For all the inevitable politics around an event whose very makeup is intensely political, it was impossible not to be struck by the overwhelming spirit of festivity that has seized parts of Glasgow. In George Square earlier, undeterred by the hairdryer temperatures, hundreds queued for hours to pick up last-minute tickets. Nicola Taylor and her daughter Keri Cassidy-Taylor, from Lisburn in Northern Ireland, had tried eight times to collect their ceremony tickets from the square, having been deterred each time by the alarming length of the wait.
But even that could not dim their enthusiasm. And in a city where sport is often deeply divisive — Celtic Park may have been favoured for the opening ceremony, but fear not: Ibrox, home of Rangers FC, will host the rugby sevens — Glasgow will hope that is one legacy that will last well beyond 3 August.
Metres from the queue, a kilted piper was playing an exuberant reel. An elderly woman began to twirl a boy of about six, while a group of women wearing Botswana T-shirts formed a spontaneous circle and broke into something between a jig and an African dance.
The best of Glasgow — and the best of what the Queen would later call "the diverse, resourceful and cohesive family" of Commonwealth nations — will take more than a couple of hours to capture.
The coin was to commemorate the XX Commonwealth Games. In , there was a two pound coin series issued to celebrate the XVII Commonwealth Games with a series of four coins with each coin representing a flag from one of the participating countries of the UK. This series was particularly interesting due to the low mintage of the coins.
He ran through the mint to the production room and pressed a button to start the minting process. The decision will help spread the Olympic legacy into Scotland and encourage top athletes to compete at the Commonwealth Games. Under UK tax rules, any sportsperson not resident in the UK is subject to UK income tax on any payment in connection with their performance here, including a proportion of any worldwide endorsement income.
Everyone wants to see the best athletes compete at Glasgow and this exemption will make that more likely. I am delighted that an agreement has been reached to exempt international competitors from tax on any income arising from their appearance in the Commonwealth Games. We want to deliver a memorable Games which attracts the cream of Commonwealth athletes to Glasgow The Games will show the world what vibrant and welcoming places both Glasgow and Scotland are, which is why this agreement is so important.
This is yet another significant milestone in the journey towards the Games, which are on time, on budget and on track to deliver a lasting legacy for all of Scottish society.
Securing this tax exemption for the Commonwealth Games is good news for everyone. The sportsperson will remain liable to tax in the country in which they are resident. Looking at derelict land alone we see that the reduction has been steady at a Glasgow level from hectares, however at East End level the reduction has not been as pronounced.
This may be due to much of the land being utilised for having already been made ready for use prior to , when our measurement starts. The total area of derelict and vacant land between within Glasgow and East End again shows a larger reduction at Glasgow level compared to East End, despite smaller geographies.
This may again be due to the land having already transferred to use prior to As is highlighted above in the review of previous literature regeneration initiatives associated with major sporting events can have both positive and negative impacts. One issue is the relocation of local housing and business, a further issue is the availability of new housing and business premises. A part of measuring the improvement in the physical and social environment of Glasgow and in particularly the East End it is important for us to measure the population over time to understand if there are any population changes in terms of numbers and demographics.
SIMD provides a relative measure of deprivation and produces a relative ranking from most deprived rank 1 to least deprived rank 6, As you can see within map S2, the population within the East of Glasgow currently falls within the most deprived end of the ranking scale, as can be seen in blue and green. However, we can also see that there are pockets, shown in yellow, within the East End where the population is at the least deprived end of the scale.
More detailed examination of the population within the East of Glasgow is being undertaken through the Go Well study see chapter 2 for more details. Map S3 shows the population change between , we can see that there has been some variable population change across the area. A large area of the East End population has changed by less than 50 over the time period, however there are also some areas where we see increases in over Over the time period of the evaluation we would expect to see the overall population increase within the East End, particularly once the athletes' village has been readapted.
This indicator comes from the Mercer Quality of Living Survey, which ranks cities according to 39 different factors based on the following categories: consumer goods; economic environment; housing, medical and health considerations; natural environment; political and social environment; public services and transport; recreation; schools and education; socio-cultural and environment.
The survey, which already includes Glasgow, allows us to consider the impact the Glasgow Games is having on Glasgow's international ranking of quality of living and in turn understand how it has improved the social and physical environment of Glasgow and the East End. In table S3, we can see from the data that between and Glasgow has had a very similar ranking, falling slightly in by one place. Two years prior to hosting the London Olympics, London were ranked 39 th. This compares to former Commonwealth Games hosts Melbourne who were ranked 18th in the same year.
European cities dominate the top places in the quality of living survey; with Vienna ranked 1 st , followed by Zurich in 2nd place, Munich in 4th and Dusseldorf in 5th, Auckland is the only non-European city and is ranked 3rd. It is expected that as preparations for the Glasgow Games continue we will see Glasgow move up the ranking.
Overall we can already see that Glasgow has improving perceptions of neighbourhood improvements and that there has been increases in the number of people seeing their community as a very good place to live between This is set within the context of the lowest crime rate since the 's, however there has been a reduction in the number of those in Glasgow perceiving the crime rate to have stayed the same or reduced. We also reductions the amount of land being vacant or derelict at a Glasgow and East End level, showing the impact of the regeneration and development programmes.
