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06/03/2012
Olympic Bosses Slammed Over 'Patronising' Advice
Olympic bosses have been criticised after giving so called ‘ patronising’ advice to volunteers.
The handbook released by Olympic organisers outlines how to deal with Muslim and disabled visitors at the game.
The information includes how to deal with a spectator if you cannot tell if it is a man or woman, if two gay men are holding hands or if visitors raise questions about Muslims in headscarves.
Meanwhile the workbook includes a quiz on various scenarios involving sexual orientation, gender, race and disability.
So far around 70,000 people have been given the manual titled My Games Maker Workbook.
In a report by the Manchester Evening news volunteers criticised the advice saying that it was ‘unnecessary’, ‘patronising’ and that the organiser’s should trust the volunteer’s common sense.
(LB/GK)
The handbook released by Olympic organisers outlines how to deal with Muslim and disabled visitors at the game.
The information includes how to deal with a spectator if you cannot tell if it is a man or woman, if two gay men are holding hands or if visitors raise questions about Muslims in headscarves.
Meanwhile the workbook includes a quiz on various scenarios involving sexual orientation, gender, race and disability.
So far around 70,000 people have been given the manual titled My Games Maker Workbook.
In a report by the Manchester Evening news volunteers criticised the advice saying that it was ‘unnecessary’, ‘patronising’ and that the organiser’s should trust the volunteer’s common sense.
(LB/GK)
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