Scots urged to be volunteers for Glasgow 2014
People across Scotland were urged to aim for a new ‘personal best’ today (Monday).
They are being asked to apply to be one of the volunteers who will be the friendly faces making the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games an amazing experience for athletes and spectators alike.
To celebrate the launch of the Glasgow 2014 volunteer application programme the city’s Central Station took on a sports carnival atmosphere.
Olympic boxing Gold medallist – and the winner of BBC TV’s Superstars - Anthony Joshua, and Scotland’s Olympic and Commonwealth badminton star Susan Egelstaff joined members of the Games Maker Choir to lend their voices to the drive to recruit up to 15,000 of the friendliest people for the games.
Prospective volunteers have from today until February 28 to apply for a games role.
Glasgow 2014’s volunteers will be the biggest peace-time deployment of volunteers for a common cause Scotland has ever seen.
No previous games experience is necessary: Glasgow 2014 is simply looking for helpful and friendly people who will be aged 16 by close of applications on February 28 are eligible to work in the UK and available for at least eight days during the games taking place between July 23 and August 3, next year.
Volunteers will also have to be available for up to six days ahead of the games for interviews in Glasgow, training and uniform collection.
As well as general Games roles, Glasgow 2014 requires volunteers with a range of specialist skills including medical staff, drivers and people with specific sports expertise.
Applications are being received from this morning online at www.glasgow2014.com/volunteer and help is available in person at the Volunteer Centre in Glasgow, by phone at the Glasgow 2014 Contact Centre and staff at every library in Scotland are also geared up to assist with the application process.
Just last week a £500,000 funding programme to help people who want to volunteer for the games was launched by the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) and the Scottish Government.
Recognising that not everyone can afford to do this, the Legacy 2014 Volunteer Support Programme will offer financial assistance to help those people facing practical and financial barriers which might otherwise stop them from volunteering.
