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Get involved with
Birmingham 2022
The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, held from 28 July until 8
August 2022, will be a spectacular celebration of sport and culture, and
the most significant sports event that the West Midlands has ever hosted.
launch as the build-up to the
Games continues.
Cube International will also
create exclusive ranges
for the highly-anticipated
Birmingham 2022 official
mascot, which will be
unveiled this month.
Birmingham 2022 will be
the Games for everyone,
bringing people together
and welcoming millions of
visitors during the summer
of 2022. To deliver this
momentous celebration of
sport, business and culture,
With just over a year to event services and security, One example of a local firm over 12,000 volunteers will
go until the action begins, the apprentices will be that has recently secured also be recruited. More
Birmingham 2022 is already supported by Gi Group, work with Birmingham details on these roles will
attracting new investment the Official Recruiter for 2022 is Cube International. be announced later in
and funding, creating jobs the Birmingham 2022 With offices in Ledbury and 2021 when the volunteer
and apprenticeships for Commonwealth Games, Worcester, the company application process opens.
local people and providing receiving the best possible has been appointed as the
new opportunities for local training and learning master licensee responsible Visit www.birmingham2022.
businesses. support. for designing and retailing com to sign up for
official Birmingham 2022 information about the one
APPRENTICES BEGIN The Birmingham 2022 merchandise. Branded million tickets set to go
ROLES AT BIRMINGHAM apprentices will be part of hoodies, t-shirts, mugs, on sale in 2021 and the
2022 the 1,200 strong workforce water bottles and pin volunteer programme,
The Birmingham 2022 who will plan and deliver badges will go on sale plus explore the live jobs
Apprenticeship Scheme the Games. New jobs are online soon, with plenty and business tender
launched in September last going live every week and more items expected to opportunities.
year, receiving over 3,000 current vacancies can be
applications and the first found at birmingham2022.
11 apprentices have now gigroup.com.
begun their roles.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR
The new recruits, who LOCAL BUSINESSES
are all from the Midlands, During the lead-up to
including Worcestershire, the Games, £300 million
are the first of 29 worth of contracts will be
apprentices who will help awarded to businesses,
to organise and deliver the from trades and
Games. Working in various construction, to the supply
areas of the business of materials, goods and
including finance, ticketing, services.
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