Olympic Games — Games Makers

With just over two years to go until the Lon­don 2012 Olympic and Par­a­lympic Games, it is now time for LOCOG to launch the Lon­don 2012 Games Maker pro­gramme. This will start the process to recruit up to 70,000 peo­ple who will make the Lon­don 2012 Games hap­pen. These peo­ple will be called Games Makers.

The Games Maker pro­gramme offi­cially launches on 27^th July, although appli­cants for the major­ity of roles – gen­er­al­ists – will not be able to apply until 15^th Sep­tem­ber. How­ever, LOCOG is invit­ing pre-identified appli­cants for spe­cial­ist roles and spe­cial inter­est groups to apply from 9am GMT on 27^th July. This phased appli­ca­tion is to give mem­bers of the gen­eral pub­lic the whole sum­mer to con­sider their options and find out if this is really for them, whereas many pre-identified appli­cants, includ­ing peo­ple like you, may have vol­un­teered before and are at the heart of the sport.

Every appli­cant will be expected to com­plete an appli­ca­tion form and, if suc­cess­ful, attend a selec­tion event. All appli­cants offered a Games Maker role must also attend three train­ing events prior to the Games.

Eli­gi­bil­ity cri­te­ria
All gen­er­al­ists and spe­cial­ist Games Mak­ers will need to ful­fil the same basic criteria:

− Aged 18 or above on 1^st Jan­u­ary 2012.
− Eli­gi­ble to vol­un­teer in the UK in line with UK immi­gra­tion rules.
− Will­ing to vol­un­teer for at least 10 days of shifts and attend a min­i­mum of three days of train­ing.
− Able to find own accom­mo­da­tion and travel.

Whilst most of our roles require Games Mak­ers to be 18 years old or over by 1^st Jan­u­ary 2012, we do want young peo­ple to get involved too! We will unveil the Young Games Maker pro­gramme for up to 1,500 under 18s in sum­mer 2011. Please refer to www.london2012.com/volunteering for more details.

Apply­ing to be a Games Maker
Through our rela­tion­ship with LOCOG, British Gym­nas­tics mem­bers will be able to apply on 27^th July, as part of the first group of appli­cants. From that date you will be able to find every­thing you need to know about the Games Maker pro­gramme on LOCOG’s offi­cial web­site. Please note, how­ever, that your appli­ca­tion will not be through this site but via a secure page that is not avail­able to the gen­eral public.

More infor­ma­tion on the appli­ca­tion process and to receive a spe­cial code to assist with the appli­ca­tion process BG mem­bers can click here.