Mayor Calls On All Volunteers For 2012
Mayor of London Boris Johnson plans to recruit a new army of volunteers to greet and assist the thousands of visitors who will be arriving in London for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012.
The Mayor wants approximately 12,000 new city volunteers to compliment the work of the 70,000 Olympic volunteers and ensure visitors receive the warmest of welcomes and first class advice on getting around the capital and to London 2012 events.
City volunteers will be placed at airports, mainline train and Tube stations, major visitor attractions and other key locations. They will be fully trained to be able to give information and directions to visitors, as well as help Londoners whose everyday routines are affected by the Games.
Said the mayor: ‘In exactly three years, London hosts the world’s greatest sporting event which we will turn into a memorable festival of entertainment and fun. Volunteering is a fantastically rewarding and worthwhile activity, as millions of Londoners already know. I want the city volunteer programme to make thousands of ordinary Londoners proud, by being part of this extraordinary time in London’s rich and colourful history.
‘This role is vital, because these volunteers will be London’s front line ambassadors. I want to ensure that the warm and friendly welcome they afford our guests, as they point them in the right direction, leaves them feeling they have just spent a wonderful time with a great friend – a friend they will certainly revisit as soon as possible.’
