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Organisers of the London Olympics have showed how much they support soldiers<\/a> by pledging to give a total of 10,000 passes for the Games to the Tickets For Troops scheme.<\/p>\n

The initiative offers serving members of the armed forces the chance to register and be awarded entrance to a whole host of events.<\/p>\n

London 2012 Organising Committee chair Seb Coe said: "I'm absolutely delighted that through our Ticketshare scheme we will be involving members of the armed services and their families."<\/p>\n

It has been made possible thanks to the funds raised from the sale of the Prestige tickets and money will go to a range of deserving causes, he continued.<\/p>\n

Lord Coe claimed it was "unimaginable" not to have serving soldiers benefiting from this project and he urged people to register on the Tickets For Troops website.<\/p>\n

Some 125,000 passes will also be donated to London schoolchildren, as well as 50,000 going to pupils around the country.<\/p>\n

Soldiers must sign up to the website by November 1st to be eligible.<\/p>\n

Posted by Simon Williams
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