Volunteers for London Olympics 2012

How to become a volunteer for London 2012 Olympics?

If you really wish to be a part of the 2012 Olympic event in London, then you can enroll yourself in volunteer program to participate in London Olympic 2012 and Paralympics.  By involving yourself as a volunteer you can enjoy your favorite games as well as you can get closer to various sporting legends by helping them, and can be the part of thrill and excitement of London Olympics.  To make this event successful, London Olympic committee need around 70,000 volunteers.  Your background and community is no bar, also you need not have any previous experience. However, you must  have passion about volunteering and you must be at least 18 years old.

Volunteer jobs at the Olympics vary from directing people, crowd control, giving out basic information to game lovers.  They also need translators to help huge amount of foreign visitors.  You can find detailed information about the Olympics volunteer program on the official website of London Olympic 2012.  One thing you must keep in mind is that this job may not allow you to watch all the action.  For example, if your duty is on main gate controlling the crowds, then you can not enjoy the games.

There are two main recruiting authorities for the Olympic Games, one is Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) and other is London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG).  If you are looking for a long term job at the Olympics, then ODA is the best for you.  Their task is not only developing the Olympic Game Park and village infrastructure but also making these facilities reusable after the games cease.  Hence there are a lots of contract and administration roles to make this event successful.

These organizing committees will train you as per their standard.  They expect minimum ten day’s volunteering commitment from you.  You have to attend at least three volunteer training sessions.  You should pass through security background check.  According to your skills, you will get a suitable role.  They have divided volunteers in two categories, specialist, and generalist.  Volunteers with previous experience and qualifications, such as medical or sport training will be qualified for specialist category.  On the other hand, generalist volunteers need no specific qualification and previous experience.  They may get their role in Olympic village operations, event service, and in uniform distribution.  To become a London Olympic 2012 volunteer, you can apply on their official website and add your name to the volunteering list.  With this, you will receive regular updates through email.

If you do not want to wait until the Olympic Games start, there are other ways to be involved in this event.  If you are a resident of East London living around the Olympic Games Park, you can involve in a volunteer program called ‘Changing Places’.  This program planned to help the local people to prepare their surroundings for the London Olympic Games.  This program will inspire peoples to modify public places like parks and motivate people to learn new skills.  They will also educate people to improve the local environment not only for the Olympic Games but even after the Olympics are over.  If you have any office-level skills, you can apply to become Trailblazer volunteer.  By this, you can help London Olympic 2012 committee by working for one day per week in their office for the Olympics and Paralympics games.

The volunteers will make the London Olympic Games happen.  So register your name at the official page for London 2012 Game Makers.

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