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The news marks the start of the
two year countdown to the Games and comes as London 2012 organisers
launch the biggest volunteer recruitment drive since World War II
to recruit up to 70,000 people to help with the Games.
Sebastian Coe, Chair of LOCOG
said: “London 2012 needs brilliant volunteers to help us deliver a
great Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Our volunteers will be called ‘Games Makers’ to reflect the
important role they will play in staging the 2012 Games. The
programme to find our Games Makers will launch on 27th
July 2010 and I urge anyone that is interested to come to our
website (www.london2012.com)
from the day onwards to find out everything they need to know about
volunteering in 2012.”
As well as introducing new
volunteers to the sport and cultural sector in the county the
Suffolk 2012 Volunteering Legacy Project also aims to increase the
number of volunteering opportunities available within Suffolk as well as encourage as many people
from Suffolk
as possible to become Games time volunteers.
Cllr Rosemary Clarke, Suffolk
County Council’s Portfolio Holder for Sport, Culture, Diversity,
Health and Wellbeing said “Our aim is the use the London 2012
Olympic and Paralympic Games to create a
meaningful and lasting volunteering legacy for Suffolk and we are delighted to
be working with Suffolk Volunteering Federation, Young Suffolk and
Suffolk Sport to achieve this. Volunteers play a huge part in the
sporting and cultural life of our wonderful county and I am sure
that the Suffolk 2012 Volunteering Legacy Project will have a
positive impact on this hugely important area.”
Further information about the
project is available from Suffolk Volunteering Federation’s 2012
Legacy Officer, Mike McCarthy at 2012legacy@volunteeringsuffolk.org.uk.
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