Glasgow 2014 Legacy Week

Monday 9 - Sunday 15 March 2015 is Glasgow 2014 Legacy Week, an opportunity for people, communities and organisations across Scotland to highlight the legacy of the commonwealth games, shining a sportlight on how programmes, projects and investment are improving the lives of people across Scotland and in Glasgow. 

The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games was the biggest sporting and cultural event Scotland has ever hosted and benefits of the Games will be long lasting beyond 2014. Beyond Sport played a role in ensuring the legacy of the games lived on by hosting Beyond The Games, powered by Dell which brought together international influencers from sport, business and the civic realm as agents for innovation and change. For just one day they gathered in Glasgow to celebrate the incredible work that is already being achieved through the spirit of the Games, and set a challenge to its members and supporters to commit to positive change over the four-year period to the next Commonwealth Games, to be held in Australia’s Gold Coast in 2018. 

Glasgow 2014 Legacy Week is supported by the Scottish Government and partners across Scotland delivering the legacy of the Games. It's the first Legacy Week since the Games took place last summer. 

It's an opportunity to find out about promects connected to the Games and encourage people to get involved and make the most of the facilities adnd opportunities avilable. 

Legacy2014 want as many people as possible to be able to get involved in Legacy Week to share the positive impact hosting the Commonwealth Games had, and contunes to have, for people across Scotland and Glasgow before, during and long after last summer's spectacular event. 

Key Facts:

• There are 50 national Legacy 2014 programmes and counting
• 150 Community Sport Hubs will be created across Scotland by 2016
• Over 250,000 school pupils are benefiting from Game On Scotland, the official education programme for the Games
• There are 150 Young Scot Youth Legacy Ambassadors
• There are 37,500 opportunities for people to make a positive change in their lives through Street Soccer Scotland
• There are 109 Cultural Programme projects with links to 26 Commonwealth countries
• Over 200 projects and 800 events as part of the Cultural Programme
• £5.5m has been awarded by the BIG Lottery Fund to help communities get more active
• The Active Places Fund has already supported over 150 projects, helping build and improve community facilities
• More than 750 teachers have been trained to support disabled young people in P.E.
• Scottish companies have won 68% of contracts associated with the Games
• The £5M Young Persons’ Fund will provide 2,500 young people with work experience