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The future survey sweep in will give insight into the extent to which this contemplation leads to behaviour change. This may have been through multiple legacy programmes or general opportunities to volunteer in the community.

East End Social, a project by East End based record label Chemikal Underground, combined community events in schools, care homes, libraries and local churches with larger concerts such as the Last Big Weekend Festival. As in Scotland, and across Glasgow, the level of support for hosting the Games remained high in the post Games time.

Information We use cookies to collect anonymous data to help us improve your site browsing experience. Accept all cookies Use essential cookies only Set cookie preferences. Home Publications. Supporting documents. Contents Close. Choose section Executive Summary 1. Introduction 2. Method 3. Economic Legacy 4. Active Legacy 5. Civic Pride and Reputation Legacy 6.

Cultural Legacy 7. Regeneration Legacy 8. Organisational Legacy 9. Conclusion Footnotes. Regeneration Legacy 7.

The wider evidence base 7. Glasgow Legacy Investment and Programmes 7. Key Regeneration Legacy Interventions 7. Evidence to date on Games effect 7. Physical Environment 7. Games partners for XX Commonwealth Games took clear action to mitigate the risks and to consider distribution of employment opportunities that, in the main, appears to have paid off. The infrastructure refurbished and built for the XX Commonwealth Games has not experienced the 'white elephant' problem of disused, or poorly used, venues.

Rather, the infrastructure has been a huge asset for Glasgow and Scotland. The aspiration to attract international and national events of high calibre has clearly been met. Developing venues with their end-use and ownership already agreed, rather than being developed for the Games with post-Games arrangements being decided at a later stage was critical to this success. There were deliberate decisions that new and refurbished Games venues would be multi-sport venues that could both host major events and provide opportunities for the local community.

It is clear that considerable effort was required by a number of Games partners to ensure employment and contract opportunities were opened up for local people and businesses during the XX Commonwealth Games and those efforts must continue if longer term benefits are to be secured. The readiness of individuals and businesses to operate in key sectors is critical.

Event sector businesses in Glasgow and Scotland who engaged with Games partners programmes to access Glasgow contracts now continue to be supported by Games partners to win future local, national and international event contracts, not least those for the European Championships. Scottish Enterprise is also supporting businesses to access national and international event sector opportunities via the activities set out in Figure 1.

Tourism sector businesses in Glasgow will potentially benefit from the increased visitor expenditure resulting from the increase the number of international and national events held in the Games venues. The experience of hosting the XX Commonwealth Games has also provided a springboard for the development and renewal of Glasgow's Tourism and Visitor Plan. The new plan, which was launched in , sets out a clear direction for the continued growth of the city's tourism economy and is focused on increasing overnight leisure tourism visits from two million to three million per year by The research conducted in the course of the Games and the experience of those running Games-related volunteer programmes highlighted a number of lessons regarding volunteer recruitment, selection support, training and retention post Games.

This learning has been important for the development of the Glasgow Volunteer Programme, with specific diversity targets in place. The system enables both volunteers and organisations to manage and keep track of their applications, opportunities and exchange feedback.

GSVB advertises a wide range of short term and long term sports volunteering opportunities, including one-off events, coaching and administration within sports clubs and charities, allowing volunteers to be involved at the level that suits them best. To date, over 3, volunteers have registered and donated in excess of 18, hours in a wide range of opportunities provided by the organisations registered.

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Contents Close. Chapter 3: The Economy, Employment, Training and Volunteering The evidence from previous major events The international evidence suggests that major events can leave economic legacies. The XX Commonwealth Games attracted approximately , unique visitors who came to attend the Games or the related festivals.

Evidence from official national tourism statistics suggests the tourism displacement experienced by some other host nations of major multi-sport events did not occur in Scotland in relation to the XX Commonwealth Games. An indicative assessment of value for money of delivering the Games was calculated by comparing the impact of delivering the Games with a counterfactual where it is assumed that monies financing the delivery of the Games would have been spent in Scotland.

The results of this analysis suggest at the Scotland level, the immediate economic impact of the delivery of the Games is broadly similar to the impact of Games partners' contributions if they were instead spent as standard government expenditure. The net additional economic impact derived from Games visitors is offset by the higher economic activity impact of standard government expenditure compared to the public spending to support the Games.

The Council led on a programme of major capital projects for the sporting venues and the Village. The first residents moved in at the beginning of , just a few months after the Games concluded. The homes for social and affordable rent have all been transferred to, and are now managed by, three housing associations — Glasgow Housing Association 98 homes , West of Scotland Housing Association homes and Thenue Housing Association homes.

According to one interviewee, who was a key partner in the City Legacy consortium, all private market homes sold within a period of 18 months. Selling homes over 18 months in an area with a largely unproven market demonstrates that development at the right scale, with the right promotion and wider regenerational influences can create consumer confidence and reshape a market where it has previously failed.

The masterplan included a new local authority care home with a bed capacity Figure 3 and a purpose built Energy Centre with Combined Heat and Power CHP system that supplies heating and hot water to all homes, the care homes and adjacent sports venues.