The latest employment and skills figures published by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), today, show that the combined Olympic Park and Olympic Village 'big build' workforce has reached 12,635 as the 'big build' nears completion. Alongside the economic legacy that is being created for people and companies working on the Olympic Park and Village, thousands more people across the UK are gaining employment and training helping to deliver the venues and infrastructure for the Games.Of the current 12,635 strong workforce a quarter (25%) are resident in the five Olympic Park Host Boroughs and more than six out of ten live in London (62%).Programmes set up to maximise the 'big build' employment legacy have helped more than 1,400 previously unemployed local people gain work on the Olympic Park, delivered more than 3,400 places training people for work on the Olympic Park and other construction sites and enabled 426 apprentices to work on the project.Please see the full newsletter here: http://www.london2012.com/publications/employment-and-skills-update-april-2011.php