Ninth Report - Major cultural and sporting events

Select Committee
Culture, Media and Sport Committee HC 259 16 March 2022
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Conclusions & Recommendations 10 items (6 recs)
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Government response
First Special Report - Major cultural and sporting events: Government Response to Committee’s Ninth Report of Session 2021–22 · published 24 Jun 2022
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Recommendations & Conclusions

10 results
1 Recommendation
Para 12
We welcome the Government’s commitment to building on the UK’s strong reputation for delivering major...
Recommendation
We welcome the Government’s commitment to building on the UK’s strong reputation for delivering major events but believe more could be done to develop a strategic approach to hosting them, particularly beyond the realm of major sporting events. In an … Read more
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2 Recommendation
Para 18
The lack of guaranteed funding for UK City of Culture hosts creates unnecessary uncertainty and...
Recommendation
The lack of guaranteed funding for UK City of Culture hosts creates unnecessary uncertainty and risks undermining other fundraising efforts. The Government should guarantee successful hosts of UK City of Culture an appropriate amount of national funding from the outset, … Read more
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3 Recommendation
The recommendations and reforms proposed in the fan led review of football governance should not...
Recommendation
The recommendations and reforms proposed in the fan led review of football governance should not be hanging over the Football Association as it goes into a bidding process for the 2028 EUFA EURO. The Government must ensure implementation of the … Read more
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4 Conclusion
Para 36
Since the event’s inception in 2018, the aims for Festival UK* 2022/Unboxed: Creativity in the...
Conclusion
Since the event’s inception in 2018, the aims for Festival UK* 2022/Unboxed: Creativity in the UK have been vague and ripe for misinterpretation by the press and public at large. We see no evidence to refute such scepticism now. The … Read more
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5 Conclusion
Para 45
Handled sensitively, major events can be an opportunity for communities to reflect on difficult subjects...
Conclusion
Handled sensitively, major events can be an opportunity for communities to reflect on difficult subjects and grow from them. Organisers and stakeholders, including the media, should not shy away from interrogating potential fault lines, but carefully assess and manage cultural … Read more
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6 Recommendation
Para 51
The listed events regime is vital to the UK’s sporting and media landscape, amplifying major...
Recommendation
The listed events regime is vital to the UK’s sporting and media landscape, amplifying major events and enabling the country to capitalise on its investment in them and their stars. As people’s consumption of media content changes, this crucial tool … Read more
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7 Recommendation
The news media are vital stakeholders for major events, amplifying them at home and abroad...
Recommendation
The news media are vital stakeholders for major events, amplifying them at home and abroad and delivering greater value for money. Moreover, beyond this purely instrumentalist role, there is an intrinsic value to free and reliable reporting of major events. … Read more
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8 Conclusion
Legacy programmes and independent evaluation are vital for delivering long-term value for money from major...
Conclusion
Legacy programmes and independent evaluation are vital for delivering long-term value for money from major events. However, current funding structures and limited evaluation periods give the impression that they are not a priority, as illustrated in the case of the … Read more
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9 Conclusion
Para 81
The Government is spending a lot of money on this year’s major events.
Conclusion
The Government is spending a lot of money on this year’s major events. Yet while individual occasions may well deliver memorable moments, we see no golden thread linking the events or tying them to a vision for the future of … Read more
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10 Recommendation
Recent years have seen major events policy formed through little more than ministerial fiat, and...
Recommendation
Recent years have seen major events policy formed through little more than ministerial fiat, and nothing illustrates this better than the vague and shape-shifting nature of Unboxed: Creativity in the UK. There is no one in Government with clear ownership … Read more
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