Spirit of Women: Changemakers Small Grants Evaluation

An evaluation of Fawcett Society’s small grant programme to activists, artists and educators, celebrating the Centenary of Women’s Suffrage.

Mar 2019

An Introduction to WOW Spirit Festivals

An introduction to WOW Spirit festivals. Promotion video showcasing the activities funded by the grant.

Nov 2025

WOW Learning & Impact Report

An evaluation of Fawcett Society’s small grant programme to activists, artists and educators, celebrating the Centenary of Women’s Suffrage.

Jul 2019

More Music Morecombe Evaluation

An evaluation of ‘Singing For Health’, a project with strands for both older people and teenagers as part of the Music Challenge Fund.

Aug 2020

Beyond Words: Plymouth Music Zone

Plymouth University’s research into Plymouth Music Zone’s project with ”post-verbal’ children and young people, supported by Spirit’s Youth Advisory Panel. Research funded by Arts Council England.

Jun 2017

Sporting Memories Case Study

A study by InFocus of how Sporting Memories brought older and younger people together around the memories of sporting events.

Nov 2025

National Paralympic Carnival Report

Research exploring audience and stakeholder reactions to the British Paralympic Association’s National Paralympic Carnivals of 2016.

Dec 2016

Youth Cymru’s Creative Minds Toolkit

Lessons and advice from Youth Cymru’s social action project, supporting young people to raise awareness of mental health issues through creative activity. Funded via Spirit Youth Advisory Panel.

Nov 2020

Cultivating Radical Kindness

Qualitative research from Belong exploring how to create more acts of kindness across lines of difference, conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Aug 2021

Creating cohesion through the power of sport

Practice guidance from Belong as part of the development of their online toolkit, showing how sport can best be delivered to achieve social cohesion outcomes

Aug 2020

Thank You Day: Community Connectors Pilot

Neighbourly Lab evaluation of the /together campaign’s Thank You Day, looking in detail at how core community leaders could be supported to engage more people in celebrating volunteers and community heros.

Aug 2021

Thank You Day: Impact Report

A summary report from /together of their campaign to celebrate community heros,which saw over 2 million people take part in community activities.

Aug 2021

Breaking Boundaries – City Summaries

Profiles of the 5 cities: Manchester, Birmingham, Barking & Dagenham, Slough and Bradford, which took part in Youth Sport Trust and Sporting Equals’ cricket project.

Feb 2023

Breaking Boundaries – Empowering Young Changemakers

Lessons from Youth Sport Trust and Sporting Equals’ Cricket World Cup legacy project, Breaking Boundaries.

May 2023

Breaking Boundaries – Galvanising local partners

Lessons from Youth Sport Trust and Sporting Equals’ Cricket World Cup legacy project, Breaking Boundaries.

May 2023

Breaking Boundaries: Sport as a tool for cohesion development

Lessons from Youth Sport Trust and Sporting Equals’ Cricket World Cup legacy project, Breaking Boundaries.

May 2023

Opportunities to Improve VCSE Involvement in Social Prescribing

NAVCA (the National Association for Voluntary Action) explore opportunities to improve the ways VCSE organisations can engage with social prescribing in this report, joint funded between Spirit and the National Academy for Social Prescribing

Feb 2023

Diana Award – An Educator’s Guide to Anti-Racist Bullying Training

Practical resource produced by young people as part of a joint project with Diana Award, UK Youth and Centre for Mental Health.

May 2024

Diana Award – Anti-Racist Bullying Training Evaluation

Practical resource produced by young people as part of a joint project with Diana Award, UK Youth and Centre for Mental Health.

Aug 2024

Beacon Films Viewfinder Final Evaluation

Final report for Viewfinder, a programme supporting disabled filmmakers in the North East

Jan 2019

Beacon Films Viewfinder Plus Final Evaluation

Final report for Viewfinder Plus, a continued programme supporting disabled filmmakers in the North East

Jan 2022

Playing Out in Canley Final Report

A final project report on Playing Out in Canley, a programme of creative activity which took place in Canley, Coventry from 2021 to 2024

Playing Out in Canley Final Report – plain text

A final project report in plain text on Playing Out in Canley, a programme of creative activity which took place in Canley, Coventry from 2021 to 2024

Playing Out in Canley publication

A creative digital publication around the activities and impact of Playing Out in Canley

Playing Out in Canely – The Canley Projects

A series of proposals building on conversations facilitated by Playing Out in Canley, produced by Assemble and the Playing Out team.

