Training and Jobs
Working for LOCOG and the ODA
If you're interested in paid work for the London 2012 Games, either for LOCOG or the ODA, then you can visit their website to find out what it’s like working for them, as well as to get details of job opportunities.
You can also find out information about working in construction of the Games on the site, or call 0845 155 2012 to register your interest for construction jobs and training.
If you live in one of the five London host boroughs (Greenwich, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest), you can contact your local broker.
JobCentre Plus
If you need information about finding jobs, or how you can access more training, then your local JobCentre Plus can help. Look in the phone book for their number.
Personal Best
The Personal Best programme is for people who aren’t in work or education, and who would like to get involved in volunteering in their community, which will improve their skills and chances of getting a job.
Personal Best includes an accredited training course that will lead to a Level 1 qualification, as well as advice and support as to how to get more education, training, employment or volunteering.
Everyone who completes the Personal Best programme is guaranteed an interview to become a London 2012 volunteer.
For further information about the Personal Best Programme, please email personalbest@lda.gov.uk.
Sports Coaching Bursary
If you are serious about coaching and live in London you can apply for a bursary from Skills Active.
Phone: 020 7632 2000
Interested in training to be a coach?
Sports Coach UK run coaching workshops across the UK. If you are interested, contact them via their website, e-mail: coaching@sportscoachuk.org, or phone: 0845 601 3054.
Local Initiatives
There may be other employment and training brokerage schemes where you live – JobCentre Plus, your local Library, your local Council or your local Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) may all have more information.
If you live in Greenwich, then Greenwich Local Labour and Business (GLLaB) can offer you support. They work in partnership with employers and other organisations to maximise job opportunities for local people and secure business opportunities for local companies. GLLaB also enables local people, particularly those from disadvantaged communities, to access training and jobs. Contact them via the website, call 020 8312 7960, or e-mail info@gllab.org.uk.
CompeteFor
If your organisation is interested in bidding for one of the contracts and sub-contracts for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, you need to register with www.competefor.com or call 0845 217 7804. You’ll need to register before you can tender.
CompeteFor is the chosen site of London 2012 for the publication of Games-related contract opportunities. It acts as a brokerage service between buyers throughout the London 2012 supply chain, and potential suppliers. CompeteFor also provides access to business support services; building skills and capacity to ensure that businesses across the UK can access opportunities linked to the hosting of the London 2012 Games. CompeteFor has been developed on behalf of the English Regional Development Agencies and UK Devolved Administrations by the London Development Agency, working closely with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) and the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA).
You need to write Health and Safety, Environmental, Equalities and Quality Assurance Policies, and you can get free help from Supply London. Go to www.supplylondon.com for details of free seminars and workshops.
The Big Opportunity team are working closely with CompeteFor to ensure the voluntary and community sector can make the most of the commercial opportunities offered by London 2012.
LOCOG's Business Network
See how your business can get involved with London 2012.
Your local Business Link may be able to help your organisation to develop so that it is ready for tenders, and support you to register with CompeteFor. Find your nearest one via the website or call 0845 600 9 006.
Social Enterprise
If you think that setting up your own social enterprise could be the way to go, contact Social Enterprise London (SEL), the development agency for social enterprises in London. They can offer you a wide range of benefits, including: advice, capacity-building, consultancy (e.g. business planning help, product development help), information, networking and training; as well as a directory of London’s social enterprises and a “virtual market-place” for social enterprises to trade with each other. Contact them via the website, call 020 7022 1920, e-mail info@sel.org.uk.
SEL’s project “Social Enterprise: Winning with 2012”, is a national project (funded by the Office of the Third Sector) to maximise social enterprise involvement in the delivery and legacy of the 2012 Games. This project can offer you information, for example about business opportunities, policy news and updates, events, as well as a network for BAME social enterprises. They would also like to hear from you if you are a social enterprises that is planning to bid for Olympic contracts, what you have to offer, your experience of bidding for contracts, and anything else that would allow them to give you a voice. Contact them via the website, call 020 7022 1920, e-mail wan@sel.org.uk.
