London 2012
Outdoor, special and off-site events can be a great way of engaging new audiences. These events are increasingly popular with funders, programmers and artists, and are likely to play a key role in the cultural activity running alongside the Olympics in 2012. But what are the recipes for success? and how can you keep these new audiences?
Over 70 delegates attended our symposium More Than A One Night Stand? in October 2008 to explore these questions. The full report from this event is now available for subscribers to download here .
Cultural Olympiad
LOCOG's website has all the official information on the Cultural Olympiad.
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Funding for Cultural Olympiad projects
The Legacy Trust has an initial endowment of £40million, to support cultural and sporting activities. 70% of this is expected to go towards cultural projects. There is no open application programme but more details of the areas the trust will be funding can be found on their website.
Arts and Business are working with LOCOG to explain the use of the Inspire mark.
London Councils has more information about London Boroughs and the Cultural Olympiad, plus grants and funding opportunities.
Legacy
The Manchester Commonwealth Games website continues to run, holding information about the legacy of the games including reports.
Volunteering
The Manchester Event Volunteers website has information on the current incarnation of the volunteer programme that grew out of the Commonwealth Games volunteering programme.
The Institute of Volunteering Research website includes details of research reports on topics such as young people and volunteering.
Personal Best is a volunteering programme for the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games run by the LDA to encourage workless and socially excluded individuals to gain new skills, engage in their communities, raise their aspirations and move nearer the job market. Based on the successful Manchester model.