The Cultural Olympiad’s Values and Theme Areas
The three core values
The Cultural Olympiad is for everyone. It will:
• Celebrate London and the whole of the UK welcoming the world - our unique
internationalism, cultural diversity, sharing and understanding
• Inspire and involve young people and
• Generate a positive legacy - for example through cultural and sports participation, audience development, cultural skills, capacity building, urban regeneration, tourism and social cohesion and international links.
The seven Cultural Olympiad themes
• Bring together culture and sport
• Encourage audiences to take part
• Animate and humanise public spaces – through street theatre, public art, circus skills, live big screen sites
• Use culture and sport to raise issues of environmental sustainability, health and wellbeing
• Honour and share the values of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
• Ignite cutting edge collaborations and innovation between communities and
cultural sectors and
• Enhance the learning, skills and personal development of young people by linking

