Day 1 & 2

Day 1

Our first day in Preston commenced with a Welcome and Briefing from DG Mick Eady, Richard Bird GSE Coordinator and Preston Guild President Geoff Oldham and PP John Ward.

(team presented here with DG Eady)

Following this we received a welcome from the Mayor of Preston and a tour of the Council Chambers.

For lunch, we went to Salmesbury Hall which was followed by a tour of Hoghtons Tower. The day was ended by a tour of the Ribble Railway.

Following this, we were all introduced to our host families and departed to spend time and have fun with them!

Our sincere thanks to Geoff and John who spent the day with us - not only coordinating the tours, but taxiing us to each venue and looking after all of our needs.

Day 2 - we each participated in our first vocation day for the GSE program.

Samuel spent the day with the Myerscough Agricultural College; Sarah was with the Preston Planning department in the morning and with Conlon builders in the afternoon; Leah spent the day with the Youth Offenders Team; Dyani met with the Chorley Building Society and the HSBC Bank ; while Rod visited the Barton Grange Garden Centre and also met with Councillor Hudson and his deputy.

Tomorrow (day 3) we are off to Liverpool for the day and then that evening we will complete our first presentation to the Preston Guild club.