme will run fully on the Park will be happening in February. Talks event will be held on Yankees – will be held at the London Stadium at the end from 25 February to the end of May, 19 March, 6pm to 8:30pm at of June. The Stadium will also be starting the month in If you’re feeling more sedate, our ArcelorMittal Orbit during which time you will be trained Flipside is open to residents from the Bobby Moore Academy style, with Muse kicking off the UK leg of their world tour January sale is offering 50% off Skyline View prices, and by some of the best digital agencies Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and secondary school. It’s a great on 1 June. Tickets went on sale for the FINA Diving World is a great way of seeing the new development coming to in the world and work with different Waltham Forest. If this programme opportunity to come along and Series in the London Aquatics Centre, and FIH Pro League the area – more details of which are inside. brands to build your own portfolio. appeals to you or someone you know, meet the LLDC, our Park partners, Hockey at Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre – paving You will receive a training bursary and recruitment for the next generation and local organisations and the way for another summer of world-class sporting will also be given an industry mentor of Flipsiders is open now. The businesses moving to the Park. action. And the spectacular Arcadia festival announced to support your career progression. programme will start in February Drop in anytime to find out they’d be bringing their iconic show to the Park for the TICKETS FOR Michelle, from Hackney, who took part 2019. Find out more at https:// more! second time in early May. in the Flipside programme in 2018 flipside-london.com/ WIN! Back to autumn, and on a more reflective note, over 85,000 people came to see the Shrouds of the Somme Stay up to date with news and information: facebook.com/queenelizabetholympicpark @noordinarypark – a thought provoking artwork marking 100 years since The first Vitality Super League netball team to be based in central London, London Pulse will play Sign up to receive our regular e-newsletter at: the end of the First World War. School children, local QueenElizabethOlympicPark.co.uk/subscribe @queenelizabetholympicpark youtube.com/legacycompany residents and tourists alike experienced the impact their home matches at the Copper Box Arena. To win a of seeing over 72,000 shrouded figures laid out near pair of tickets to see them play on 18 February, go to QueenElizabethOlympicPark.co.uk/ Park News is brought to you by the London Legacy Development Corporation, the organisation responsible for the planning, the ArcelorMittal Orbit, each representing a British or development, management and maintenance of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. It is our newsletter for people living and Commonwealth serviceman killed at the Battle of the ParkNewsWin and enter by 25 January 2019. working near the Park. © 2019 London Legacy Development Corporation. Somme, and whose body was never recovered. 04 01 EVENTS AROUND THE PARK COMING UP EVENTS ROAD CLOSURES 9 JAN Chase the Moon evening run, EAST BANK south of the Park CONTINUES TO TAKE SHAPE Our events programme will continue over the winter and 12 JAN London Pulse vs , into spring. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have Copper Box Arena Regular visitors to the Park will any queries or concerns regarding any of our events. notice some big changes in the 12 JAN RunThrough 5k and 10k Series, You can call our customer services hotline on 0800 0722 north of the Park coming months, with the early 110. Information is correct at the time of publication, but works starting on East Bank, our 19, 21 Vitality Netball Quad Series, please check again with our hotline or on our website world-class new cultural and JAN Copper Box Arena nearer the time. education development. Stratford 21 – 27 Health and Wellbeing Week, Waterfront – the future home of the West Ham United FC home games JAN across the Park V&A, BBC, Sadler’s Wells and UAL’s London College of Fashion – is now Roads will be closed on the days of West Ham matches at the London 26 JAN London Pulse vs , hoarded off, with the site of the UCL Stadium, for several hours before and after the game. Roads likely to Copper Box Arena East university buildings on South be affected include Westfield Avenue, Marshgate Lane (from White 27 JAN Hockey Super 6s, Park Lawn also being closed for Post Lane to Carpenters Road East) and Montfichet Road. Copper Box Arena construction works soon.

