INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY RESEARCH PROJECT LAUNCH As part of its three years to go celebrations, the team behind Birmingham 2022 is dialling up the countdown to the Commonwealth Games by rolling out an art-led community research project that aims to connect communities across the West Midlands. Birmingham 2022 is staging an innovative research project called…
Birmingham 2022 Celebrates Three Years To Go with The Commonwealth Social
A FREE FAMILY-FRIENDLY FESTIVAL OF SPORT, FOOD AND LIVE PERFORMANCES With three years to go until the Commonwealth Games, Birmingham 2022 is marking this momentous milestone in the countdown to what will be a once-in-a-lifetime event, by hosting the Commonwealth Social, a free family friendly public celebration on Saturday 27 July 2019 from 12:00 –…
£778m investment in Birmingham and the West Midlands to deliver 2022 Commonwealth Games
Games will benefit Birmingham, the West Midlands and the UK through job creation, business and trade opportunities, and tourism Budget is split 75% / 25% between central government and Birmingham City Council and partners Birmingham and the West Midlands region will benefit from a £778 million investment to stage the 2022 Commonwealth Games, the…
Three new Sports proposed for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
Women’s T20 cricket is one of three new sports that could be added to the programme of events at Birmingham 2022, after proposals were given approval by the Commonwealth Games Federation’s Executive Board. Under the proposals, beach volleyball and Para table tennis have also been recommended for inclusion in the programme, in a move that…
Work to prepare the site of the new Sandwell Aquatics Centre to start in June
Work to clear and prepare the site of the Sandwell Aquatics Centre, which will host the swimming and diving events at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, will start in the next few weeks. Planning permission for the £62 million, state-of-the-art facility, at Londonderry Playing Fields in Smethwick, was granted earlier this year and the major…
Work officially starts on construction of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Village
Construction work on the largest infrastructure project directly related to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games started today (May 8). A ground-breaking ceremony was staged at the Commonwealth Games Village site in Perry Barr – which will provide a home away from home for around 6,500 athletes and officials coming to the city in the summer…
Birmingham 2022 appoints Martin Green CBE as Chief Creative Officer
The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee has appointed Martin Green CBE as its Chief Creative Officer, a role that will give him ultimate responsibility for the official opening and closing ceremonies and the wider cultural programme for the Games. The announcement comes exactly one year on from Gold Coast 2018’s Closing Ceremony which incorporated…
Birmingham 2022 Team select location for new headquarters
The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (the OC) has confirmed today (12 April) that its new headquarters will be in Brindley Place. The team, which is organising the region’s biggest ever sport and cultural event, is expected to move into One Brindley Place, in Birmingham city centre, in a couple of weeks and has…
Four new appointments complete Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Board
The latest meeting of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee board took place earlier today (21 January 2019) and four new members were welcomed by Chair of the Board, John Crabtree. Non-Executive Directors, Ellie Simmonds OBE, Lyndsey Jackson and Nick Timothy have all been appointed to the board by Jeremy Wright, Secretary of State…
Chief Executive confirmed for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee
Ian Reid has been confirmed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC), the team organising the largest event ever to be staged in the West Midlands. The 41-year-old from Kilmacolm, near Glasgow, was the Chief Financial Officer for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, working on that edition…