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Online Volunteer Interest Form

Thank you for your interest in becoming a volunteer for Special Olympics Great Britain, which offers a year round programme of training and sports competition for people with learning disabilities.

In order to assist us with finding an appropriate opportunity for you, I would be grateful if you could download the questionnaire below.

Download Volunteers Form

The initial information, which you give, will enable us to find the best possible volunteer position for you with one of our groups, and will only be used for this purpose. If we are unable to find you a position at this time, your details will be kept on file until such an opportunity arises, unless you request otherwise (see form for details).

Please also note that as a Special Olympics volunteer you will be working with children and vulnerable adults, and will therefore be subject to references and police checks, through the Criminal Records Bureau.

Volunteer Interest Form

Name:
Address:
Postcode:
Telephone Day:
Telephone Eve:
Email:
What type of voluntary position are you interested in:

Sports Coaching
Fundraising
Committee Functions
General Events
Media /PR
Unified Partner
Driver
Other:
Do you hold any current sports/coach qualifications? Yes No

If yes please state which sport and what level:
* Unified Sports® is a Special Olympics programme where athletes with a learning disability train and compete alongside non-disabled peers. Unified Sports opportunities are generally only available in sports that have a team element e.g. football, sailing, doubles events in tennis/table tennis etc. Do you have any other professional experience / qualifications?
Yes No

e.g. Book keeping, publicity, previous work with people with learning disabilities etc

If yes, please give brief details:
Do you have use of a car? Yes No
How far are you able to travel to volunteer for a group? Only locally: (up to 1 ½ miles) Up to 5 miles Up to 10 miles More (specify below)

Further (Please state) :
From the list below, please tick the days and times at which you are available to volunteer regularly.
Monday Morning (9-1) Afternoon (1-6) Evening (6-10)
Tuesday Morning (9-1) Afternoon (1-6) Evening (6-10)
Wedensday Morning (9-1) Afternoon (1-6) Evening (6-10)
Thursday Morning (9-1) Afternoon (1-6) Evening (6-10)
Friday Morning (9-1) Afternoon (1-6) Evening (6-10)
Saturday Morning (9-1) Afternoon (1-6) Evening (6-10)
Sunday Morning (9-1) Afternoon (1-6) Evening (6-10)

How did you hear about the Special Olympics programme? Friend Work Colleague Leaflet Internet

Other (Please specify) :
If Special Olympics Great Britain is unable to find me an appropriate volunteer opportunity at this time I consent to my details being held on a secure filing system until such times as a volunteer opportunity arises. I understand that this information will be used solely for the purpose of finding me a volunteer position within Special Olympics Great Britain and for monitoring purposes.
Yes No

We greatly appreciate our volunteers for all of their hard work and dedication, which goes towards making Special Olympics such a great sports programme for people with learning disabilities, and would therefore like to thank you once again for your interest.