- Volunteers
-
Trail Blazers
- June 10 -
Brighton Volunteers
- Nov 09 -
Trailblazing Volunteers
- Dec 09 -
Show-cased!
- Sept 09 -
Kent's Trailblazer
- Mar 09 -
Archive item
- Nov 08 -
eVent Team
- Oct 08 -
eVent Team
- Jan 08 -
Volunteer for Events
- Nov 07 -
Good News
- May 07 -
NVQs
- April 07 -
Volunteers Needed for 2012
- June 06 -
Sectoral Group
- November 06
Kent’s own Trailblazer Volunteer for London 2012
Volunteering will be at the heart of the London 2012 Games. While 70,000 volunteers will be needed at Game’ time, there is also the need for volunteers in the lead up to the Games, to help the London Organising Committee stage this ‘greatest show on Earth’.
David Bower, an employee of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, has been selected to be one of the first volunteers workers for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG). David was one of only 23 volunteers (and one of only five men) out of an applicant list of over 300 who were selected to be a Trailblazer.
The office-based volunteers, Trailblazers, will work at the LOCOG offices in Canary Wharf, performing a wide range of administrative duties as required across all departments.
David’s Induction:
“We were promised a visit to the Olympic Park and/or a meeting with Lord Coe (known as just Seb by all) at our induction day. We couldn't visit the Olympic Park until March as the tours are in so much demand as the stadium and other venue construction races ahead - and Seb unfortunately was ill that day! But we were shown around by the teams, signed our names on a special wall on which all staff have placed their moniker, had a group photo taken, and I did an interview on camera about why I had volunteered for the Trailblazer programme.
We will all be working within the various LOCOG teams. I was delighted to be selected to work within the Communications Team.”
David’s First Day
“Talk about thrown in at the deep end! The Comms team is extensive and deals with all manner of press, government and public enquiries as well as delivering engagement projects, events, publicity and running the London 2012 website. My first job was to study a pile of correspondence and listen to voicemail enquiries. These came from all over the world and are about as varied as you could imagine. This will give me a good insight into what the public expect and want from the Games and how the organisation responds.
Eventually I will have had the opportunity of finding out how the organisation functions and how it is moving rapidly towards the culmination of a fantastic and successful venture.”