Playing Out – Canley Parade 2022

A video capturing the spirit of the Canley Parade with local residents in 2022.

Access Sport’s Flyerz Hockey Final Evaluation

This evaluation by Loughborough University explores the impact of Access Sport’s work with England Hockey to create inclusive hockey provision for disabled and non-disabled families to play together in local clubs.

Jun 2021

City To Sea – The Wave Project – Final Evaluation

This report describes the impact of a surf therapy sessions for young people from South London.

May 2022

Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Casting On Report

This evaluation summarises the impact of project to support volunteers from the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games into longer term volunteering.

Jul 2015

Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Volunteer Support Pot – Evaluation Report

This evaluation explores the impact of small grants to remove financial barriers to volunteering in the Glasgow 2014 Opening Ceremony.

Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Volunteer Support Pot – Summary Evaluation

This executive summary explores the impact of small grants to remove financial barriers to volunteering in the Glasgow 2014 Opening Ceremony.

Stopgap Dance’s Seafarers – Reflective Journal

This resource was produced to support the reflective practice of amateur dancers performing in Stopgap Dance’s production of Seafarers.

Sep 2017

Stopgap Dance’s Seafarers – Final Evaluation

This evaluation report reflects on the impact Seafarers had on skills development, disability inclusion, wellbeing and dance practice.

Nov 2025

The Mighty Creatives’ Emerge Final Evaluation

This evaluation explores the impact of youth-led arts festivals in 12 Midlands towns, inspired by the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death.

Jul 2019

Do It For Real 2015 Stage 1 Evaluation

Evaluation from Red Nose Day: Funny Business, the first stage of the Do It For Real 2015 project

Jun 2015

The Sport Relief 2016 Youth Campaign Summary

A summary of the Sport Relief 2016 Youth Campaign by Lucinda Kerr

May 2016

Do It For Real 2016 Stage 1 Evaluation

Evaluation of Sport Relief 2016: Good Sports Wanted, the first stage of Do It For Real 2016

Jul 2016

Bay Create Activities Album January – June 2022

A summary of the different activities done by participants of Bay Create

Jun 2022

UnLtd Do It For Real Evaluation

An evaluation of the Do It For Real project by UnLTD

Sep 2018

One Million Mentors Process Evaluation

A process evaluation for One Million Mentors conducted by the Behavioural Insights Team

Nov 2019

One Million Mentors Theory of Change

The theory of change which underpins Uprising’s One Million Mentors

Nov 2019

The Story of Cultural Shift

A final project report showing how Stockton ARC, Little Cog and the disabled artists, participants and audiences they worked with changed perceptions
about disability and created new opportunities for disabled people within their arts centre.

Jul 2019

Elevate Fund 2025 – Winners & Impact

This film shows the impact of the Elevate Fund, showing the impact of LLDC’s Elevate Youth Panel project to think think about the 20 year legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Amdani! Conwy – final evaluation

Final evalution report for Amdani! Conwy – a volunteer programme made possible through Volunteering Cities

Jul 2025

Medway Change Makers – final evaluation

Final evaluation report for the Medway Change Makers, a volunteer programme made possible through Volunteering Cities

Jul 2025

Volunteering Cities – from bid writing to set up: year 1

Reflections from Neighbourly Lab on the first year of the Volunteering Cities grant

Dec 2023

Coventry Urban Eden – Final Report

Final report on Coventry Urban Eden

Jul 2025

Swim England – Good Club Guide: Engaging Disabled Volunteers

A guide for engaging volunteers in the aquatics community, courtesy of Swim England and their Spirit-funded project The Ripple Effect

Oct 2025

London 2012 Legacy Partnership Project: Elevate Fund Final Report

A report on impact and learning from the Elevate Fund

Nov 2025

Introduction to Hull City of Culture/Beyond 2017

A video showcasing the accomplishments and impact of the Hull 2017 volunteering programme

Oct 2017

One Million Mentors Process Evaluation: Headline Findings

This document presents headline findings from a one-year process evaluation of the One Million Mentors (1MM) programme, showing positive impacts on both mentors and mentees—including increased confidence, employability skills, and social networks—while highlighting key factors that influence programme quality and recommendations for improvement

Nov 2019

Volunteer Run Museums – Dorset Research Guide

This report explored how to increase the number of disabled people volunteering in Dorset museums.