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Half Marathon – Sunday 10 27 JAN My Personal Best run, As well as building on the Park, there south of the Park February 2019 has been a lot of work bringing the The following roads will be closed for the event from 8am until 2 FEB Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park economic and employment benefits midday – Waterden Road, Parkes Street, Lesney Avenue, East Bay Winter 10k series, of East Bank to life in the wider area. Lane and Westfield Avenue (from Waterden Road to Olympic Park south of the Park September saw the announcement in the sector, and will involve East will bring objects out of storage and Bank partners such as UAL’s London into public view for the first time in Avenue). 9 FEB London Pulse vs , of a new Fashion District, spread College of Fashion and Here East. generations. Further spaces within Copper Box Arena across east London, which aims to In addition, Clarnico Lane and the entire Loop Road will closed from increase growth through creating Also at Here East, the V&A the centre will host pop-up displays, 8am to 12.30pm. Please note, no residential roads will be closed. 10 FEB Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park jobs, providing skills and training showcased their vision for their new workshops, performances and Half Marathon, across the Park and providing new affordable collection and research centre (see screenings. It’s set to be an exciting 13 FEB Chase the Moon evening run, workspaces. The new initiative is image above). A purpose-built home part of the overall V&A East project, PARK WORKS south of the Park looking to create 15,000 new jobs for over 250,000 objects, the centre and will open in 2023. The first phase of construction works at East Wick and 16-17 Legacy Cheer and Dance, Sweetwater continues, with cranes onsite. The ongoing FEB Copper Box Arena infrastructure works needed to support these new homes 18 FEB London Pulse vs Strathclyde RUN IN THE will continue into 2019, with further works on Copper Street Sirens, Copper Box Arena COULD YOU BE A PARK CHAMPION? starting in February as part of the new East Wick housing Easily recognisable by their pink jackets, Queen Elizabeth Olympic development and a new bridge to Fish Island being lifted in 23-24 Legacy Cheer and Dance, SHADOW OF Park’s volunteers – known as Park Champions – provide an invaluable to place in early spring. There will be a single lane only FEB Copper Box Arena service to both visitors and Park staff, providing thousands of hours of available near the Bobby Moore Academy Primary School HEROES! 2 MAR Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park support throughout the year. Whether volunteering on our exciting and during the works. Winter 10k series, The London Stadium has evolved into one of London’s most well-known diverse events programme, helping look after the Park's gardens and Works on the new south Park road layout will be completed south of the Park venues. Not only is it home to West landscapes, or manning the Information Point and the Park Mobility by Easter 2019, with diversions put in place in the meantime – 11 MAR London Pulse vs , Ham United and UK Athletics, but it Service, Park Champions play a vital role in making the Park tick. closures of some areas of pavement will mean minor pedestrian Copper Box Arena also houses entertainment from some To become a Park Champion, please register at diversions for some routes to and from the north of the Park, of the world’s biggest music icons and QueenElizabethOlympicPark.co.uk/volunteer and sign up to an the Copper Box Arena and Here East. When open, the new road 13 MAR Chase the Moon evening run, is a great hub for the local community. induction. If your New Year’s Resolution is to learn new skills or meet layout will provide a direct link for pedestrians and vehicles south of the Park Right next to the stadium is the new people, we’d love to hear from you! from Marshgate Terrace to Waterden Road, as well as linking 15 MAR National Junior Indoor London Marathon Community Track Carpenters Road and the new bridges over the canal. However, Rowing Championships, where many athletics clubs, running once the new roads are open, Clarnico Lane will be closed to Copper Box Arena vehicles, along with the section of Marshgate Terrace that runs groups, and open public sessions take parallel with the canal. 16 MAR London Pulse vs , place for the local community. The Copper Box Arena track is also used regularly by athletes Early works have also begun on East Bank at Stratford to warm up before their events in the 23 MAR Saracens vs Harlequins Rugby, Waterfront, and hoardings are now in place closing the towpath. stadium. The section of Carpenters Road next to the site has also begun London Stadium Public sessions are available on to close, and will close fully in February. Diversions are in West Ham United at the London Stadium Tuesdays from 4pm-6.30pm and place – including for the 339 bus – and alternative pedestrian 12 Jan, 2, 23 Feb, 2, 16, 30 Mar 7.30pm-10pm and on Thursdays and cycle routes through the Park have been signposted. from 4pm-7pm and 8pm-10pm. These closures will be in place for at least three years during London Lions at the Copper Box Arena Sessions cost just £2.20, payable by the construction period – for more details on the construction 2, 14 Feb, 3, 27 Mar cash on arrival and there is no need programme, visit stratfordwaterfront.commonplace.is For more information and new event to book in advance. Find out more at announcements, visit QueenElizabeth OlympicPark.co.uk/whats-on www.london-stadium.com 02 03