Sticker Cmapaign

A Portland bar manager is celebrating being part of the Bring on the Games sticker campaign.

Matthew Shearn, who works at the New Star Inn, Fortuneswell, is welcoming is proud that the island is hosting the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Sailing events.

He has snapped up one of 10,000 window stickers produced by the Dorset Echo, the borough’s 2012 operations team, the Weymouth and Portland Chamber of Commerce and NHS Dorset’s Team Dorset Challenge to show his support for the once-in-a-lifetime event.

Mr Shearn, 44, said: “I’ve lived on Portland all my life and it’s great that the Olympics is coming here.

“We’ve had quite a few Olympians here this summer, including quite a lot of the Brazilian team, we had an absolute ball.

“Anything that benefits Portland is a good thing in my book, always will be.

“It’s a lovely sticker, I’m going to find a space for it in the window.”

2012 employment

Jobs are up for grabs at the Olympic Sailing Village on Portland.

The London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) is recruiting for a variety of roles in order to plan and deliver operational villages next summer’s once-in-a-lifetime event.

London 2012’s villages department, which is responsible for the Olympic and Paralympic Village in Stratford, the Sailing Village on Portland and the Rowing and Canoe Sprint Village, Royal Holloway, aims to provide comfortable living and leisure spaces for its residents in a secure environment.

During the Games period the Sailing Village of 77 town houses will accommodate approximately 630 athletes and officials.

Several roles are available, to start from April 2012 onwards, across areas such as customer service, hospitality, radio control and venue operations and management.

Enthusiastic, motivated, hard working and flexible individuals are needed to help make this the best village ever.

Visit locogrecruitment.london2012.com/ jobs/main and type ‘WEV’ into the search field for Sailing Village vacancies.

Volunteer applications

Ten thousand Games Maker applicants will be confirmed as official volunteers for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics this week.

The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) moved to the next phase of its Games Maker programme yesterday and started to offer candidates roles at next summer’s home Games.

The conditional offers are subject to the required security checks.

Dorset’s Steve Tarrant, from Poole, was among the first applicants contacted and has been assigned a role as a medal or flower bearer at the sailing venue in Weymouth and Portland.

Due to the volume of applicants and scale of the programme to recruit up to 70,000 volunteers, applicants who have already attended a Games Maker interview, but do not receive an email this week, should continue to check their emails regularly.

By December 31, everyone who has applied to be a Games Maker will hear from London 2012.

Visit london2012.com/volunteering

Youth opportunities

Teenagers wishing to volunteer at the London 2012 Games have until October 31 to apply.

LOCOG is looking for more than 2,000 Young Games Makers to work alongside the adult Games Makers.

Approximately 250 teams of young people, who must be aged 16 or over on July 1and under 18 on January 1 will help stage next summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Applications for generalist Young Games Maker roles open today and must be made by adult team leaders from organisations such as sports clubs, community groups and schools and colleges in the Get Set Network.

Anyone wishing to make an application to take part must ensure it is received by October 31.

Forms can be completed online at london2012.com/young-games-maker