Exercise #5

Listen again and see if you can work out the answers to these questions about the interview:

1.                  How old were the Games volunteers? All ages

2.                  During the Games, the volunteers had a special title. What was this special title?

Games Makers

3.                  Complete this quote from David… “… For a moment in time volunteering had a profile and an image that they fully deserve but don’t always get.”

4.                  David mentions that some of the volunteers are semi-retired. What does this mean? Working part time

5.                  Zoe worked in Events Services. Where was this located?

Olympic Stadium

6.                  How does she describe the experience of volunteering for the Olympics and Paralympics? Fantastic, an experience

7.                  What benefits of volunteering, according to Zoe?

·      Meet new people

·      Confidence

·      Fun

·      Satisfaction

8.                  Why does David feel that volunteering in the community is so important?

Organization that it will support the volunteers of all ages of the community with all the free time they have.

 This page is also from AGE UK.

http://www.ageuk.org.uk/get-involved/volunteer/volunteers-week/

What volunteer roles do the following people have?

	Name	Job
1	John McArthur	Age UK Harpenden volunteer
2	Samarah Hashmi	Survey Analyst volunteer
3	Oliver Stannard	Copywriter volunteer
4	Stanley Parker	Market Drayton shop volunteer
5	Camilla Williamson	Volunteer Parliamentary Assistant

Look again at these people and their jobs. What can you say about volunteering from the information in your chart?

Stanley is 95 whereas Oliver is 17, so it means that age doesn’t matter if you have skills you can volunteer and help.