Glasgow Commonwelath Games 2014 - City Council fund aims to create 1,000 jobs

The Commonwealth Jobs Fund seeks to help 18 to 24 year olds who have been out of work for more than six months.

It will be open from January next year until July 2012 and will pay up to £6,500 towards each new job created.

Priority will be given to employers who pay a "living wage" of £7 per hour and private and third sector organisations with fewer than 250 people.

The initiative aims to contribute to the legacy of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
It follows the Commonwealth Apprenticeship Initiative, which the city council said had "provided places for hundreds of Glaswegian school-leavers in 2010".Under spend
The scheme was officially launched by council leader Gordon Matheson at the 13th annual State of the City Economy Conference.

He said: "The £7m that we are investing today is available thanks to the private sector's commitment to the Commonwealth Apprenticeship Initiative.

"Thanks to the way you enthusiastically stepped up to the plate and invested your own money in taking on almost 600 apprentices in 2010 alone, the council's own budget for the scheme was significantly under-spent.

"Having saved us that money, we are now pleased to be redirecting it back to you through the Commonwealth Jobs Fund."

Councillor Matheson said the authority was sending a message that to unemployed young people that they would not be abandoned.

News Source: BBC News Scotland

From Commonwealth games to Asian Games 2010

Today morning I read an article in the newspaper about rehersal of opening ceremony og Asian games in China. The picture of the artist doing rehersal was simple great and this gave me the idea why not keep visitors to this blog updated on 2010 Asian games in China. These games are also known as XVI Asiad and are scheduled to take place in Guangzhou, China from 12 November to 27 November , 2010. Yes the games will begine tomorrow in China.

This time the games will have the largest event inthe history of Asian games with 476 events being held in 42 sports.


Below is the games schedule, keep visitng for more updated on Asian Games
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Opening ceremony
 
Event competitions
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Event finals
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Closing ceremony
November 2010
7thSun
8thMon
9thTue
10thWed
11thThu
12thFri
13thSat
14thSun
15thMon
16thTue
17thWed
18thThu
19thFri
20thSat
21stSun
22ndMon
23rdTue
24thWed
25thThu
26thFri
27thSat
Goldmedals
Aquatics – Diving
2
2
2
2
2
10
Aquatics – Swimming
6
6
7
7
6
6
38
Aquatics – Synchronized swimming
1
1
1
3
Aquatics – Water polo




1





1
2
Archery


1
1
1
1
4
Athletics
6
6
8
4
11
10
2
47
Badminton


2



1
2
2
7
Baseball





1
1
Basketball











1
1
2
Board games – Chess



2








2
4
Board games – Weiqi


1



2
3
Board games – Xiangqi






2
2
Bowling

2

2


2
4

2
12
Boxing








6
7
13
Canoeing – Slalom
2
2
4
Canoeing – Sprint
6
6
12
Cricket






1






1
2
Cue sports

2
2
1
1
2
1
1
10
Cycling – BMX
2
2
Cycling – Mountain bike
2
2
Cycling – Road
2
1
1
4
Cycling – Track
1
3

2
4
10
Dancesport
5
5
10
Dragon boat
2
2
2
6
Equestrian
1
1
2
1
1
6
Fencing
2
2
2
2
2
2
12
Football












1

1
2
Golf



4
4
Gymnastics – Artistic
1
1
2
5
5
14
Gymnastics – Rhythmic
1
1
2
Gymnastics – Trampoline

2
2
Handball













2
2
Hockey











1
1
2
Judo
4
4
4
4
16
Kabaddi




2
2
Karate
5
4
4
13
Modern pentathlon
2
2
4
Roller sports
4
2

3
9
Rowing



7
7
14
Rugby union


2
2
Sailing





6
8
14
Sepaktakraw




2


2


2
6
Shooting
6
4
8
4
6
4
4
4
2
2
44
Softball






1
1
Soft tennis

2
1

2

2
7
Squash



2



2
4
Table tennis



2


3
2
7
Taekwondo
4
4
4
4
16
Tennis



2





3
2
7
Triathlon
1
1
2
Volleyball – Beach








1
1
2
Volleyball – Indoor













1
1
2
Weightlifting
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
15
Wrestling
3
3
3
3
3
3
18
Wushu
2
2
2
2
7
15
Ceremonies
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Total gold medals
28
35
30
37
39
33
36
30
31
26
30
29
39
48
5
476
Cumulative Total
28
63
93
130
169
202
238
268
299
325
355
384
423
471
476
November 2010
7thSun
8thMon
9thTue
10thWed
11thThu
12thFri
13thSat
14thSun
15thMon
16thTue
17thWed
18thThu
19thFri
20thSat
21stSun
22ndMon
23rdTue
24thWed
25thThu
26thFri
27thSat
Goldmedals