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Newcastle Volunteer Centre and the council want you to be a Newcastle Ambassador for the London 2012 Games.

St. James’ Park will be hosting both men’s and women’s football matches, group matches and the quarter finals.

Ambassadors are volunteers who’ll be representing Newcastle during the Olympic football at St. James’ Park.

The ambassador roles will be based throughout the city supporting visitors to these football matches. There may also be other London 2012 Games related activities happening in the city that volunteers can take part in.

You can play a key role in welcoming visitors to the city and will be on hand during the games to offer advice on how to get around, information about places to go and things to do, and promoting all that Newcastle has to offer.

If you are interested in this role and aged 18 or over, please email kristopher.hartridge@newcastle.gov.uk  or phone him on 0191 232 6616.

This week a programme of cutting edge projects designed to get you to Go Smarter to school was launched. 

Go Smarter wants you to cycle, walk and take public transport to school.

Among the projects on offer to schools are grants for school cycle sheds, child pedestrian training and school walking competitions.

The launch was attended by young people from across Tyne and Wear who committed to get to the event by bus, Metro, Shields Ferry, by foot and by bike.

Do you want to Go Smarter?

To find out about the benefits of Going Smarter, play online games and see how your school can get involved visit the Go Smarter website.

The FA are holding England Talent Days across the country this summer to find the next potential England disability star.

To find out more, check out the flyer.

Juice Festival and New Writing North are looking for young people (aged 16+) to join the Press Gang project from August – November 2012.

Juice is NewcastleGateshead’s festival for children and young people, celebrates creativity and takes place during October half term.

Press Gang gives young people the opportunity to write pre-festival articles, reviews and blogs for Juice Festival 2012.

There’ll be the chance to hone your critical skills and learn from the experts about how to write a killer review in master-classes.

They are looking for a set of enthusiastic, organised and motivated individuals, with some knowledge of marketing and communications and a particular interest in writing and journalism.

You will need to possess strong verbal and written communication skills and will ideally be studying a marketing, journalism or an English subject to A-level or equivalent.

To find out more, check out the flyer.

Streetwise Young People’s Project are moving to a new building within the city centre on Thursday 17 May 2012.

Their new address is:

Unit 3, Blackfriars Court, Dispensary Lane, NE1 4XB (behind the Gate). 

The telephone number remains the same 0191 230 5533.

There’ll be regular updates on the Streetwise website, on Twitter @StreetwiseNE and within Streetwise itself. You can also view the video showing directions to the new building on You Tube.