Glasgow 2018 launch search for European Championships volunteers
The volunteer programme is looking for helpers to run next year's inaugural multi-sport event
The Glasgow 2018 Volunteer Programme has launched today, and they're looking for people to help them out at next years exciting new multi-sport event.
Next year some of the continent's leading athletes will join up to take part in seven different events, with some taking place in Glasgow, and the rest in Berlin.
The campaign to find thousands of volunteers who will be the welcoming face of the Glasgow 2018 European Championships was officially launched today at Glasgow's iconic Kelvin Hall, which recently reopened following a £35million redevelopment.
The launch event was attended by a team of Glasgow 2018 Volunteer Champions and Still Game star Sanjeev Kohli, who has been named as an official Volunteer Ambassador.
Glasgow 2018 volunteers are set to play an essential role in the experience offered to athletes, officials, media and spectators as they visit Glasgow and Scotland next year for the inaugural European Championships. Volunteers will support a wide range of functions from Spectator Services and Accreditation, to Transport and Media and much more.
Thousands of people over the age of 16 are expected show an interest in joining the volunteer team in what will be one of the most ambitious and inclusive volunteering programmes ever undertaken in Scotland, with the Glasgow 2018 volunteers set to be right at the heart of the inaugural European Championships. It will build on the success of the Glasgow 2014 Clyde-siders Volunteer Programme.
To be staged every four years, the European Championships will combine the existing European Championships of Athletics, Aquatics, Cycling, Gymnastics, Rowing and Triathlon along with a new Golf team championships. The first edition will be held in 2018 in a unique sporting partnership between Host Cities Glasgow and Berlin.
This partnership will create a new event on the world stage elevating the status of European Champions and attracting a potential television audience around one billion across the continent, with a wider audience via digital platforms. Attendances across Glasgow 2018 are expected to be in the region of 250,000.
Myra Robbie worked as a volunteer at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in 2014, and she thinks this is another great opportunity for people to get involved.
She said, "If you feel you want to do it, go for it. For some people, and I think for me it was, a once in a lifetime opportunity.
"I know as far as Glasgow's concerned the atmosphere was fantastic. The whole of Glasgow was buzzing and it's just a great thing to do.
"It was good fun meeting other people. You all get on well, it was quite a good camaraderie".