Apr 2023

Volunteer Run Museums Dorset – insights and lessons learned

This evaluations summarises lessons from a project to increase the number of disabled people volunteering in Dorset museums.

Apr 2023

Volunteer Run Museums – role description guide

An example role description based on Dorset Museum’s learning from their project to increase disability inclusion

Apr 2023

Whitley Bay Big Local: Bay Create Evaluation

Evaluation of an intergenerational arts funded through Spirit of 2012 Youth Advisory Panel.

May 2023

Youth Sport Trust’s Inclusive Futures

An evaluation by LKMco of YST’s project, supporting disabled and non-disabled young people to volunteer in sports settings, and become more connected to Olympic and Paralympic legacy.

Nov 2025

Singing For Health Summary – More Music Morecombe

A brief summary of this music making project, with strands for both older people and teenagers as part of the Music Challenge Fund.

Aug 2020

Hull Volunteering Report 3

A impact report on the overall journey of the Hull volunteer programme since its development for Hull 2017, to its continuation beyond Spirit funding.

Dec 2024

Hull Volunteering Report 2

A report on insights around the Hull Volunteer Programme journey towards a sustainable, post City of Culture future

Apr 2021

Step Change – short report

Short version of the synthesis of Spirit of 2012’s evidence on increasing physical activity with 8 core principles to follow.

Mar 2025

Music and Wellbeing – Insights from Grant Funding (short version)

Short version of the synthesis of lessons from Spirit of 2012’s grant funding to music-making projects

Feb 2024

Written Evidence: The Social Impact of Sport and Culture

Spirit of 2012’s response to the DCMS Select Committee’s 2018-19 inquiry into the social impact of sports and culture

Nov 2018

My Sport My Voice – evaluation report

An evaluation of a project led by UKSA to support athletes with learning disabilities to raise their profile and develop their skills.

Jun 2016

Viewfinder / Viewfinder Plus

Talent development initiative that supports filmmakers with disabilities, autism and additional needs to take their skills and aspirations to the next level.

Flyerz Hockey

Inclusive hockey project scaled to 50 clubs focusing on introducing young disabled people to hockey.

Emerge

A project delivering a series of youth verbal arts festivals across the Midlands – for young people, by young people in collaboration with young artists

My Pockets Music

A participatory music project focused on improving young people’s mental health.

Open Ceremonies

Volunteer support pot to enable completion of roles at the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in summer 2014

Crafting Events That Matter: Spirit’s Final Report

The final publication from Spirit of 2012, combining over a decade of learnings to inspire the next generation to harness the power of events.

Oct 2025

Connecting the golden thread: Unlocking the UK’s ambition for major events

New report from Warwick Business School building on Creating The Golden Thread’s ambition for major events in the UK

Oct 2025

The Ripple Effect – Final Report

The final evaluation report for The Ripple Effect – a project led by Swim England which aimed to engage and break down barriers for disabled volunteers in swimming.

Oct 2025

Volunteering Cities: Amdani! Conwy

A guide for engaging volunteers in the aquatics community, courtesy of Swim England and their Spirit-funded project The Ripple Effect.

Oct 2025

Lessons from GOGA

Key takeaways from Spirit’s flagship physical activity project

Oct 2025

Playing Out

Community development project using the theme of play to deliver a listening and storytelling project inspired by the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

London 2012 Legacy Partnership Project

A partnership and co-produced project with LLDC’s Elevate Board to gather people’s views on legacy to date and potential future legacy.

Seafarers

A series of inclusive dance classes in Norfolk to embed into local schools and train local dance teachers.

Volunteering Cities

A funding programme to support volunteering infrastructure in four locations that bid for UK City of Culture 2025

One Million Mentors

One Million Mentors (1MM) was a national initiative dedicated to transforming the prospects of young people by connecting them with a mentor.

Reading Rooms

Reading Rooms, a project by the Verbal Arts Centre, used a unique bibliotherapy model to support the mental wellbeing of people involved with the criminal justice system in Northern Ireland.

Do It For Real

Designed to empower young people to make positive changes in their communities, the initiative combined social action, fundraising, access to resources, and community events.

