The document discusses using the 2012 London Olympics as an opportunity to encourage volunteering. Over 300,000 people expressed interest in becoming Gamesmakers volunteers, with 70,000 to be selected. Other Games-inspired volunteering opportunities included the torch relay, cultural events, and local ambassador roles. The torch relay would involve 8000 torchbearers, most between ages 12-24, carrying the flame over 70 days. The cultural Olympiad involved various arts, music, and heritage events across the region. Pre-training camps for athletes were being set up in various locations in the south west. A project trained over 200 volunteers as event stewards to help at various sporting and cultural events. Quotes from volunteers discussed the personal impacts and benefits

2. 200,000 applied

4. Torch Relay 95% of us within one hour’s journey on public transport of the Olympic Flame Arrival: Friday 18 May 2012 70 days - likely 4 days in SW More than half of those who carry the Flame will be between 12 and 24 The remaining Torchbearers will be those who inspire youth Torchbearers 8000 Torchbearers Torchbearers 12 & above with a majority between the ages of 16 & 24 LOCOG public nomination program 18th May to 29th June 2011 12 years and above as of 18 May 2011 Judged on a Nations & Regions basis

5. Cultural Olympiad More to the London 2012 Games than sport – it’s about celebrating cultures, people and heritage Full programme of events and activities across the region, ranging from music, dance and film making projects, to heritage site visits and local food promotions

6. RELAYS Regional Educational Legacy in Arts and Youth Sport Has a busy programme of activities across the region – in sport, culture or business – and your help and support would always be appreciated. You could help to organise, run or support activities at an event; help to publicise a festival; or support a specific project.

7. Pre-training camps Starting this year for some camps 18 or 19 in the South West already agreed Kenya has chosen Bristol as a base for its pre-Games Training Camp in the lead-up to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games University of Bath to host British Paralympic team in the run up to the London 2012 Paralympic Games Volunteering opportunities – cultural, languages, food, children and schools, music, etc.

8. Train of Events - Volunteer event stewards

9. Train of Events Regionally coordinated by SWF Delivered in 3 areas by local Volunteer Centre Dorset, Gloucester and Plymouth Volunteer Centres coordinated training, brokering and support for volunteer event stewards Over 200 volunteers trained

10. Objectives of the project To train individuals as volunteer event stewards To facilitate the brokering of volunteers for events To work with sporting, cultural and community events to develop the way they involve and work with volunteers To work with a number of sports clubs on the way they involve and manage volunteers

11. Project legacy –t o create a body of trained stewards who could serve the needs of the local community Aimed for 50% of participants to be from ‘hard to reach’ groups – NEETS – those not in employment, education or training Ongoing pool of event volunteers

12. WHAT ABOUT THE IMPACT? “It has increased my personal confidence. I thoroughly enjoyed it all and with the emails it has opened up things. I’m meeting with all sorts of lovely people at events and I would never have done that.”

13. DO YOU INTEND TO CONTINUE VOLUNTEERING AS AN EVENTS STEWARD? “Yes. I feel confident when I go out and do an event. I’m contributing to the event – you do your bit of the job and sense from the public that it is worthwhile. I do all one-offs so I can pick and choose; I don’t do some types of events.”