Arts Council England: Vision 2012 Team , Cultural Olympiad national funding for the...

ACE 1

2004-2012

The records concern the national coordination of the Arts Council England's (ACE) investment in the London 2012 'Cultural Olympiad' that spanned a number of years prior to and during the London Olympic Games. The records refer to the policy and planning of the Cultural Olympiad (later known as the London 2012 Cultural Festival) through ACE's role as principal funding co-ordinator.

The records content is categorised by the digital file plan areas of work. These are arranged by top level file plan categorisations as follows:

ACE Internal Stakeholders. This concerned ACE's own regional networking of the 'creative programmers'; decisions on what were to be the priority projects in each region; discussion and planning of National Projects in each region; discussion of marketing plans; planning and costs for the UK cultural programme; Regional Leaders Group records; discussion of ACE project links with LOCOG major projects; maximisation of the national ACE network, and; budget management.

Communications. This area concerned: discussion of key messages (e.g. 'Why the Cultural Olympiad Matters'); legacy story messages; communications with stakeholders and delivery partners; challenge and achievement targets (e.g. new talent, disability, young people); Cross sector bridge building strategies; branding; defining 'Culture'; regeneration and sustainability; the position of culture in the Olympic movement; engagement with regional agencies; transformation; the blue prints for cultural and mega-events; planning of announcements; communication strategies (mainly concerning the marketing of specific projects).

Evaluation. This area covers: post event evaluation and project data collection; meta evaluations of impacts and legacy of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad events including those of partners and stakeholders

Partnerships and External Stakeholders. This area concerns meeting papers and correspondence with external bodies associated the Cultural Olympiad. This includes the minutes and papers of meetings by the Cultural Olympiad Board from 2010 to 2012; links to the Mayor of London's priorities for culture; how stakeholders can best work together.

Policy and Planning. ACE Corporate Plan and resource review for the delivery of the Cultural Olympiad; Cultural Olympiad Planning; public engagement campaign; world class arts; children and young people strategy; digital opportunities; visual arts opportunities; efficiency and effectiveness; data, information and reporting; HR people strategy; ACE value framework; organisation review; campaign to the UK government for arts investment, and; the interdependence between all of these cited programmes. There are also a number of statistical charts to countdown days to go live and to determine the success of programmes / events by region.

Project Information. Projects were subject to a bid and shortlisted by ACE. The details of each successful project are provided here. This container also contains grant information on arts projects and details of 'Managed Funds Projects'.

The records are arranged in folders within the digital records file plan.

See also LOC

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Art, architecture and design

Government finances

Trade and commerce

Maps and plans

Children

Events and exhibitions

Sports

The records were stored by the Arts Council England to March 2013 before transfer to The National Archives.

2004 to 2012

No further accruals are anticipated.

3.1.1 - The principal policies of the UK government and the English and Welsh governments.

The origins of the Vision 2012 Team are closely aligned to the successful London 2012 Olympic bid, whereafter it was necessary for the Arts Council England, as the main co-ordinator of national funding for Olympic related cultural events, to create a team to specifically to work on Olympics related arts and humanities events. It is estimated that the team was created in 2005 and it terminated in March 2013.