The Commonwealth Games are arguably the second largest multi-sport event in the world attracting more than 4000 athletes from the 71 nations and territories across the globe. For 12 days in mid-2014, the city of Glasgow basked in some of the hottest temperatures of the year, the greatest media attention it has ever received, and in the accolade of being the Host City for the XX Commonwealth Games.

Across the city, sporting events and a wide range of international cultural acts and festivities made for a special, unique occasion that was truly embraced by Glaswegians and the tens of thousands of visitors who flocked to the city from around the world.

Glasgow's Commonwealth Games: the inside story captures the very best moments, recalling the highlights in sport and culture, providing not only a photographic record but also looking behind the images and headlines at the complexities of running such a vast organisational enterprise. The quality of the sporting performances, the positive spectator and visitor experiences of Glasgow, and the legacies which have already been achieved have all helped to make the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow a massive success.With in-depth interviews with all the central players involved in delivering the Games, this book is a celebration of that success, offering fascinating insights into how it was achieved.


Creating an Event Volunteering Legacy: The 2014 Host City Volunteer Initiative​

This article examines why as part of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Glasgow Life failed to achieve its aspired legacy of promoting further volunteering by Host City Volunteers (HCVs) despite the implementation of best practice.

Re-defining temporal notions of event legacy: lessons from Glasgow's Commonwealth Games

Recent research into legacies derived from major sporting and cultural events has highlighted the need to explore more critically the ways in which such legacy is defined and assessed in specific contexts and how different approaches to production of legacy are being created. 

Using major events to increase social connections: the case of the Glasgow 2014 Host City Volunteer programme

Despite suggestions of the potential opportunity of using major events to generate wider social connections, most emphasis in event management research continues to be placed on future volunteering as a legacy from event volunteering. This paper examines the impact of a dedicated Host City event volunteer programme associated with the 2014 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow, which sought to use this major sporting event to enhance social connectivity amongst the volunteers.
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