Trip down to London

Sue and I went down to London on Saturday to a street communications trainers meeting.  It was Sue's first time at Greenpeace offices in London.  The building is amazing and it's ironic that in a former existence it used to be a place where animal testing took place.  It was good to meet old friends and new ones and catch up on the gossip.  I have trained people for street communications before but this is something Sue wants to get into and she is very excited about it.  We spent the day reviewing the current training package and talking about how it could be improved.  You can be sure then that when you come to a street communications training day (we have one coming up in Nottingham soon - have you signed up for it?) that there has been a lot of attention and discussion put into making the best training package for you as we value the efforts that local group people do as just one part of a complex campaign.  It isn't all hanging from cranes or climbing chimneys.  some people don't want to do that but they may be brilliant at talking to people and we want to use those skills.  We value local groups and the work they do.  Sometimes it is the work that local groups do that make the difference between success and failure in a campaign.  That was certainly the case with the lightbulb campaign and the pressure we put on the Government over Kingsnorth was primarily down to you guys in the local groups.  So don't think you aren't important - you are and we recognise your importance by making sure you are well equipped and confident to go out there and deliver our campaigns across the country.