{"id":5134,"date":"2012-10-29T22:25:02","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T21:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=5134"},"modified":"2012-10-29T22:25:02","modified_gmt":"2012-10-29T21:25:02","slug":"lord-mayor-cheers-on-final-call-for-wpfg-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2012\/10\/lord-mayor-cheers-on-final-call-for-wpfg-volunteers\/","title":{"rendered":"Lord Mayor Cheers on Final Call for WPFG Volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The final whistle is set to blow this Wednesday, 31st<\/sup> October for people to register for the Coca-Cola backed 2013 World Police and Fire Games volunteer programme.<\/h2>\n
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Belfast Lord Mayor, Alderman Gavin Robinson (right) leads the final call for people to pledge their support and register by October 31 as volunteers for the 2013 World Police and Fire Games. The WPFG will take place in Belfast and other venues throughout Northern Ireland from 1st to 10th August 2013. Also pictured from left are Zo\u00eb Cunningham, Communications Manager at Coca-Cola HBC Ireland, Banbridge Academy student and volunteer applicant Cameron Slater and Games Mascot Emergency Eddie. For information on the 2013 World Police and Fire Games volunteer programme and to register online go to www.2013wpfg.com\/volunteers. For any queries email 2013wpfg@volunteernow.co.uk or tel 028 9023 2020. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thousands of people throughout Northern Ireland and beyond have already signed up online via www.2013wpfg.com\/volunteers<\/a> and World Police and Fire Games organisers have made a final push in the build-up to Wednesday\u2019s official closing date to encourage many more to pledge their support and join \u201cTeam 2013.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lord Mayor of Belfast, Alderman Gavin Robinson joined 4000th<\/sup> volunteer, Banbridge Academy student Cameron Slater, Zo\u00eb Cunningham, Communications Manager at Coca-Cola HBC Ireland and Games mascot Emergency Eddie to call on the public to pick up the volunteer baton and help deliver the \u2018Friendliest Games Ever\u201d next August.<\/p>\n

Belfast Lord Mayor, Alderman Gavin Robinson said, \u201cThis is a fantastic opportunity to get involved in one of the largest sporting events ever to be held in Northern Ireland. The Games Makers at London 2012 were truly inspirational and now everyone has a chance to gain a similar once in a lifetime experience right on our own doorstep. I would encourage people of all ages and skills to register by the official deadline on October 31. The World Police and Fire Games really will be a wonderful and memorable sporting spectacle and it\u2019s a chance not only to meet visitors from all corners of the globe but to make their stay in Belfast a memorable and unforgettable experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2013 World Police and Fire Games (WPFG) take place from 1st<\/sup> -10th<\/sup> August next year and are set to attract 10,000 competitors from over 70 countries. Since September Volunteer Now have been recruiting enthusiastic and motivated people aged 16 (on 1st<\/sup> January 2013) and over to get involved in a huge range of roles both on and \u2018off the pitch.\u2019 Opportunities for volunteers include roles as games ambassadors, administrators, translators, ceremonies team members, as well as within transport, venue branding, warehousing and media. Volunteer Now have\u00a0 completed a highly successful \u201cVolunTour\u201d roadshow which travelled to destinations throughout Northern Ireland engaging with the community at grass roots level to highlight the comprehensive range of volunteer roles available.<\/p>\n

For information on the 2013 World Police and Fire Games volunteer programme and to register online go to www.2013wpfg.com\/volunteers<\/a>. For any queries email 2013wpfg@volunteernow.co.uk<\/a> or tel 028 9023 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The final whistle is set to blow this Wednesday, 31st October for people to register for the Coca-Cola backed 2013 World Police and Fire Games volunteer programme. Thousands of people throughout Northern Ireland and beyond have already signed up online via www.2013wpfg.com\/volunteers and World Police and Fire Games organisers have made a final push in … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5134"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5136,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5134\/revisions\/5136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}