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The Scottish Government
Public Health and Wellbeing Directorate
Pam Whittle, Director

T: 0131-244 1826 F: 0131-244
E: pam.whittle@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

15 February 2008

Dear Sir/Madam

GLASGOW 2014 COMMONWEALTH GAMES

Glasgow 2014 - Delivering a lasting legacy for Scotland -a consultation paper

This consultation document invites you to have your say in how we, the Scottish Government and its delivery partners, plan to identify and deliver the maximum benefits and legacy to the whole of Scotland from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014 and the London Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012.

There is a vast range of opportunities that staging a major sporting event on our doorstep can have for us. This consultation paper sets out our initial views on how we might best go about securing a lasting legacy primarily from the Glasgow 2014 Games, but also from the London 2012 Olympic Games as a milestone on our route to the 2014 Games.

Our thinking is that our legacy planning should fit broadly into the Scottish Government's own 5 strategic objectives which reach across key areas of government; Wealthier and Fairer; Healthier, Safer and Stronger, Smarter,Greener) You can find more information on these strategic objectives for Government at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/purposestratobjs

In particular, we are asking you to reply to four key questions at the end of the consultation document

• are the benefits you would like from the Games covered in this paper?
• is there anything else we should be doing?
• how can we, individually or collectively, best achieve these aims?
• do you have any other comments to offer on what should feature in the final games benefits and legacy plan?

The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games will belong to all of us, and so we are looking to people across Scotland to get involved in this consultation to help us arrive at the best benefits and legacy plan possible.

For more information about the Glasgow 2014 - Delivering a lasting legacy for Scotland consultation process please go to http://www.scotland.gov.uk/glasgow2014legacy

To support this consultation, the Scottish Government is running a series of free consultation events that will take place across Scotland in May and June. Very soon you will be able to find more information on these public meetings and how to register to take part at the same web address http://www.scotland.gov.uk/glasgow2014legacy.

Responding to this consultation

We are inviting responses by Friday 9 May 2008.

The online response form can be found at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/glasgow2014legacy

The consultation paper is available in pdf format at http//www.scotland.gov.uk/glasgow2014legacy which can be printed and completed manually.

If you choose to post your response, please complete the tear-off response form in the pdf version and send to:

Comments, queries, alternative formats
If you have any comments or queries about this consultation document or if you
would like to receive it in hard copy or in an alternative format, please contact us at the above address or by email at glasgow2014legacy@scotland.gsi.gov.uk.

Stakeholders consulted

This consultation has been issued to over 1000 organisations and individuals across Scotland and the UK, including representatives found under the following broad categories:

Agricultural and farming interests
Architecture interests
Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland
Building interests
Business sector interests
Care service providers
Chambers of Commerce
Chief Fire Officers' Association
Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
Department of Culture, Media and Sport, and other UK Government Departments
Energy industry networks
Environmental networks
Equality groups
Equality and Human Rights Commission
EU Commission and Parliament offices in Scotland
Faculty of Advocates
Financial sector interests
Law Society of Scotland
Learning and Teaching Scotland
Media interests
Medical professions
Members of the Scottish Parliament
MPs and MEPs representing Scottish constituencies
NHS Board Chief Executives
Northern Ireland Executive
Professional regulatory and representative bodies
Regeneration and sustainable development networks
Rural development interests
Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People
Scottish Court Service
Scottish Food and Drink Federation
Scottish Further and Higher Education Institutions
Scottish Government Agencies
Scottish Law Commission
Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies
Scottish Parliament Committees
Scottish Secondary Schools
Scottish Sports bodies and associations
Scottish Trades Union Congress
Sheriffs' Association
Third Sector organisations
Welsh Assembly Government
Wildlife and Nature Conservation networks
Youth groups and networks

Handling your response

We need to know how you wish your response to be handled and, in particular, whether you are happy for your response to be made public. Please complete and return (either on-line or by post if you are completing the consultation manually) the Respondent Information Form as this will ensure we treat your response appropriately. If you ask for your response not to be published, we will regard it as confidential and will treat it accordingly.

All respondents should be aware that the Scottish Government is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and would therefore have to consider any request made to it under the Act for information relating to responses made to this consultation exercise.

Next steps in the process

When respondents have given permission for their responses to be made public (see the Respondent Information Form, these will be made available to the public in the Scottish Government Library and on the Scottish Government consultation web pages by 29 May 2008. We will check all responses where agreement to publish has been given for any potentially defamatory material before logging them in the library or placing them on the website. You can make arrangements to view responses by contacting the Scottish Government Library on 0131 244 4552. Responses can be copied and sent to you, but a charge may be made for this service.

Scottish Government website

Following the closing date, all responses will be analysed and considered along with any other available evidence to help us to reach decisions. We will publish the Government's response to the consultation, in the form of a much more detailed draft action plan, towards the end of the year. Following that period of consultation, we expect to publish a five-year Legacy Plan around July 2009.

This consultation and all other Scottish Government consultation exercises can also be viewed online on the consultation web pages of the Scottish Government website at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations You can Freephone 0800 77 1234 to find out where your nearest public internet access point is.

The Scottish Government now has an email alert system for consultations at http://register.scotland.gov.uk/. This system allows stakeholders to register and receive a weekly email containing details of all new consultations. It complements, but does not replace Scottish Government distribution lists and is designed to allow people to keep up-to-date with activities.

Thank you for taking the time to participate in this consultation.

Yours faithfully

Mrs Pam Whittle

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