Awards and volunteer social – busy busy busy!
My oh My! – Kate and Sallie have just tied our diary up for next week – now we need to put our feet up – just planning it all was tiring – but exciting too!
Here we go
Monday
– finalise all presentations for World Travel Market World Responisble Tourism Day events
-do the shopping for the volunteer social on Saturday 9th November
– prepare all the badges and signs for the volunteer social – a favourite Blue Peter moment
Tuesday
-travel up to London
– Sallie presents at Speakers corner “Volunteer Tourism – it’s here to stay – so how do we make it better? Are profit and responsible volunteer travel mutually exclusive?”
meetings with local partners
Wednesday
-the awards ceremony – we are finalists in two categories – Best for Volunteering and Best for Campaigning – we are really chuffed – would be wonderful to win but our co finalists are so amazing we can’t believe we will!
– meetings
responsible travel networking til 6pm
ICRT networking party – til late – will be great to catch up with some old friends
Thursday am – Sallie is on the panel for the Responsible Volunteering debate ( powerpoint presentation done – TICK!)
Thursday afternoon meetings
Thursday evening wend our weary way home.
Friday – prepare for the volunteer social
Saturday the volunteer social – YIPPEE!
Sunday – meeting with Dianne our volunteer programme advisor to plan how we do what we do even better
Phew – bet you are tired now!
BRING IT ON – what a wonderful week – time to catch up with so many friends, partners and volunteers.
5 thoughts on “Awards and volunteer social – busy busy busy!”
YIPPEE indeed Sallie ! Yes – e very busy week, but filled with fascinating people and events !
As you said: BRING IT ON !!!
Hate to you think of you both sitting around doing nothing! good luck for Wednesday and see you Saturday.
WEATHER WARNING it will either snow or a hurricane will blow in on Saturday as I am traveling by motorbike!
what no hail Nigel? thanks for your best wishes and soooo look fwd to catching up with you on 9th November – wouldnt it be great if we could celebrate an award together!
Congratulations on winning “Best for Responsible Tourism Campaigning”, well deserved and makes your tireless work worthwhile.
Thanks Nigel – we have to admit to being a little bit chuffed – see you on saturday at the volunteer social to celebrate!