Bay Create

The Bay Create project brought together an intergenerational group of Whitley Bay residents to explore their shared heritage and identity through art.

Get Set – Blueprint for effective youth engagement

Aug 2025

Get Set – Framework for working with partners

Aug 2025

Get Set – visual summary for framework for working with partners

Aug 2025

Get Set – visual summary for effective youth engagement

Aug 2025

Path to Paris: Home Nations impact report

Aug 2025

Road to Rio: final report

Aug 2025

Travel to Tokyo: final report

Aug 2025

Bound for Beijing: final report

Aug 2025

Music Challenge Fund: ‘Discover the Song’ Evaluation – Canolfan Gerdd William Mathias

Jul 2025

Streetwise Community Circus End of Project Report

Jul 2025

Lessons from Streetwise’s Circus Aurora

Jul 2025

Carers Music Fund: ‘Sound Out’ Evaluation – Jack Drum Arts

Jul 2025

Carers Music Fund: ‘Sound Creators’ Evaluation – UK Youth

Jul 2025

Carers Music Fund: ‘Sound Out’ Project Summary – Jack Drum Arts

Jul 2025

Carers Music Fund: ‘Monster Extraction’ Case Study Interviews – My Pockets

Jul 2025

Carers Music Fund: ‘Hidden Voices’ Project Evaluation

Jul 2025

Carers Music Fund: ‘My Music’ Evaluation Northamptonshire Carers

Jul 2025

Carers Music Fund: ‘Project Alaw’ Evaluation – Barnardos

Jul 2025

Women’s Work Evaluation

Jul 2025

Carers Music Fund: ‘Tàlaidhean’ Evaluation – Feis Rois

This evaluation report shares the impact of a project working with new mums across the Highlands to create their own lullabies for their babies.

Jul 2025

Carers Music Fund: ‘Bang the Drum’ Evaluation – Blackpool Carers

Jul 2025

Carers Music Fund: ‘Beat Syndicate’ Evaluation – Noise Solution

Jul 2025

Working Together: A research partnership project led by More Music and the International Centre of Community Music

Jul 2025

More Music – Sing It Out – Parent Case Study

Jul 2025

Music Challenge Fund: ‘Creative Directions’ Evaluation – Doncaster Community Arts

Jul 2025

Music Challenge Fund: ‘My Pockets Music’ Evaluation

Jul 2025

Music Challenge Fund: ‘My Pockets’ end of project report

Jul 2025

Moments That Make You Proud

Jul 2025

Experiences of young East Londoners and the Reflections on the Legacy of London 2012

Jul 2025

PBE – Checklist for wellbeing value for money analysis

May 2024

Spirit of Rugby Final Evaluation Report

Oct 2017

Volunteering at Events in the West Midlands

Jun 2023

Making Routes Festival Film – Beacon Arts

Oct 2017

Helping Funders To Measure What Matters

May 2024

A Lasting Impact? Tracing The Volunteer Legacy of UK Events

Jun 2025

Creating a Legacy for Event Volunteer Programmes

Jun 2025

Reflections on the Volunteering Cities Grant

Jun 2025

Establishing Strong Volunteer Programmes In Your Area

Jun 2025

14-NOW

A follow up to Fourteen, giving three Northern Ireland communities the means to fund activities for their wider community inspired by the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games

The Inspired Action Toolkit

Mar 2017

Volunteering Together: Inclusive Volunteering and Disabled People

Sep 2022

Unlimited Impact: Colourfull

Unlimited Impact-funded artist Joanne Haines summarises her self-led project “Colourfull”

Jan 2019

Moment to Movement: The Great Get Togethers (summary)

Dec 2023

Moment to Movement: The Great Get Togethers (full)

Dec 2023

The Great Winter Get Together Impact Report 2023

May 2023

The Great Get Togethers Digital Storytelling Toolkit

Apr 2020

Reimagining Volunteering – Toolkit

Jul 2023

Reimagining Volunteering – Research Report

Jul 2023

Glasgow 2014 polling briefing

May 2024

WOW Foundation Theory of Change

Mar 2025

Youth Advisory Panel – learning briefing

Sep 2021

Everyone Can Write A Song: Reflections on the Carers Music Fun

Jun 2021

Capital of Sport – briefing paper

May 2024

Capital of Sport – executive summary

May 2024

Case Study of Hull 2017 City of Culture by InFocus

Oct 2017

Case Study of Voluntary Arts by InFocus

Sep 2016

Case Study of Inclusive Futures by InFocus

Sep 2016

Moment to Movement e-learning module

Oct 2020

Do It For Real: Funny Business – Evaluation

Jun 2016

Do it for Real: Sport Relief – Evaluation

Jul 2016

Volunteering Spirit Wales – Evaluation Report

Aug 2017

Fourteen

Giving local people the means to fund activities that make a difference to wellbeing and social connection in fourteen communities across the UK.

