Exercise #5

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 images 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?

a.       Meet new people.

b.      confidence.

c.       fun.

d.      satisfaction.

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

Because the organization will support the volunteers of all ages of the community with all the free time they have.

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 while Oliver is 17. And as we can notice the difference in age between them, we can say that age doesn’t matter is have abilities to be an engineer.