Volunteering trips Bringing practical help, hope and change.

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Volunteering tripsBringing practical help, hope and change.

2016

Brazil . Cambodia . The Dominican Republic . India . Kenya . Malawi Moldova . Sierra Leone . Uganda . Zambia . Zimbabwe

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Mission Direct supports local sustainable community projects. Our partners will make sure whatever you help to build will be put to great use for many years to come.

21 homes for families who lived in shacks made of trash.

9 new classrooms for children in Africa – each child desperate

for education.

A maternity unit for the poorest mums-to-be in India.

A refuge for girls fleeing the horrors of trafficking and FGM.

When you come on a Mission Direct trip, we provide:

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Insurance and visas

In-country travel and accommodation

Food and water

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And the suggested trip contribution (excluding gift aid) covers every aspect of your stay except personal purchases or donations. We also prepare you for the trip with a special orientation day and a handbook full of good advice.

As well as your contribution, we encourage you to raise funds for your project. This money enables the purchase of building materials and pays for local labour. Every penny you raise goes direct to the project.

A Mission Direct trip gives you the chance to bring lasting changetosomeoftheworld’spoorestpeople.

Here’showitworksYou come with us on a two week trip overseas. You work alongside local people and help build, renovate or decorate your project in the mornings and visit a number of community run projects in the afternoon.

You will make a huge difference by investing two weeks in helping some of our world’s materially poor. No building experience is required as this is led by local builders.

In just one yearLast year, people like you helped to lift hundreds more people out of poverty. Here is just some of what they helped to build.

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All trip details were correct when Go! 2016 went to press. However, working in some of the poorest parts of the world requires us to be flexible. For this reason we sometimes have to make some changes to the itinerary. We may need to change the accommodation, visits or the building project. If you book a Mission Direct trip we will keep you informed of any significant changes. To check the very latest details about any trip, go to our website www.missiondirect.org.

While we welcome all donations, please note that credit cards do incur a processing fee.

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Brazil 03Cambodia 04Dominican Republic 05Kenya 06India & Malawi 07Moldova 08Sierra Leone 09Uganda 10 & 11Zambia 12Zimbabwe 13Specialist Trips 14 & 15Fundraising 15

Contents by Country

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Youwouldn’twanttoraiseafamilyinthefavelas-Brazil’sinfamousslums.Youfaceashockingworldofpoverty,addictionandviolence.Butimagineifyoucouldstartyourlifeagaininanewcommunity,freefromdangeranddisease?

Come with us and help make this a real possibility for a local family.

Go! Brazil

Go to: Freeafamilyfromthefavelas

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Trip DatesTeam 1 08 Oct - 23 Oct 2016 £1,950

Team 2 29 Oct - 13 Nov 2016 £1,950

ContributionTrip contribution is requested to cover expenses. All further money you raise goes directly to your project.

£1,950 per personThe project

The Open Hands Project is run by local people. They build houses to re-home people from the favelas and help them get work, training and education.

You will be helping to build one of these new homes; maybe you’ll lay some bricks, or lend a hand with the plastering and painting.

Rest and RelaxationEverything you have heard about Brazil’s beaches is true: miles of white sand and crystal seas. Take your fancy sunglasses and pretend to be a film star for a day or two.

In the afternoon you will get to help and visit a number of community projects in the region.

Example visit: CEIFAR is a remarkable Christian rehab centre. You will meet men and women battling alcohol and drug addiction. They will tell you about their lives – get ready to hear some mind-blowing testimonies of God at work!

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ThereisastripoflandonthepollutedMekongRiverdelta.Ithousesthousandsofpeopleandit’srifewithdisease,floodingandterrible poverty.

Cambodian pastor Sara Sansy felt called by God to build somewhere better for some of these people. Communities away from a world of drugs, disease and prostitution. A life away from the margins.

Go to: Build communities forthefuture

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The projectWith the help of Mission Direct volunteers, Pastor Sara’s Fellowship of Hope has built two community centres that provide education, medical care and training facilities for the local people.

You will be expanding one of the two Fellowship of Hope centres allowing Sara to move more people into a place of safety.

Rest and RelaxationIf watching the sun rise over the ancient Angkor Wat Temple isn’t on your travel to do list, add it immediately. It’s a breathtaking sight and so are the temple ruins themselves. The exotic food and drink will also add to your experience.