Get Out Get Active – Evaluation of Phase 2

Jul 2024

Get Out Get Active – Evaluation of Phase 1

Mar 2020

Get Out Get Active – Summary of Phase 1

Mar 2020

Camp Glasgow and the Pop Up Games

This evaluation report from Streetgames shows the impact of activities to engage young people with the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games

Nov 2014

Coventry 2021 Caring City Evaluation

Mar 2023

Why Windrush Matters Today

May 2023

Celebrating Windrush: A Toolkit for Event Organisers

May 2023

Festivals Connect: An Evidence Review

Jun 2024

Festivals Connect: EDI Playbook

Dec 2024

Moments to Connect: The Year of the King evaluation report

May 2024

Moments to Connect: Windrush 75 Evaluation

Mar 2024

Big Big Sing Evaluation Report

Mar 2015

National Paralympic Day Research Report

Aug 2015

Our Day Out: The Perspective of Carers

Jan 2019

Our Day Out: Wellbeing Dosage Research

Jan 2019

Creating a Moment for Someone Else: Artist Reflections on Our Day Out

Jan 2019

Our Day Out Evaluation 2016 – 2022

Mar 2023

Legacy 2014 Physical Activity Fund Evaluation

Jun 2017

Legacy 2014 Physical Activity Fund Executive Summary

Jun 2017

Leeds 2023 and Bradford 2025: Shared Cultural Futures

Aug 2024

Making Routes Guide To Accessible Recruitment

Feb 2018

Making Routes Festival

Feb 2018

The Impact of Making Routes Festivals on Perceptions of Disability

Feb 2018

Making Routes – Artist Residencies

Feb 2018

187 Festival in Picture Book

Feb 2018

Making Routes Evaluation Methodologies

Feb 2018

Making Routes – An Illustrated Introduction

Feb 2018

Social Value of Community Events – Final Summary Report

Dec 2021

Social Value of Community Events- Literature Review

Mar 2021

Social Value of Community Events Toolkit

Dec 2021

Social Value of Community Events – editable template

Dec 2021

A Model for Community and Individual Wellbeing

Mar 2022

Different people, same place: Better understanding the relationships between individual and place-based (technical report) community wellbeing

Mar 2022

Different people, same place: Better understanding the relationships between individual and place-based community wellbeing (briefing)

Mar 2022

Creating The Golden Thread: An ambition for major events in the UK

Jun 2024

Aggregating Events Data

Jan 2024

Events Data observatory – A feasibility study

Jun 2024

Volunteering Cities Insights: Conditions for Success

Jun 2023

The Power of Events for Social Connection

Sep 2024

Creative Pathways to Wellbeing – Case Study Synthesis

Apr 2024

Do It For Real: impact and learning report

Sep 2018

England Athletics’ Team Spirit evaluation report

Jan 2020

EmpowHER Legacy Report

Sep 2023

EmpowHER Legacy – report

Sep 2023

EmpowHER Final Evaluation report

Feb 2022

EmpowHER Leaders of the Future

Feb 2022

EmpowHER – Learnings for policy

Feb 2022

EmpowHER – Learnings for funders

Feb 2022

EmpowHER – Learnings for youth sector

Feb 2022

EmpowHER – core and flex model

Feb 2022

British Future – Shared Goals

May 2024

Cultural Transformations – the Impact of Hull 2017 City of Culture

Mar 2018

Square Peg (Hull 2017 City of Culture) Evaluation

Jun 2018

Hull Volunteering – report

Nov 2019

Creative Pathways to Wellbeing – Case Study Synthesis Briefing

Apr 2024

Breaking Boundaries: Final Evaluation Report

May 2023

Breaking Boundaries: Final Evaluation – Exec Sum

May 2023

Critical Mass Evaluation

Jan 2023

Critical Mass Playbook for Inclusive Events

Jan 2023

Critical Mass Evaluation (Easy Read)

Feb 2023

Team London Young Ambassadors Evaluation

Nov 2016

Carers UK – Reflections on the Carers Music Fund

Jun 2023

Volunteer Wellbeing: What Works and Who Benefits?

