PwC volunteers join the Commonwealth Collective ahead of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
14 Mar 2022
Ten volunteers from PwC UK will join the Commonwealth Collective, a 13,000 strong team of volunteers helping to deliver a summer to remember at this year’s Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
The group’s members represent a number of PwC’s UK offices: Deborah Owen (London), Elliot Ip (London), Frankie Meehan (Birmingham), Hamzah Ahmed (Leeds), Herman Fung (Birmingham), Karina Atkinson (Newcastle), Kavina Nagji (London), Michele Walker (Birmingham), Mihir Shah (London) and Sharvani Ramdoo (Glasgow).
The group applied through a PwC volunteering pathway, and after being successful, were invited to PwC’s Birmingham Office at One Chamberlain Square to meet Andrew Newman, Director of Workforce & Volunteering at Birmingham 2022, PwC UK Senior Partner and Chairman, Kevin Ellis and PwC UK Midlands Region Leader & Birmingham Senior Partner, Matt Hammond.
The Commonwealth Collective will be the heart and soul of the Games experience, supporting over a million spectators, as well as athletes and officials. Volunteers will cover a wide variety of duties, including driving, first aid, meet and greet, venue preparation, kit carrying and courtside assistance.
“Volunteers are the heart and soul of the Commonwealth Games and play a hugely important role in making both athletes’ and spectators’ journeys very special. Their positivity and passion will help us deliver the best ever Commonwealth Games and I’m sure the volunteers from PwC will do a fantastic job of welcoming people to the city and helping Birmingham 2022 run smoothly.”
“We’re delighted for our ten successful volunteers who will have the chance to give back, inspire a generation and be part of something truly special by supporting this year’s Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. The Games will be a fantastic celebration of culture, sport and community, and will deliver a positive social and economic legacy.
“We share Birmingham 2022's ambition of becoming a catalyst for change. The Games provide a golden opportunity for our people to continue to volunteer their time and skills to support its legacy, and the many local charities and non-profit organisations that will benefit from its social and environmental impact. This also helps to support the development and wellbeing of our own people, which is at the heart of everything we do.”
Last month, a new volunteering partnership between PwC UK and the Canal & River Trust kicked off with staff from the Birmingham office helping the city get ready for the Games by planting native fruit trees and helping to cut back overgrown bushes and shrubs along the Main Line Canal in Smethwick. As part of a wider programme of community and wellbeing activities in Birmingham and the West Midlands, the Canal & River Trust are working towards a goal of cleaning up a minimum of 22 miles of canals before the Games’ Opening Ceremony on the 28th July.
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