Gallu Newsletter

Issue 4

July 2005

Lisa Johnston

Lisa Johnston – HRD Co-ordinator for South West Wales and Carmarthenshire Facilitator.

Happy summer season,

Welcome to Gallu’s 4th Newsletter, I can hardly believe that Gallu has been here for a year and what a busy year!

From Access Statements to Breakfast Master classes to a plethora of Computer related workshops to the hugely popular trade days and our networking events (don’t dare mention the bucking bronco and my bum!!)

Thank you so much to all of you who have taken part in the Gallu project, we know we are doing something right as over 500 tourism individuals have now taken advantage of the skills development that Gallu offers. Feedback from you is extremely positive and encouraging and with this fuelling the Gallu team we are organising some truly enlightening time travel heritage trade days throughout the Autumn which we will launch on our St Fagans Cross County Trade Day. To book visit www.gallu.org.uk and click on the relevant county.

We’ve been hugely motivated and encouraged by many of you to enter the National Training Awards, fingers crossed! I’ll keep you posted on that one.

I’m sure you’ll see us networking like crazy over the summer months, this is also a time for reflection and assessing how well Gallu has performed and what areas we can improve on, if you do have any constructive criticism or would just like to make your voice heard please email me on Carmarthenshiretourism@gallu.org.uk

I’m sure that the added skills that you have developed over the last 12 months with us will be put to good use! We know this is the busy time for you, we wish you all a profitable season and we look forward to getting back to our workshops in September.

Best Wishes

Lisa Johnston

PIG ROAST AND DRINKS NETWORKING PARTY

Over 45 people attended the Pig Roast and drinks Networking Party at Dale Boathouse to celebrate the start of the season! Here are a few photos......

Liz Williams, Pembrokeshire Tourism

CTA Staff

Sycamores Riding, Gallu and Cambrian Routes

GHOST HUNT TRADE DAY At Gower Heritage Centre

A Ghost Hunt Trade Day was organised for the trade in South West Wales at Gower Heritage Centre, Swansea. This was another opportunity for the trade to network and celebrate the start of the season!

There was a good turnout and the event proved very successful!Here are a few pictures....

GHOST HUNT TRADE DAY1

GHOST HUNT TRADE DAY2

COMING SOON..........

Heritage Workshops and Familiarization Trip to St Fagans

A Cross Country Trade Day to St Fagans has been arranged for the 12th of September which will cover the heritage of South West Wales , the day will also cover the counties within South West Wales. A bus will be arranged to take all the trade to St Fagans.

To find out more visit www.gallu.org.uk.

Following on from the trade day to St Fagans a range of Heritage Workshops have been organised from September onwards covering various areas in South West Wales.

This is an opportunity to see just how important heritage is to tourism in Wales, learn something of the history of an area and get tips on how you can make use of that history yourself. The sessions will be presented by Trysor, an independent consultancy specialising in providing heritage services to communities and businesses. Menter Iaith will also be involved in the workshops for each area and PLANED is also contributing to the Pembrokeshire workshops.To find out where the dates and venues for the heritage workshops in your area visit www.gallu.org.uk.

Folk Nights/Noson Lawn – October will be a month of music! Find out who the local artists are in your area and ensure you take their details with you to entertain your guests at your establishments!

Courses/Seminars to come........ Dealing with awkward customers and situations, First Aid, Fire Safety, Marketing Yourself, Negotiations for Business Managers and Owners, A picture speaks a thousand words, Public Relations for businesses, Copywriting for businesses and much more!