Dame Tanni is confident there won't be a shortage of people putting themselves forward this time: "I think what's happened in the past is that the Paralympics has been something that's come after the Olympic Games.

"What we want really is for people to volunteer for both the Olympic and Paralympic Games...it's really important we get the right number of volunteers for the Paralympic Games to make sure they run smoothly."

Out of the 70,000 volunteers required for the 2012 Games overall around 23,000 will work at the Paralympics.

Confident

Everybody, it doesn't matter who you are, has something to contribute towards being a volunteer in London 2012."

"What we want really is for people to volunteer for both the Olympic and Paralympic Games...it's really important we get the right number of volunteers for the Paralympic Games to make sure they run smoothly."

Dame Tanni is confident there won't be a shortage of people putting themselves forward this time: "I think what's happened in the past is that the Paralympics has been something that's come after the Olympic Games.