£4.07m investment to ensure a creative legacy from London 2012 in Scotland
12/03/2009
£4.07 million investment to ensure a creative legacy from London 2012 in Scotland
Four diverse and unique programmes to bring learning, culture and sport together, and engage with thousands of artists and volunteers will celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games as part of the Legacy Trust UK’s Scottish Project.
A nation-wide volunteering programme inviting everyone to connect with the Games; a large scale development programme for the street arts/circus sector; a touring exhibition examining sport and health and a celebration of Glasgow’s multi-cultural community will take place over the next four years combining culture, education, skills development and sport to create a lasting legacy for the Games.
The four strands of The Scottish Project have been funded in part by the Legacy Trust UK, an independent charity set up to help build a cultural and sporting legacy from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. In Scotland they have teamed up with the Scottish Arts Council Lottery fund to jointly commit more than £4 million to this ambitious programme involving over 80 partners across the country and creating a lasting legacy for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The four successful strands are
Project 1 People Making Waves –– a celebration of humanity through sport, culture and learning led by Volunteer Development Scotland, Scotland’s Centre for Excellence in Volunteering.
Volunteer Development Scotland, along with its partners Voluntary Arts Scotland, Demos Scotland and Greater London Volunteering aims to connect with people in Scotland through volunteering to create online personal stories and volunteer exchanges between Scotland and London. The programme will also explore the democratic possibilities of the Olympic Movement and deliver information and awareness raising activities supported by a small grants programme. People Making Waves will create a lasting legacy through people’s awareness and involvement in a movement with long term significance for individuals, groups and Scotland.
Project 2 Conflux – a programme of education and outreach, professional development and public performance for the street arts / circus / physical theatre sector in Scotland. Conflux is led by the Arches in Glasgow and involves partner organisations from across the central belt of Scotland.
Focussing on young people the programme will help develop skills and self confidence through teaching street arts/circus and physical theatre skills. In order to deliver this Conflux will also invest in and develop the burgeoning street arts/circus sector, creating a legacy of an enhanced professional sector, operating at the highest levels of artistic practice.
Project 3 Our Sporting Body – An exhibition, education and public speaking programme exploring themes around medicine and sport which will tour across Scotland. This project is delivered by the Scotland & Medicine Partnership with The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh as the lead partner.
This project explores themes including sporting injuries, care of athletes during the Olympic and the Paralympic Games, modern innovation in sports medicine and emerging sports technologies and includes a touring exhibition, new commissions for artists and an education and public speaking programme and website. The project will also result in a comprehensive database of Scottish sport and medical collections for future research.
Project 4 Let Glasgow Flourish! A programme of community engagement resulting in an exhibition, schools’ programme and training for volunteers celebrating the diversity of Glasgow’s cultural and faith communities and is led by Glasgow Museums on behalf of Culture Sport Glasgow.
Based in St. Mungo’s Museum, this project has multi-cultural community involvement at its core. It blends arts, culture and learning to encourage a sense of community ownership and pride in the cultural life of the city.
A total of £4.07 million has been committed to the Scottish Project by the Scottish Arts Council and the Legacy Trust UK of which Over £3.25 million has been invested in these four projects. Additional strands to the Scottish Project are still to be announced later in the year. The Scottish Project will be managed and co-ordinated by the Scottish Arts Council.
Jim Tough, Chief Executive, Scottish Arts Council said: ‘The Legacy Trust offers a fantastic opportunity for Scotland to secure a lasting legacy from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Scottish Project involves four unique strands which successfully combine the culture, learning and sport and will involve thousands of volunteers and artists across Scotland’
Dugald Mackie, Chair of the Legacy Trust UK, said: “The Games are about more than sport. They are a once in a lifetime opportunity to showcase Scotland to millions of people across the world. We believe that these projects will inspire and encourage people throughout Scotland to get involved and will help leave a lasting legacy.”
Scottish Government Minister for Culture Michael Russell said: “The Scottish Project is an exciting and imaginative collection of programmes that will encourage people across Scotland to engage in the true spirit of the Olympic movement, providing a range of opportunities to showcase and celebrate Scotland’s rich and diverse cultural life at home and abroad.
“Meanwhile our own plans to create a lasting legacy from the 2014 Commonwealth Games will benefit the whole of Scotland for generations to come. Our vision is of a legacy which will help people live longer, healthier lives, in strong, supportive communities, valuing and protecting the built and natural environment, with new and better skills development, employment and volunteering opportunities.”
Notes to editors
- The Legacy Trust UK has committed £2.57 million and the Scottish Arts Council has committed £1.5 million from National Lottery Funds to the Scottish Project.
- The Scottish Arts Council is a Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB) which was established by Royal Charter in 1994 and is also a Lottery distributor. The organisation serves the people of Scotland by fostering arts of excellence through investment, development, research and advocacy. Our corporate aims are: to support artists to fulfil their creative and business potential; to increase participation in the arts; and to place the arts, culture and creativity at the heart of learning. We invest £60m each year, including £15 million of National Lottery funding.
- The Legacy Trust Scottish Project is part of the Scottish Arts Council’s wider programme of cultural activity supporting London 2012 the Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
- The Legacy Trust UK’s mission is to support a wide range of innovative cultural and sporting activities for all, which celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and which will leave a lasting legacy in communities throughout the United Kingdom.
- The Legacy Trust UK is coordinating its work with that of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG). It is expected that many of the projects that the Trust funds will be eligible for inclusion in the programme for the Cultural Olympiad, which is a key element of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and which was launched on 26-28 September 2008.
Details of LTUK projects in the other nations and regions of the UK can be found here: www.legacytrustuk.org/press-gen-20-apr-08
Contact email(s)
media.office@scottisharts.org.uk
Issued by: Scottish Arts Council
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