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Olympics: churches’ score-card

Madeleine Davies

by Madeleine Davies

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 @ 12:56

HALF a million people attended events run by churches during the Olympic and Paralympic Games, figures released by More Than Gold suggest. The charity believes that this represents the Churches' largest-ever engagement with the Games.

A team of 300 Games Pastors delivered more than 13,000 hours of voluntary service to visitors, while members of athletes' families enjoyed more than 2000 nights of free hospitality in the homes of volunteers. More than 2100 volunteers arrived in the UK ...

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