Welcome to the Special edition of the
Park Champions newsletter
Our Park Champions celebrated!
Last Thursday, 6th October, we were delighted to host our annual celebration event at The Podium Bar & Kitchen.
It was a fantastic evening that enabled us to say thank you to you – the volunteers who have participated in a range of activities within our Park Champion programme over the past year. Over 110 Park Champions attended and we hope all enjoyed themselves.
2016 has been a fantastic year with volunteers racking up a huge 12,800 volunteer hours. There has been an array of volunteering opportunities from providing information, welcoming guests and delivering the park mobility service at the Information Point to supporting the vast number of events including West Ham United and London Lions matches, National Paralympic Day and Sport Relief. Not forgetting those who really got their hands dirty during the conservation and gardening programme.
Take a look at the news article on Our Parklife website here: http://ourparklife.co.uk/latest-news/
A selection of photos are available here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/d9bolxr25285ss4/AABth8FcqEd87bYViT-tEwbma?dl=0
Take a look at the news article in this week’s Newham Recorder on page 2:
http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/Launch.aspx?eid=e92d0b83-62fd-461f-9593-ddefd1e5acea
We are now looking forward to another exciting year in 2017, with a number of major events coming up on the Park. From the IAAF World Championships and World ParaAthletics Championships to community and sports events to help connect local people to the Park, there is sure to be something for everybody to get involved with. Once again we will be running our hugely successful Park mobility service and there will be many new roles to come with new Park partners so keep your eyes peeled for opportunities.
Congratulations to our Park Champions!
Once again we awarded gold, silver and bronze pin badges as a way of saying thank you for your enthusiasm, energy and dedication to the Park and our Park Champion programme.
Those that completed over 50 hours of volunteering were awarded with a bronze pin. For 100 hours of volunteering a silver pin was awarded and for an amazing 150 volunteer hours we awarded a gold pin.
If you are yet to achieve 50 hours do not worry as you still have until 31st December to claim your pin by racking up the hours – all those that have hit the required number of hours by this date will be awarded the pin. All hours will go back to zero on 1st January 2017.
A full list of the volunteers being awarded with pins to date is below, if you were unable to join us at the event last week please come to the Information Point when you are next on shift so that we can award you your pin.
| Frank Scavera | 736 |
| Mark Orton | 622.75 |
| Sahidul Islam | 401.5 |
| Peter Barry | 363.5 |
| Keith Gabriel | 359.25 |
| Henry Mapperley | 245 |
| Graham Soames | 227.25 |
| Ricky Brown | 203 |
| Sarah Chapman | 200.25 |
| Edward Wingate | 196.75 |
| Olive Wenborn | 187.75 |
| Hilary Victor | 183.5 |
| Richard Darby | 182.75 |
| Lynn Barker | 172 |
| Catherine Ellis | 149 |
| Trudi Barnes | 147.25 |
| Pauline Djian | 142 |
| Viveca Dutt | 140 |
| Rohit Jobanputra | 133.75 |
| Janet Lowe | 131.75 |
| Anne Jennings | 129.75 |
| Brenda White | 121.5 |
| Christine Daniels | 115.25 |
| Jenny Marshall | 112.5 |
| Feras Al-hamadani | 107 |
| Jenni Hurme | 99.5 |
| Jacqui Gagan | 98.75 |
| Gillian Bourke | 97.75 |
| Clive Myers | 94.5 |
| Paul Harper | 94.25 |
| Alison Richmond | 93.25 |
| Jane Huntley | 91.75 |
| Oluwafunmike Akande | 90.25 |
| Ann Senior | 88.5 |
| Andy Macgarr | 86.5 |
| Lizzie Newbold | 84.75 |
| Alberto Carcaba | 81 |
| Karim El-houssami | 79.75 |
| Colin Plummer | 79 |
| Sally Elton | 78.5 |
| Laura Lincoln | 77.25 |
| Helen Roycroft | 76 |
| Di Russ | 74.75 |
| Steven Skamarski | 74 |
| Stephen Rowe | 72 |
| Pat Strange | 66.25 |
| Fatima Lee | 65.5 |
| Katie Blake | 65.25 |
| Liam Cornwall | 64.5 |
| Maggie Mathison | 64.25 |
| Lynne Ellis | 62.5 |
| Daniel Kovacs | 61.5 |
| Hasmita Shah | 60.5 |
| Ray Ellis | 59.5 |
| Shinobu Wakamatsu | 58.75 |
| Ben Waite | 58.5 |
| Pauline Martindale | 57.75 |
| Geoffrey Longster | 57.5 |
| Susan Marchant | 57.25 |
| Janet Lambert | 57 |
| Kathleen Mcenteggart | 57 |
| Janet Davies | 56 |
| Stephen Shooman | 55.75 |
| Jean Death | 54.75 |
| Jane Astin | 54 |
| Paul Lazarus | 54 |
| Gillian Morgan | 52.75 |
| Tim Benson | 52.5 |
| Kathryn Taylor Saunders | 51.25 |
| Tom Cavanagh | 50 |
Park Champions ride the slide at the ArcelorMittal Orbit
Park Champions also had the opportunity to take on the world’s longest and tallest tunnel slide. It is fair to say that everybody that experienced the thrilling descent loved it!
Following their hair-raising descent the volunteers and stakeholders went on a tour of the Park with our two community guides, Di and Stephen.
More photos of the trip are available on the Park Champions Facebook group.
Park Champions – Volunteer experience feedback
To ensure that we are developing a programme that is exciting, engaging, interesting and fun for you, your feedback is hugely important. This is your chance to give us your opinions on how the programme runs currently and how you would like to see it develop.
Please do take the time to complete this survey as all feedback is greatly appreciated: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ParkChampionFeedback
Become a runner!
The world’s best athletes are coming back to London and this is your chance to see them compete for the title of World Champion at The Stadium, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
The London 2017 Organising Committee has launched its search for ‘Runners’ – the volunteer programme for the World ParaAthletics Championships and IAAF World Championships.
They are looking for up to 4,000 volunteers to be at the heart of the Championships, helping to deliver the event in The Stadium, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and across London.
The IAAF World Championships and World ParaAthletics Championships will be the biggest celebration of athletics in the capital since the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Being a Park Champion, your expertise and knowledge of the Park would be an incredible asset to the ‘Runners’ team. If you want to be part of the event please follow the link below:
Who can be a Runner?
Everyone! Whatever your background or ability, there are no barriers to being one of our volunteers.
Every Runner will receive an official volunteer uniform to wear during shifts, which you can keep after the Championships as a souvenir, and meal vouchers for The Stadium, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
How do I get involved?
Applications are now open to become a runner and will close at midnight on Sunday 16th October 2016. If you would like any further information before applying, click here to visit the FAQs.
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