Are You A Games Maker?

It's exactly two years until the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in London. Today there was a lot of fun in the Olympic Park in Stratford, with Sir Chris Hoy (and Boris Johnson) riding around the Velodrome, Michael Johnson competing in a 100m race in the Olympic Stadium with school children, most of whom beat Johnson to the finish line.

The major point of the day was to launch the volunteering side of the games. 70,000 people will be needed to help with stewarding, transport, administration, escorting or simply photocopying. The volunteers will be called Games Makers because (and this is super cheesy) they will make the games!

I performed a similar role as a member of the International Service Team at the 2007 World Scout Jamboree. There is simply no way the event could go ahead without the hard work of the volunteers, but could you be one of them. General applications open on 15 September, but you can visit the London 2012 website now for all the info on the different roles and venues.

Have you got what it takes to be a Games Maker?

JR