Well what a week at The Training Partnership…
We have seen fantastic sunshine and a great ‘feel good’ factor across beautiful Torbay. So much going on here… the main thing being I have finally got around to sort out a TTPL blog… look out for more ramblings and good news stories from the TTPL team!
We have seen one of our students, Marc, having a great time with Ben, Jo and Jenny from Palm FM taking a mobile bed to sites around the area for a Bed Month promotion, Culminating in a pillow fight with Ben and Jo! What a great experience for him!
We have also welcomed Ramon, an Italian group leader here to meet his students and to discuss future placements… If you have been to an event at the Riviera International Conference Centre you may well have met Giovanna who has been carrying out her placement there with Jenny Thompson and Kirsty Evans. It seems we will be receiving another 50 Italian students from the same group over the coming 12 months, good news indeed.
We are saying goodbye to a great group of German students who have been at businesses around the Bay, did you see Jacob and Philip doing some repairs with Simon Read on The Golden Hind in Brixham, or have you sampled the marvellous Bays beer that may well have been brewed by Oliver our visiting German brewer who did his unpaid placement with Bays Brewery in Paignton. They and the rest of their group are travelling home this weekend. At the same time we are looking forward to the arrival of 12 German students from the WMF group, they will be undertaking some Engineering and admin placements around the bay...I'm sure they will have a great time in Torbay.
Newsthat another 21 Admin students are arriving in July…anybody need a bit of unpaid admin support for four weeks? Just get in touch and we will see what we can do! It’s great that we are so busy and able to help so many businesses in the area.
On Wednesday I went to the Newton Abbot Chamber breakfast meeting, really good breakfast and met some great new people… will definitely be going there again. Even managed to place one of our Italians with Mid-Devon Advertiser, thank you Sandra :0) We also had our article published in This Is Business magazine, a great publication from The Business Hub in Paignton and put together by Kevin Reynolds… who are also hosting Frank, a German student helping out in their office. The magazine is available electronically now and will be distributed next week. You can read it here... This Is Business Magazine
We have confirmed a couple of delegate visits… one group of nurses who will be visiting the hospital and a number of local care homes, as well as some talks from local health professionals. We are also going to be welcoming a group of teachers from Germany who specialise in the integration of students with special educational needs into mainstream education…again, lots of seminar talks and a visit to South Dartmoor Community College are planned during their stay.
Thursday saw a great student meeting at Macaris on Torquay harbour side… our students all enjoyed coffee and cake in the wonderful Devon sunshine. A big Thank You to Macaris for looking after us so well.
With the power of Twitter and Social Media I have just seen the video produced by MGVP (another of our great Work Placements) of the Riviera Centre annual Tourism and Business Exhibition… yours truly captured on film yet again! See it here
And… a fantastic Press Release from The Riviera Centre praising Giovanna and the work she has done… RICC Press Release Thank you for your kind words.
Another noteworthy event this week….Mia is now a non-smoker, well, certainly doing her best to become one…we all wish her well with challenge.
The Paignton Geo Play Park has opened on Paignton Green… looks far better than the blue hoardings that have been there during the works, let’s hope it is looked after and used as it deserves to be and attracts people to the Paignton area.
We have also endured the fuel non strike chaos, increased stamp charges and of course the evil spectre of a Pastie Tax… don’t panic! So a final visual thought here... courtesy of Dot at Dots Pantry
Well that’s it for now… speak again in April, and don’t believe all you hear on the 1st.
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