VETPRO sample programmes 

Date

 Morning

Morning

Afternoon

Evening

Sun

02/12

Arrival and transfer.

Welcome and briefing session at ECTARC followed by tour of the town.

19.00 Dinner, Royal Hotel.

Mon

03/12

Meet at ECTARC 09.00 for introduction and programme discussion, followed by coffee.

10.00-11.30 Technical visit to Wrexham County Borough Council. Overview of Community Cohesion Strategy. Meeting with the Leader of Wrexham CBC. Guildhall, Wrexham.

Lunch at O Cantinho Portugues,
3 Kingsmill Road, Wrexham.

Walk around Wrexham and visit to Polish retail outlets, Town Hill.

16.00 – 17.00 Meeting with the Bishop of Wrexham.

19.00 Dinner, Royal Hotel.

Tues

04/12 

09.30 Meeting at ECTARC re: Leonardo Co-operation Agreement.

Coffee break

11.15 Visit to the 'English as an Additional Language' Team, at Wrexham County Borough Council.

Lunch.

13.00 School visit to St. Mary’s Roman Catholic School, Lea Road, Wrexham.

14.00 Visit to the Welsh Refugee Council, Wrexham.

19.00 International Food Evening at ECTARC.

Wed

05/12 

09.45 RASK project - Asylum Seekers Support group & Salvation Army Drop-in Centre. Trinity House, Wrexham.

Coffee break

11.00 BAWSO Black Association of Women Step Out Trinity House, Wrexham.

12.15 Visit to Erlas House, ESOL Resource Centre.

12.45 Lunch, Caia Park Partnership with Member of the European Parliament.

13.45 Visit to Caia Park Partnership, Prince Charles Road, Wrexham - Project ‘Integration Tool Kit’ and The Migrant Workers Project.

19.00 Dinner, Royal Hotel.

Thurs

06/12

9.30-10.45 Visit to Glyndŵr University,
International Students Office. 

Coffee break

11.30-13.00 Visit to European Officer, Yale College (Vocational Training College).

Lunch Canteen, Yale College.

14.00 Visit to Jobcentre Plus employment offices, 15/17 Grosvenor Road Wrexham.

19.00 Dinner, Royal Hotel  Followed by live jazz at the Sun Inn pub.

Fri

07/12

10.00-13.30 TGWU 'Open Door' project,  River Dee Community Church, Castle St, Flint.

Meeting with MP.  (Minister for Justice) Delyn Borough Council, Flint.

13.00 Lunch in Flint.

Cultural visit to the Roman Town of Chester, return at 17.30.

19.00 Dinner, Royal Hotel.

Sat

08/12

Departure from Liverpool airport.