Briefings and Reunions


Briefings....

Prior to every tour we hold a briefing day at Traidcraft's Head offices in Gateshead.

Briefings are held on Saturdays between 10.30am and 3.30pm approximately 4 to 6 weeks before you travel. It is a great opportunity to meet your fellow travellers, develop your understanding of what we will see and ensure you are in a position to get the most from the tour.

Although inconvenient for some, we have chosen our northerly venue to allow you the opportunity to visit Traidcraft and understand what we do in the context of our own setting before you go out to meet the producers. Basing our briefings and reunions in the Northeast allows us to invite some of Traidcraft's highly skilled and knowledgeable staff to join us to talk in more detail about the producer groups that you will be visiting and their relationship with Traidraft.

Briefings are a relaxed day, designed to answer all of your questions and help you to get the most from your trip so there is plenty of opportunity to ask questions and meet people equally excited about your travels!



Reunions....

We hold reunions for our tours approximately 2 months after you return from your tour. Again at Traidcraft's offices, this is a good opportunity to meet up with your fellow travellers, exchange photographs and reflect on the tour. We welcome any feedback and comments that you have on your trip so appreciate the time you take to share your experiences with us.

With staff from Saddle Skedaddle and Traidcraft present at all reunions you again have the opportunity to ask any questions that arose during the tour about Traidcraft and fair trade and to understand everything in more detail.



Although your briefing and reunion will be specific to your tour we try to group events so that there are a couple of briefings and reunions taking place on the same day. Morning coffee and a joint lunch provides the opportunity to meet people who have been on a different tour and to talk about the fair trade groups visited in some of our other destinations.