Antony's Personal Best

After years out of work Antony hopes a new scheme will help him get back on track.

In the two and a half years since being out of work Antony Arthur has had his confidence severely knocked and felt lonely.

In his film he talks about why he decided to take part in a scheme called Personal Best which aims to help those who have little or no qualifications.

He has just finished an eight-week course achieving a Level 1 qualification in volunteering. He now has the opportunity to be chosen to volunteer for 2012.

What is Personal Best?

Personal Best will help around 7,000 people to gain their first qualification through classes and individual support in the borough of Wandsworth.

The scheme also builds self esteem through work experience and students gain transferable skills through a nationally recognised qualification in volunteering.

The Personal Best programme, formerly known as the Pre-Volunteer programme, has been developed to do all these things based on the approach first developed for the XVII Commonwealth Games held in Manchester in 2002.

The Personal Best scheme is relying on the appeal of the London 2012 Games to reach out to communities.

Closer to the time, graduates will be guaranteed an interview as part of the application process to become a 2012 Games Time Volunteer, with up to 10% of volunteers coming from the Personal Best Programme.