The London 2012 Festival and Cultural Olympiad created an incredible opportunity for Scotland to present a programme of ambitious cultural activity ranging from spectacle and ceremony to more intimate experiences. Scotland’s London 2012 Programme was the national response to the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, comprising 54 distinct projects.
Learning from Scotland's London 2012 Festival Programme (.pdf)
The purpose of this report is to ensure that we capture and understand what we did well for London 2012 but also, importantly, what we can improve for Glasgow 2014 and other events of national significance. It summarises findings from two evaluations of London 2012 cultural activity in Scotland: Professor David McGillivray and Professor Gayle McPherson of the University of the West of Scotland led a consortium that conducted an outcome and process evaluation of Scotland's London 2012 Cultural Programme for Creative Scotland. This focusses predominantly on the London 2012 Festival period, from June to September 2012. It identifies a number of lessons for agencies involved in the Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme. Rocket Science undertook an evaluation of the Legacy Trust UK’s The Scottish Project, comprising of four projects managed by Creative Scotland, covering the period November 2009 to March 2013.