There have been a few recent blog messages relating to friends or parents having difficulty ringing through to venturers.
This is just one of the reasons why we strongly advocate that venturers leave their mobile phones either at home or with us at Fieldbase for safekeeping. All venturers declared that they deployed to their project sites without their personal mobile phones.
In terms of managing safety and communications on expeditions it is essential that communications only come through one channel – the mobile and satellite phones that we provide each Alpha group with. Raleigh has refined effective expedition’s communications procedures over the past 24 years and you can be assured we are 100% confident in our systems and the venturers have had all had the operational theory behind these systems fully explained to them during their training.
In an age where we have become increasingly reliant on being in constant contact with each other, we think that having a short break from the usual contact and pressures of everyday life is very healthy and all adds to the rich experience of being on an expedition. We place a lot of emphasis on team work and developing a positive environment for some fairly magical group dynamics to take place. If individuals are in regular contact with home through their personal mobiles it can really damage those group dynamics.
Any parents or friends who have been directly in contact with Raleigh venturers through their personal phones, please note that we will shortly be having a phone amnesty so that they can hand their phones back in for safekeeping so please know that this is the reason why direct contact with them may stop.
In the event that any family or friends need to contact a venturer urgently for whatever reason then this can be quickly managed by a call to Head Office in London 24hrs a day - 7 days a week using the contact numbers supplied to all venturers and we will contact the venturer directly for you.
We pass on your blog messages to the venturers very regularly so please do keep them coming – the venturers love it! We hope you enjoy hearing all the news through the blog and look forward to getting the full low-down from everyone when they return home full of stories.
As you can see, the groups are all doing extremely well on their project sites and they all have good reason to be very proud of their achievements.
Warm regards,
Gavin Shelton
This is just one of the reasons why we strongly advocate that venturers leave their mobile phones either at home or with us at Fieldbase for safekeeping. All venturers declared that they deployed to their project sites without their personal mobile phones.
In terms of managing safety and communications on expeditions it is essential that communications only come through one channel – the mobile and satellite phones that we provide each Alpha group with. Raleigh has refined effective expedition’s communications procedures over the past 24 years and you can be assured we are 100% confident in our systems and the venturers have had all had the operational theory behind these systems fully explained to them during their training.
In an age where we have become increasingly reliant on being in constant contact with each other, we think that having a short break from the usual contact and pressures of everyday life is very healthy and all adds to the rich experience of being on an expedition. We place a lot of emphasis on team work and developing a positive environment for some fairly magical group dynamics to take place. If individuals are in regular contact with home through their personal mobiles it can really damage those group dynamics.
Any parents or friends who have been directly in contact with Raleigh venturers through their personal phones, please note that we will shortly be having a phone amnesty so that they can hand their phones back in for safekeeping so please know that this is the reason why direct contact with them may stop.
In the event that any family or friends need to contact a venturer urgently for whatever reason then this can be quickly managed by a call to Head Office in London 24hrs a day - 7 days a week using the contact numbers supplied to all venturers and we will contact the venturer directly for you.
We pass on your blog messages to the venturers very regularly so please do keep them coming – the venturers love it! We hope you enjoy hearing all the news through the blog and look forward to getting the full low-down from everyone when they return home full of stories.
As you can see, the groups are all doing extremely well on their project sites and they all have good reason to be very proud of their achievements.
Warm regards,
Gavin Shelton
Hi to Mhari (Alpha 3)
ReplyDeleteGreat to get your postcard yesterday. Your are on the adventure part of your trip now have a wonderful time. This will be a birthday you will always remember. Im in a spin now trying to get things ready for your return, hopefully painting will be finished this weekend. We are having our long awaited summer accompanied by thunder storms. Lots of hugs and kisses for your
birthday. xxx Mum Oh almost forgot however!