London 2012 unveils Games Makers and Technical Officials uniforms. The Games Maker uniform will be worn by around 70,000 volunteers and 6,000 LOCOG staff and the Technical Officials uniform which will be worn by around 4,500 Technical Officials during the London 2012 Games.
Selection for London 2012 volunteers started in the South West today as <a href="news/2011/08/final-regional-london-2012-volunteer-selection-event-und.php">the ninth and final regional Games Maker selection event opened its doors in Plymouth</a>.<br/><br/>Olympic Skeleton racer and London 2012 board member Adam Pengilly was on hand to officially launch the interview programme.<br/><br/>The sports hall at University College Plymouth St Mark & St John will welcome an estimated 1,200 applicants, all looking to secure one of the 70,000 Games-time roles
Jean Tomlin, HR Director at LOCOG and Coventry-based Olympian Dave Moorcroft joined Games Maker applicants from the Midlands to officially launch the interview programme at the University of Warwick Sports Centre.
Olympic gold medallist and London 2012 Board Member Jonathan Edwards and International Paralympic athlete David Roberts joined Games Maker applicants from Wales to officially launch the interview programme at Cardiff's Coal Exchange.
The selection process for London 2012 volunteers has arrived in the North East. Olympic gold medallist and London 2012 Board Member Jonathan Edwards and Chris Cook, former GB Swimmer and European Champion, joined Games Maker applicants from the North East to officially launch the interview programme at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art.<br/>
Chris Holmes, LOCOG Director of Paralympic Integration and nine-time Paralympic Swimming Gold medallist, is joined by volunteers as he opens the official selection centre for Games Maker applicants based in Northern Ireland. From today until 28 April 2011 (excluding Bank Holidays), around 180 people a day are expected to be interviewed at the Queen's University Physical Education Centre in Belfast for a wide range of London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games volunteer roles.
London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) brings the selection process for London 2012 volunteers to the Digital World Centre in Salford Quays. Gold-medal winning Paralympic cyclist and World Champion Jody Cundy MBE, joined local Games Maker applicants at the centre to officially launch the interview programme in the region.
Chris Holmes, LOCOG Director of Paralympic Integration and 9 times Paralympic Gold medallist joined local Games Maker applicants at the WPNSA to officially launch the start of the regional interview programme.
School children from Woolwich Polytechnic school spent Friday helping clear the Tumb Nature Reserve, canal area and a pedestrian underpass in Greenwich Borough as part of the London 2012 Changing Places programme.
