Introduction

The team of participants that has been selected for the Greek STEEP exchange (targeted for April 24-May 1) is as follows;

James Rebanks, RRC
Phil Gray, East Cumbria Countryside Project and Wild Cumbria project
Sarah Caley, Tourism and Conservation Partnership
Mark Atherton, NWDA
Keri Smith, CTB
Jan Darrell, Friends of the Lake District
Dave Kennedy, Wealth of Wildlife Project/Cumbria Wildlife Trust

For the Greek trip the timescale is quite tight for the preparation and organisation. Given the this timescale we need to meet asap to discuss the exchange and what we want to get out of it, and also to set ourselves some preparation work so that we hit the ground running. At this meeting I will make it clear exactly what we are trying to do and what the funding makes possible, and also what each of us can do to make this a success both for our own benefit and for our host’s benefit as well.

My colleague Kelly Allison will try and coordinate a meeting time in the first few days of March (official start date for the project is March 1) that enables as many of us as possible to meet.