Update on Olympic Park workforce

Update on Olympic Park workforce

15 Jul 2009
Figures published today by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) show that more than 10,000 people have worked on the Olympic Park to date.

Site worker

An Olympic Park site worker

Of the current 4,434 strong workforce on the Park, 20 per cent live within the five Host Boroughs - Greenwich, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest. This is above the target of 10-15 percent set by the ODA.

The new figures also show that 10 per cent of workers on site were previously unemployed, and 10 per cent are doing a traineeship, apprenticeship or work placement on the Park.

See the latest employment figures for the Olympic Park

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