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Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Golden Jubilee (GJ): Registered Files
Catalogue reference: PF 367
What's it about?
PF 367
The Golden Jubilee was one of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport's most high-profile programmes in 2002, marking the 50th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II to the throne. It was managed through the Golden Jubilee Office...
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PF 367
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Golden Jubilee (GJ): Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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2000-2003
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Description (What the record is about)
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The Golden Jubilee was one of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport's most high-profile programmes in 2002, marking the 50th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II to the throne. It was managed through the Golden Jubilee Office (GJO), a dedicated team set up to support, facilitate and co-ordinate the celebrations across six key themes: Celebration; Giving Thanks; Service; Involving the Whole Community; Looking Forward as Well as Back; and Commonwealth. Celebrations took place throughout May and July 2002. Working closely with Buckingham Palace and partners from the public, private and voluntary sectors, the GJO delivered 12 major projects, comprising 63 initiatives in all. The GJO itself was also responsible for the direct delivery of a number of projects.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
- Arrangement
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Related records concerning the succession and elevation of monarchs can be found in HO 290
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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GJ and GJO file series
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1997-2017
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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41 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2024 Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
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Open Document, Open Description
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No further accruals expected.
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The Golden Jubilee was one of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport'smost high-profile programmes in 2002, marking the 50th anniversary of theaccession of Queen Elizabeth II to the throne. It was managed through theGolden Jubilee Office (GJO), a dedicated team set up to support, facilitate andco-ordinate the celebrations across six key themes: Celebration; Giving Thanks;Service; Involving the Whole Community; Looking Forward as Well as Back; andCommonwealth. Celebrations took place throughout May and July 2002.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C19791067/
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