“If it’s canceled, I’ll feel completely sad and disappointed, but at the same time, I’d think it’s for the best,” she said. Priyono has used the extra year to start learning Japanese and seek a corporate sponsor for travel and accommodation costs, though she does not plan to book flights until she receives her shift rota in March or April. When the games were postponed last March, “I felt, wow, 2020 really sucks,” she said. The 26-year-old, who speaks English, French and Indonesian, will interpret for athletes at cycling events - a crucial role in notoriously monolingual Japan.
Gunion has had her first dose of COVID-19 vaccine - which games organizers say is not a requirement for participants - with her second due in April.Īmirahvelda Priyono, from Surabaya in Indonesia, thinks she too will be vaccinated by the opening ceremony on July 23. “I’m just hopeful they still need experienced volunteers there in some capacity.” “I know we’re supposedly invaluable, and necessary, but I think our situation is probably quite low on their list,” she said. She has been looking forward to the role since her interview in April 2019, but now wonders what it will look like at a scaled-back, infection-averse games. Gunion is registered to volunteer at Tokyo’s new National Stadium, facilitating interviews between athletes and the press after athletics competitions. They do not get a penny for their time, and have to pay their own way, but they say it is worth it for the excitement, camaraderie and opportunity to travel and meet like-minded people. Gunion is part of a community of globetrotting sports volunteers, many inspired by the London and Rio Olympics. Mori's sexist remarks highlight slow progress in narrowing Japan gender gap
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Last year 1,800 volunteer interviewers were trained at McDonald's training facilities in East Finchley, London.įrom March to June this year, McDonald's will also host event leadership training for the 12,000 Games Makers who will be leading teams this summer on how to lead and get the best out of a newly formed team.Įach year McDonald's invests over £36 million in training its 87,500 workforce and in the past five years, the company has awarded 35,000 nationally-recognised qualifications from maths and English certificates to Foundation Degrees to its employees.Ladies in white: Lawmakers dress to protest Mori's sexist remarks It's an exciting time to be part of the hospitality sector as we prepare to put the country on show to millions of visitors this summer and I'm proud of the role we will have played in making sure our volunteers are ready."Īs part of its role as Presenting Partner, McDonald's is providing training staff, materials and facilities to help attract, select and train up to 70,000 volunteers needed for the Games.
"I'm sure the Games Makers will now be starting to think about their role this summer and at McDonald's we are going to be on hand to support them every step of the way. We've been working with the volunteering team to help plan and design the training materials that will prepare the volunteers for the challenge ahead, drawing on our experience in delivering great customer service and award-winning training programmes on a large scale. A McDonald's employee also played a frontline role at the events, delivering customer service and hospitality advice to 10,000 volunteers at six orientation sessions.Īhead of the first orientation event at Wembley Arena, Jez Langhorn, Vice President, People, McDonald's UK, said: "With the first orientation event getting underway it feels like the Games are nearly upon us. The volunteers met each other for the first time and the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) gave them an insight into what working at London 2012 will be like, including the sports, venues and roles.Īs Presenting Partner of the London 2012 Games Maker Programme, McDonald's has used its expertise in delivering award-winning training schemes to help devise and deliver the three million pieces of environmentally friendly training materials to be used by the volunteers.
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