Clyde-siders Help ‘Make The Games’

The 15,000 helpers were selected after a record-breaking 50,800 people from the UK and beyond applied to have one of the coveted posts.

Published 28th Jul 2014

Glasgow 2014's volunteers "definitely make the Games'', organisers have claimed.

The 15,000 helpers, known as Clyde-siders, were selected after a record-breaking 50,800 people from the UK and beyond applied to have one of the coveted posts.

They now have a variety of roles within the Commonwealth Games, such as in spectator services, transport and press operations.

Our reporter Gordon Duncan spoke to some of them: