Week 4 exercise 3

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 makers

3.                 Complete this quote from David… “… for a moment in time volunteering had a ____profile______ and an _______________image________________ that they fully ___________deserved_______________ but don’t always get.”

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

5.                 Zoe worked in Events Services. Where was this located? _____al the Olympic staduim_____

6.                 How does she describe the experience of volunteering for the Olympics and Paralympics? _______________best experience in her life _______

7.                 What benefits of volunteering, according to Zoe?

a.     _______fun___________

b.     ___________get to know new people ________________

c.      _________confidence _____________

d.     _________satisfaction _____________

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

_______________support people of all age’s the community rely on volunteering  __________________________________

 

 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 volunteer
2	Samarah Hashmi	Survey analyst  volunteer
3	Oliver Stannard	Copywriter volunteer
4	Stanley Parker	Market Drayton shop volunteer
5	Camilla Williamson	Volunteer parliamentary assessment

 

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

 

There are Varity of ways to volunteer and there is no age limit