Commonwealth Games NW 2002 Legacy Programme

Individual Programme Details

This scheme consists of the following programmes seven programmes:

Pre-Volunteer Programme

The XVII Commonwealth Games required 15,000 volunteers. The Pre-Volunteer Programme aimed to ensure that opportunities were available to all individuals, and that at least 1,000 of those volunteers came from disadvantaged communities across the North West region.

It provided an opportunity for people from specific disadvantaged groups to undertake additional, accredited training and to gain experience through volunteering at a major international event.

The programme provided training, which included health and safety, first aid, customer care and perfect host (the role of the volunteer ambassador). The major successes of this and the wider volunteer programme have led to additional funding and interest from Central Government.

In January 2003 a Post Games Volunteer Programme was established for a twelve-month trial period within Manchester City Council's Games Legacy Team.

This successful trial has resulted in a new volunteer programme mainstreamed under Manchester City Council's Economic development team, now renamed the Manchester Event Volunteers.

For more information please visit http://www.mev.org.uk/

Games Xchange The Information Programme

The Games Xchange information legacy programme provided a one-stop shop for enquiries concerning core information about the XVII Commonwealth Games and its legacy.

This innovative programme provided an award winning state of the art visitor centre in 2002 promoting Manchester and the North West.

Between 2001 and 2005 Games Xchange offered

A full and comprehensive information resource to the local community, the media, local and national government organisations and future hosts of major events including the London 2012 Olympics.

The largest UK records management of a sporting event ever undertaken resulted in the comprehensive 2002 collection of records at Central Library Manchester.

In 2004 the Manchester Music map was produced in both English and Japanese to promote the city's musical heritage and the independent businesses in the Northern Quarter.

Its final legacy was the establishment of the gameslegacy web site, which continues to attract locals, visitors, researchers and potential hosts of major events to its 300 pages.

For more information please visit http://web.archive.org/web/20031202153251/http://www.gameslegacy.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi

Commonwealth Curriculum Pack

Curriculum materials were developed by local education authorities across the North West and games devised linking learning to the excitement of the main sporting events.

A specifically designed website was made available to schools on a local, national and international basis.

In 2003 a motivational DVD for schools was produced showcasing the event and the impact it had on young people, sportsmen and women, and the wider community.

For more information please visit  http://www.ccp2002.com/

Let's Celebrate

This programme used processional and celebratory arts (e.g carnival and mela) to engage and develop organisational and event management skills in the South Asian, African and African Caribbean communities in the North West.

The programme included three year and one year 'franchises' across the region, working with established local events, and with community groups wishing to develop new events.

It ensured that those communities were involved and engaged in the Commonwealth Games Spirit of Friendship Festival and its regional programme, Cultureshock.

This programme was administered from the Arts Council England, North West offices in Manchester until March 2004.

For more information please visit http://web.archive.org/web/20031202153251/http://www.gameslegacy.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi

Passport

The passport programme offered a region-wide, out of hours activities programme designed to engage socially excluded young people in the North West.

The programme worked across a range of activities covering six themes:

• Arts and Culture
• Sports and Physical Activity
• Commonwealth
• Environment
• Health 
• Jobs and Volunteering

Five local areas ran pilot schemes in 2000 with great success, and ten areas were involved in 2001.

The final report and details of how the Passport toolkit has been adopted by other agencies can be found on the Games Legacy web site.

For more information please visit http://web.archive.org/web/20031202153251/http://www.gameslegacy.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi

Healthier Communities

The NW Healthier Communities programme provided capacity building support to community health projects and partnerships.

It aimed to help develop appropriate structures, to further funding bids, enhance operational and management capability and to ensure successful delivery of innovative and challenging projects.

The programme has forged links between sport and health in regeneration activities across the North West of England

The pre-defined purpose of this programme was to secure positive social and health benefits to contribute toward the legacy of hosting the XVII Commonwealth Games in 2002.

For more information please visit http://web.archive.org/web/20031202153251/http://www.gameslegacy.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi

Prosperity North West

This programme, managed in conjunction with the Commonwealth Economic Initiative, aimed to maximise economic opportunities from the Commonwealth Games, utilising the Games as a promotional asset for trade and investment.

This programme includes the development of long-term trade initiatives, information dissemination and business support, specific sector projects (e.g. tourism, health, automotive, aerospace and creative industries), and a programme of specific events.

 For more information please visit http://web.archive.org/web/20031202153251/http://www.gameslegacy.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi