Event Team Scotland is a new web-based portal which matches volunteers across Scotland with exciting sporting and cultural events.

Delivered by EventScotland and Volunteer Development Scotland, Event Team Scotland will provide volunteers with varying levels of experience with the opportunity to participate in sporting, cultural and charity events taking place across Scotland. For event organisers, the volunteering database will provide a bank of potential volunteers in local areas, regionally and across Scotland who can provide general or more specialist event support.

As part of A games legacy for Scotland programme, Event Team Scotland will provide a platform for the development and training of an experienced volunteer workforce in the years leading to Scotland hosting both the Ryder Cup and the Commonwealth Games in 2014. The Games alone will require around 15,000 volunteers, and it is hoped they will go on to form part of a sustainable workforce for Scotland’s events industry in the years to come.

Volunteer Development Scotland, Scotland’s centre for volunteering excellence, will host the database which will allow event organisers to advertise their event and associated opportunities and also target volunteers by geographical area or specific skills and experience. Once registered, volunteers will be connected to a network of opportunities and event contacts across Scotland.

For more information or to register please visit www.eventteamscotland.org

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