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Wales Tourist Guides

Learn about the latest opportunities to train as a tourist guide in Wales, including accredited courses and partnerships for funding and accreditation. Join us in winter 2019/2020 for the first Wales Green Badge courses, with ongoing upgrades to Blue Badge and site guide badges.

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Wales Tourist Guides

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  1. Wales Tourist Guides - a new opportunity

  2. No way to train new guides • Non accredited guides setting up • Last all Wales Blue Badge course with Llandrillo College & Cardiff Met University in 2012 as degree course • Last Green Badge courses: Celtic Wave & Pontcysyllte Aqueduct The Challenge

  3. Who to work with? How to fund? Who will run courses and give accreditation to new guides? When and where do we need new guides? Why do we need new guides? The Challenge

  4. Find a partner who wants to help us • FEG – Federation of European Tourist Guides • Next steps – train our own tourist guide trainers • Find people who wish to train as a tourist guide The Solution

  5. 12 Welsh Blue Badge Tourist Guides in the process of being trained as Tourist Guide Trainers by FEG Funding by Wotga, Visit Wales and the Trainees themselves Winter 2019/2020 our first Wales Green Badge courses across Wales will be run and accredited by Wotga/FEG accredited trainers Ongoing courses to upgrade Green Badges to all Wales Blue Badge and prospective site guide badge to be introduced Where are we now?

  6. The Art of Guiding : for example- Non Verbal Communication- Care of the Voice- Group Management- Handling Questions & Complaints All of these provide useful training or refreshers for show rounds, meetings, presentations, reception, bar/dining and handling clients for those who are on the front line! An Opportunity for You All

  7. Any Questions? My Contact Details: Carole Startin Chair, North Wales Tourist Guides Association Professional Blue Badge Tourist Guide for Wales Fun Tours Wales funtourswales@hotmail.com Mob: 07582 093582 www.funtourswales.co.uk

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