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After the Event:

Culture and Sport -
Access and Legacies

The Substance Annual Conference 2008
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, July 15th and 16th 2008

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Key Note Speakers:
Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP, Minister for Culture
Geoff Newton, Director Olympic Opportunities, London Development Agency
Sir Richard Leese, Leader of Manchester City Council
Phil Smith, Head of Public Affairs, Football Association
Ian Brady, Youth Task Force, DCSF
Phil Redmond CBE, Deputy Chair, Liverpool Culture Company
William Gaillard, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, UEFA
Steve Mannix, Cultural Advisor to 2012

After the Event focused on events of every hue - from the global to the local; from the mega to the mini; from cultural to sports. It asked: ‘How do we make them ‘open’? How do we make them work for us? What do we mean by legacy?’

2008 is the year of the Beijing Olympics, Euro 2008 and Liverpool’s City of Culture. Our conference took place during Manchester’s World Sport 08. It’s the year the Olympiad hands over to London ahead of 2012. Each will claim to deliver an event that everyone can join in. Each will claim a ‘legacy’.

But there are also a myriad of local, smaller events. Cultural community celebrations. Sports festivals. Youth activities. Away from the cameras, how do we organise these to ensure access, benefits and impacts?

There is an imperative that these events all deliver. Great occasions. Openness. Participation. Accessibility. Community development. Legacy.

 

What did it do?

After the Event brought together policy makers, event organisers, programme managers, project deliverers. Telling you how it is and how it’s been.
After the Event introduced the most recent research to inform, stimulate debate and provoke change. Giving you information on what’s happened and how you can deliver.
After the Event showcased good practice; demonstrated techniques; created new connections. It helped to make things happen.
After the Event was Domestic, European, Global.

After the Event was the second Substance Annual Conference following 2007’s acclaimed ‘Beyond Engagement’ (see www.beyondengagement.org.uk).

substance are an experienced social research company specialist in the areas of sport, youth inclusion and community regeneration. Members hail from backgrounds in leading university research institutes, social enterprise and IT. substance are a cooperative and the Annual Conference is operated on a not for profit basis.