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.