July 2007
London 2012 outlines culture plans
London 2012 outlines culture plans Plans for a UK-wide Cultural Festival to form part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad were outlined recently at a business briefing for the arts sector.
Over 500 members from the arts world gathered to hear an update on plans to create a four year programme of cultural events, which will include everything from major projects to small, local events with individual performers.
The latest plans are the result of months of consultation between London 2012 and 4,000 cultural sector representatives from the around the UK.
During the briefing, Youth Music announced a £9million investment in music projects for the Cultural Olympiad, creating opportunities for hundreds of young people to get involved in music project themed around the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
The newly formed Legacy Trust UK also announced its plans to fund 15 projects as part of a World Festival of Youth Culture - one of the 10 major projects currently planned for the Cultural Olympiad.
Early details of the non-commercial mark giving official London 2012 endorsement to sporting, community and Cultural Olympiad projects were outlined.
The special mark of endorsement will be awarded to exceptional not-for-profit projects, large and small, inspired by London 2012 and that will have a real impact on the legacy of the Games.
This is work in progress, but the mark will be available to use in a limited way from the start of the Cultural Olympiad in August 2008.
Director of Culture, Ceremonies and Education for London 2012 Bill Morris said: "Working together in partnership we will create a four-year cultural festival, the first time any host city has created a Cultural Olympiad as inclusive and as far-reaching as London 2012.
"In Britain today 200 different ethnic communities speak a total of 300 languages. This makes London the most culturally diverse and exciting city in the world.
"The Games are an opportunity to celebrate this diversity by developing new creative cultural collaborations and relationships that will last beyond the Olympic and Paralympic Games."
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