LSH 2903 – Community Service Learning

Week 4

Looking at volunteering in different spheres of society.

During the summer of 2012 the Olympic Games were held in London. David Moorcroft is a former athlete. At one point he held the world record for the 5,000 metres. David can be heard discussing the importance of volunteering the Olympic Games.

Zoe Hall is a lady who was one of the volunteers at the Games. She talks about the event and how important it was at the time as well as how much it has inspired her to continue working as a volunteer.

This link is about half way down the page.

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

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? ______________game maker____________________

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? _________half retired_(part time job)_________

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? _____best experience on her life ____

7.               What benefits of volunteering, according to Zoe?

a.      __________fun_________________

b.     _________confidant_____________________

c.      __________meet new people___________

d.     ________satisfaction ________________

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

He is proud and thankful for people whom are relying on volunteers and in people on communities.
 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	Admin and information
2	Samarah Hashmi	Survey analyst volunteer
3	Oliver Stannard	Copy writer volunteer
4	Stanley Parker	Market Drayton shop volunteer
5	Camilla Williamson	Volunteer parliamentary assist

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

This shows that volunteers can find several places and many jobs to help people

People can do whatever they want without caring for their ages.