Visits

During the time I was at Children's Hospice South Wests Precious Lives Appeal, I went on a visit with both Ella and Mary.
The first was with Ella, the press officer. We visited a group that had raised over a thousand pounds in a lottery scheme. As a press officer it is Ella's responsibility to investigate what exactly they had done by representing the Charity and speaking with the group. It was interesting to observe her in action and she how she spoke about the charity and her professional role outside of the office. I swiftly noticed her abilty to multitask, taking notes, asking questions and meeting people. It became apparent that organisational skills are very important in her role. Once we had meeted and greeted all the members of the group, making sure to take note of there details, names and any other information that may be useful we returned to the office to begin typing the press release. I was given this task, when I got back to the office. Although I have had experience with this before it was really helpful to draft a copy that would actually be used and get some feedback on how it could be improved.

The second visit that I went on was with Mary, on a community based project. Mary was giving a presentation about the charity, its ethos and what it is hoping to achieve in the future. It was again very interesting to see how she interacts with members of the community that are so influencial at raising money for the hospice. Mary beleives the reasons why the friend groups are so successful is because no one has appraoched them to do it, it's all on a voluntary basis because members of the community want to help support a project that benefits the community.

It was also helpful to interact with the member of the group, so that I could gather what they thought of Marys presentation and about the charity as a whole.