There are indications here that the foundations are set for overall improvement of physical and social environment of Glasgow, and in particular the East End. The impact that the Glasgow Games will have on people's lives and its ability to help people live more sustainably is being measured within this section. The indicators outlined above also relate to this intermediate outcome, highlighting the interconnected nature of Sustainable legacy.
Due to the range of individual programmes being undertaken and the specific nature of the 'commonwealth' aspect of this intermediate outcome, we have not been able to identify as many indicators that are fit for purpose. Therefore, this outcome will be examined in more detail within qualitative evaluative work, which is currently being developed, and further analysis of monitoring data, that is already being collected by the Scottish Government.
The ecological study being undertaken as part of the Go Well study in the East End see Chapter 2 para 18 will also feed into our understanding of this intermediate outcome. All of this work will be developed over the next 18 months and be referenced in future reports. The indicator outlined below focuses on capturing how the Glasgow Games will empower communities, which is being facilitated through programmes such as Sport Relief Home and Away and Games for Scotland.
S12 looks at the proportion of adults who feel that they can influence descisions in their local area and the data is from the Scottish Household Survey.
This indicator helps us to understand the impact the Glasgow Games is having on perceptions of community decision making. It is considered at a Glasgow and a Scotland level to help us pick up on the impact of a variety of legacy programmes which seek to empower communities. We anticipate that we will see an increase in the number of adults feeling that are able to influence decisions over the time period; particularly within the East End of Glasgow. We will have east end level data through Go Well in , where the respondents will be asked whether they agree with the statement 'I can influence decisions in my local area'.
We can see from the above indicator that there is a higher perception of community influence at a Glasgow level when compared to the rest of Scotland. The other aspects of strengthening and empowering communities will be measured through additional analytical and monitoring work which will be reported in Four indicators have been chosen to measure the impact of demonstrating sustainable design and environmental responsibility. The indicators examine issues relating to sustainable building design through the house quality, energy efficiency of new builds and environmental behaviours.
Utilising LEAMS Local Environmental Audit and Management System , which is a statutory Performance Indicator of street cleanliness for local authorities in Scotland, we hope to help examine the overall impact of the Glasgow Games to demonstrate environmental responsibility. Data is collected at local authority level on an annual basis and we will compare the overall cleanliness rating for Scotland and for other similar cities those ranked within the urban classification in LEAMS. If we consider the potential demonstration effect of the Games within the environmental responsibility element of 'sustainable' we would expect to be able to see some impact across Scotland over the time period.
From the Scottish level data we see that while throughout Scotland most LA s achieve an 'acceptable' grading most of these are at a B grade. We can again see that the majority are classified as Grade A or B, however we see that since there has been an increase in LA s being classified as Grade A within the Urban category. We will add Glasgow specific data in future publications. S13 is within the environmental element of sustainable and allows us to look at households recycling habits across the time period.
The Scottish Household Survey asks adults whether they have recycled items in the past week. This provides us with data to help us understand how the Glasgow Games engenders environmental responsibility, we are examining this particularly at a Glasgow and East End level, with Scottish data being provided as context only.
In recent years we have seen historic high levels of recycling among households in Scotland. In , we will have data from on the Go Well study on a very similar variable; whether adults sort household waste for recycling. S14 looks at the destination of waste at a Glasgow level and for context a Scottish level, this allows us to monitor whether the destination of waste changes over time. The digest covers waste arising, recovery and disposal, and includes data on local authority collected municipal wastes, as well as on commercial and industrial wastes.
The data reported has been obtained from the WasteDataFlow database. This is a web-based system for reporting on municipal waste collected by UK local authorities.
All Scottish local authorities have used WasteDataFlow since 1 April to report data on waste arising, recycling and disposal. This is a trend that we would expect to see continue over the time period. The levels of waste being incinerated and composted have remained broadly consistent across the time period, notably no waste at Glasgow level has been incinerated compared to a small percentage at Scotland level.
To help understand the wider impact of the environmental responsibility being demonstrated by the Games , or promoted through Legacy Programmes specifically, we are conducting omnibus survey work with young people through the MORI schools omnibus. With field work commencing in October young people will be asked what do you think are the two most important things people can do to protect the environment?
Also through the Go Well study we are able to look at adults sustainable attitudes and behaviours; participants are asked whether they avoid overfilling the kettle or choose products with less packaging. The field work for the MORI schools omnibus is due to commence in October and we would hope to be able to track young people's attitudes towards the environment over time and once we have time series data this will be included as part of the baseline report.
We should have data from Go Well in and this will be included in future reports. Adults are undertaking recycling on a regular basis and within Scotland and Glasgow there are increasing rates of recycling of municipal waste. The majority of Scotland's council areas are achieving an acceptable LEAMS rating and over time we will also have data on environmental understanding.
These indicators come together to help create an understanding of how sustainable design and environmental responsibility are being demonstrated and how this is impacting on attitudes and behaviours. The 'Sustainable' intermediate outcome indicators above seek to monitor how a legacy will be developed on improving the physical and social environment of Glasgow, in particular the east end; strengthen and empower communities in Scotland and the Commonwealth; demonstrate sustainable design and environmental responsibility.
There are already indications that Glasgow, and particularly the East End of Glasgow, are seeing changes in the physical and social environment, including reductions in the area of vacant and derelict land and improving perceptions of neighbourhood improvements in the past three years.
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