Oct 2020

Volunteers and Wellbeing: A Theory of Change

Oct 2020

Changing Lives Through Sport and Physical Activity – Executive Summary

Aug 2022

Changing Lives Through Sport and Physical Activity – Final Evaluation Report

Aug 2022

Fourteen – Final Evaluation

Sep 2018

Inspire 2022 Final Evaluation

Mar 2024

Get Out Get Active Summary of Phase 2

Jul 2024

Understanding your organisation’s volunteer journey

Feb 2025

The economic impact of sporting, cultural, commemorative and community events

Aug 2022

Seizing the moment: Why events matter for social connection and shared identity

Sep 2022

Power of Events Inquiry – Final report

Jan 2023

Power of Events Inquiry – executive summary

Jan 2023

Spirit of 2012 Detailed Theory of Change

Mar 2016

The Wellbeing Impacts of Liverpool’s Eurovision 2023

Oct 2023

Sporting Equality Fund Evaluation

Mar 2019

Investing in happiness: Creating impact through funding event legacies

Oct 2017

Carers Music Fund – a summary

Jun 2023

Our Impact: Ten Years of Investing In Happiness

Nov 2023

Carers Music Fund – Final Evaluation

Jun 2021

When we sing it sounds like there are more of us: Findings from the first cohort of the Carers Music Fund

Nov 2020

Capital of Sport – technical report

Jul 2024

Capital of Sport Policy Briefing

Oct 2024

Improving Social Connectedness: Lessons learnt from social sector organisations funded by Spirit of 2012

Feb 2023

Changing perceptions of disability through sports, arts, and culture

Sep 2022

Understanding, supporting, and measuring wellbeing

Dec 2022

InFocus Evaluation 2013-2017

Oct 2017

Spirit’s Reflection on InFocus Evaluation

Oct 2017

The Spirit of 2012 Funding Approach

Oct 2017

Case Study of WOW Bradford by InFocus

Dec 2017

Case Study of Get Out Get Active by InFocus

Oct 2017

14-NOW Final Evaluation

Apr 2022

Case Study of Springboard’s Fourteen programme by InFocus

Oct 2017

Case Study of Spirit of Rugby by InFocus

Sep 2016

Case Study of Inspired Action by InFocus

Sep 2016

A case study of Unlimited by InFocus

Oct 2015

Infocus ASDA case study

Oct 2015

A case study of StreetGames’ Glasgow 2014 by InFocus

Oct 2015

A case study of Sporting Memories by Infocus

Oct 2015

Moment to Movement InFocus report

Oct 2020

Evaluation of the Thrive Toolkit

Mar 2019

Helping grantees reach their target audiences – reflections on Spirit of 2012’s approach

Mar 2019

Helping grantees reach their target audiences – a guide for grant managers

Mar 2019

The Impacts of Volunteering on the Subjective Wellbeing of Volunteers: A Rapid Evidence Assessment

Oct 2020

Step Change: Working Together Towards and Active Society

May 2022

Inspiring a Generation

Aug 2024

Inspiring A Generation: Executive Summary

Mar 2025

Music and Wellbeing – Insights from Grant funding

Feb 2024

Making events work for everyone

Dec 2023

Inquiry Report 1: How events can boost volunteering – executive summary

Nov 2021

Inquiry – Report 1: How events can boost volunteering

Nov 2021

Sound Creators Evaluation UK Youth

Apr 2025

Shared Cultural Futures

A partnership between two major events organisers to share knowledge and insights and create a guide for other cities hosting events.

Moments to Connect – FestivalsConnect

A research project which will be conducted by the University of the West of Scotland

Moments to Connect – Our Lives, Our Legacy

Using the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement to bring young people together across the sectarian divide.

Moments to Connect – The Spirit of Windrush

Participatory community activities and an event to mark the 75th anniversary of the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush.

