WM Culture Programme
There are a number of ways that organisations can get involved with, and benefit from, the West Midlands’ Culture Programme for 2012.
As part of plans to get the whole of the UK involved in celebrating the London 2012 Games, the London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) asked each nation and region in the UK to create a regional specific culture programme to run between now and 2012.
The West Midlands’ Culture Programme for 2012 is the West Midlands’ response to that invitation and is a programme of creative activity taking place over the next three years in the West Midlands that celebrates the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The West Midlands’ Culture Programme for 2012 consists of:
People Dancing . A three year programme funded by Legacy Trust UK, Arts Council England West Midlands and Advantage West Midlands that aims to get as many people as possible dancing across the West Midlands.
Community Games . Launching in 2010, a Legacy Trust UK programme inspired by the annual Wenlock Olympian Games in Shropshire, that will see people of all ages and abilities across the West Midlands staging their own sporting and cultural events.
Inspire Mark projects . Projects and initiatives that meet the necessary criteria, can apply for and be awarded the rights to use the London 2012 Inspire Mark.
Maximising the impact of Major Projects . Ten national Major Projects form the backbone of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Three have particular resonance for the West Midlands Heart of England region including: Film Nation led by Screen West Midlands; The World Shakespeare Festival led by the Royal Shakespeare Company and Unlimited, the UK’s largest ever celebration of arts and disability culture and sport.