Tickets

A RANGE of ticket products to ensure disabled people enjoy their Games-time experience to the max have been announced by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG).

Spectators with an additional accessibility requirement can now request a seat down the fewest steps or on the end of a row when applying for a ticket, online or using the paper application form.

Deaf and hearing impaired people can request a direct view of video information screens and visually impaired people can ask for a seat close to the action.

Wheelchair users can apply for a space online and if their application is successful they will be provided with the space and an adjacent seat for a companion.

They can also request for accompanying family and friends to be seated as close as possible.

A new ‘Ticketcare’, scheme which involves a free ticket for a carer or personal assistant, is also available for disabled people who require assistance.

Additional services include free blue badge parking spaces at all venues; accessible shuttle bus options; a free mobility service to loan out manual wheelchairs and scooters; facilities for assistance dogs, audio description, induction loops; an adult changing toilet with a hoist at all venues; and spectator information in accessible formats.

• Tickets are still up for grabs. The registration period for tickets runs until April 26.

For more information visit tickets.london2012.com or the London 2012 Olympic Games site at london2012.com People can also apply for tickets using the paper ticket application form contained in the Official Ticketing Guide, which can be collected from Lloyds TSB branches.

Volunteers

Media volunteers are needed to assist at this year’s Sail for Gold regatta.

More than 1,000 spectators descended on the 2010 Sail for Gold and with just one year to go until the 2012 Olympics, this year’s event is set to be the bigger still.

Event organisers, the Royal Yachting Association, are seeking volunteers to assist within the event media team throughout the regatta from June 5 to 11 at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.

The event will deliver Sailing to a global audience through tracking, live interactive blogs and live radio on the regatta website and integrated technology.

Organisers are specifically seeking:

• An assistant producer who will help run our live blog during the event

• A course ‘Tweeter’ to send live race information back from the water - sailing experience necessary.

• Sail for Gold Regatta Radio 87.7FM support which will be broadcast to the wider Weymouth area for the duration of the regatta

• Video production support

• A photography spotter Sailing experience is preferable and relevant multimedia experience is necessary for the video and photography support.

Please contact Nicky Moore nicky.moore@intotheblue.biz for more details.

Championship

A world championship regatta for disabled sailors is heading to the waters of Portland Harbour.

The 2011 International Federation for Disabled Sailing (IFDS) Disabled Sailing World Championships is the most important event in the disabled sailing calendar, apart from the Paralympic Games.

This highly competitive week of racing, which forms the second country qualifying event for the 2012 Paralympic Games, will welcome 190 sailors from 25 different countries in three Paralympic Classes; the 2.4mR, the SKUD and the Sonar.

The Royal Yachting Association organised regatta will be staged at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy from Thursday, June 30 to Friday, July 8. Entry for the IFDS World Championships is now open via the official event website ifdsworlds2011.com