Moments to Connect – Windrush 75: Shared past, shared future

A research project seeking ways to make the anniversary of Windrush a national, inclusive moment.

Eurovision 2023

A £200,000 grant to support a schools engagement programme and an evaluation to measure the impact of Eurovision on the health and wellbeing of Liverpool’s residents.

Moments To Connect

£300,000 to seven programmes designed to explore how the major national events of 2023 can connect individuals and communities across social divides.

Inspire 2022

A programme of youth-led social action and community events across the UK but with focus on the needs of the whole community.

Get Set

An extension of London 2012’s education programme to inspire young people to get active and live the Olympic and Paralympic values.

Team Spirit

A programme designed to get people involved in grassroots Athletics, running, and to transform the experience and diversity of volunteering.

Cultural Shift

A comprehensive three-year programme of dynamic arts activity involving disabled people at every level.

Moments To Connect – Year of The King

An community arts festival using the Coronation to bring together different generations

Birmingham Volunteering Legacy

A grant to help establish a volunteering legacy in Birmingham following the 2022 Commonwealth Games

City To Sea

A project to empower young people to enter the game of rugby-increasing players, volunteers, coaches, event managers and other roles in 15 England communities

Spirit of Rugby

A project to empower young people to enter the game of rugby-increasing players, volunteers, coaches, event managers and other roles in 15 England communities

Hull 2017 City of Culture

Hull’s transformative City of Culture year

Hull Volunteering Programme

Hull 2017’s flagship volunteering programme

EmpowHER

To mark the centenary of women’s suffrage, our EmpowHER programme, jointly funded with the #iwill Fund aims to develop and skill up young women and girls to use their voices for positive change – just as their predecessors did 100 years ago.

WOW – Women of the World

We funded the Southbank Centre to support communities across the UK in developing their own Women of the World festivals.

Unlimited Impact

Unlimited Impact focused on developing and inspiring the next generation of disabled people passionate about making change through art.

Team London Young Ambassadors

Team London Young Ambassadors is the Mayor of London’s volunteer programme for schools.

Camp Glasgow & Doorstep Sports

Bringing the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games to young people across the UK – and bringing young people to Glasgow for the Games!

Sporting Equality Fund

Working with the Scottish Government, our Sporting Equality Fund supported no fewer than 12 projects targeting women and girls to participate in sport and physical activity.

Our Day Out

Spirit funded Creative Arts East to deliver Our Day Out, a unique dementia-friendly programme of creative arts for rurally-isolated older people in Norfolk.

National Paralympic Day

National Paralympic Day is a celebration of the Paralympic movement and an opportunity for people in the UK to come together to relive the wonder of London 2012.

Making Routes

A unique partnership between Oasis Children’s Venture, South London Gallery and Battersea Arts Centre.

Legacy 2014 Physical Activity Fund

Spirit of 2012 is a legacy partner of the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games and was awarded £1.3 million by the Scottish Government to get the least active people in Scotland more active and generate learning for the benefit of the rest of Scotland.

Inspired Action

Inspired Action was run by the British Red Cross and aimed to remove barriers to volunteering for young disabled and non-disabled people.

The Great Get Together

We supported the Jo Cox Foundation to explore community connection and social action through The Great Get Together.

Get Out Get Active

Get Out, Get Active is an initiative to get people active in locations across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Critical Mass

A major part of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 Cultural Festival, Critical Mass saw nearly 250 disabled and non-disabled young people from diverse backgrounds take part in inclusive dance and perform to a worldwide audience.

Coventry City of Culture

Spirit of 2012 awarded a major £1m grant to Coventry City of Culture Trust to rollout a community programme of cultural activities that address the city’s most significant social issues.

Changing Lives Through Sport And Physical Activity Fund

The Changing Lives Fund was a partnership between the Scottish Government, sportscotland, the Robertson Trust and Spirit of 2012.

Carers’ Music Fund

The Carers’ Music Fund put women and girls with caring responsibilities front and centre, providing opportunities for fun, creative expression and self (re)-discovery through music making.

Breaking Boundaries

Breaking Boundaries is a £1.8 million project bringing together young people, their families and communities through regular engagement in cricket: playing, spectating and volunteering.

Big Big Sing

In 2015, Spirit was one the funders of Big Big Sing – a project that inspired hundreds of thousands of people the length and breadth of the UK to unite in celebration of singing.