London2012: LOCOG admits taking on too many Gamesmakers

Gamesmaker in the Olympic Park on crowd control duty. Copyright the author 2012

Certainly can agree with that one! Spent most of the time watching the TV in a technology role. Didn’t really need any technology volunteers in my opinion.

The work was done by capable contractors. Nothing like the impression given at training sessions. I wonder if any of the medical volunteers got much to do?

Whose decision was it to employ so many volunteers? Just hope it does not put off many from taking up volunteering in the community in the future. I can assure them that volunteering is not the same as LOCOG volunteering.

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