Go! Cambodia


Example visit: We visit a local slum district. You will get to wash the hair of some of the residents, in an act of service that you are likely to find deeply moving.

Trip Dates 2016


£1,495 per person

Team 1 06 Feb - 21 Feb 2016* £1,495

Team 2 27 Feb - 13 Mar 2016 £1,495

Team 3 19 Mar - 03 Apr 2016** £1,495

* Medical & Building

** Teaching & Building (Easter)

Trip Dates 2017

Team 1 04 Feb - 19 Feb 2017*

Team 2 25 Feb - 12 Mar 2017

Team 3 18 Mar - 02 Apr 2017**

* Medical & Building ** Teaching & Building (Easter)

Advance notice: Spring 2017

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Go to: Handoverthekeystoanewlife

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Go! Dominican Republic

Onlyashortdrivefromthebeautifulbeaches,isanothersidetoTheDominicanRepublic.Rowafterrowofshacksmadefromrubbish.‘Homes’withnowaterorelectricity.

These slums house families hoping to start a new life. But while they live in the slums, their lives are on hold. Hand them the keys to a new home and a fresh start.

The project

Samaritan Foundation builds villages of low cost homes to re-house the families who are living in the slums. So far it has built over a thousand homes along with churches, schools, clinics and community facilities.

During your stay you will help with the building and painting work. It’s simple stuff and there’s lots of teamwork which is great fun. It’s even possible that you will be able to help move a family out of their shack and into their new home – an emotional experience.

Rest and relaxationYou will be staying in a lovely quiet guest house with its own pool. You will also have time off to enjoy the beautiful palm-lined beaches and maybe go snorkelling in search of dazzling tropical fish.

Example visit: Spend an afternoon supporting an amazing lady who has welcomed disabled children into her home. You can play games, sing songs and forge an understanding with the kids that goes beyond words. Many volunteers describe this visit as a highlight.

Family SpecialThis is an ideal trip to bring children on, ages seven upwards. There’s a relaxed atmosphere and lots of chances to meet and play with other children. It’s great fun, but also an eye-opener for young people, as they see how others, less-privileged than them, live.

Team 1 02 July - 17 July 2016 £1650

Team 2 23 July - 07 Aug 2016 £1,750

Team 3 13 Aug - 28 Aug 2016 £1,750

Team 4 03 Sept - 18 Sept 2016 £1,650


from £1,650 per person

Trip Dates

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Go to: Support young people

ontheedgeoftheMaasaiMara

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Go! Kenya

Rememberallthehopesandplansyouhadatage11?FormanyMaasaichildren,that’swhenalltheirdreamsend.

Many young girls are married off after a gruelling initiation ceremony.

There are lots of boys who find themselves living on the streets, sleeping on rubbish heaps. Come to Kenya and show these young people that you care for them.

The project

You will be working with our partners in Narok, building places of safety for the children of the Maasai Mara. You will get to build a place that they can call home, where they have a sense of belonging and where they can then dream of a brighter future.

Rest and relaxation

End your trip with a safari in the world famous Maasai Mara game park. It’s one of the finest game parks in the world! Be amazed to see herds of zebra and lots of lions. The park is not just a fantastic place to visit for wild animals but beautiful exotic birds too. There’s also the chance to get close – but not too close – to the hippos on a boat trip.


Example visit: You can visit families and individuals with HIV/AIDS. They are often too weak to provide for themselves. Bring them a parcel of food, and spend time talking and praying with them.

Trip DatesTeam 1 27 Feb - 13 Mar 2016* £1,650

Team 2 19 Mar - 03 Apr 2016** £1,750

Team 3 02 Jul - 17 Jul 2016 £1,650

Team 4 23 July - 07 Aug 2016 £1,750

Team 5 13 Aug - 28 Aug 2016 £1,750

Team 6 12 Nov - 27 Nov 2016 £1,650

Team 7 03 Dec - 18 Dec 2016 £1,650

* Teaching Team | ** Easter

Team 1 25 Mar - 09 Apr 2017*

*Teaching & Building


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LalitpurMissionHospitalofferssomeofIndia’spoorestpeoplesomewheretofindhelp.Thestaffbelieve passionately in helping people receive the treatment that they deserve.

Many patients come to the hospital to receive their treatment, give them somewhere safe to receive this precious care.

The team will be making the Outpatients’ Unit ‘fit for purpose’. You will be re-tiling a leaking roof and fixing the rotting walls.

In the afternoon you will visit outlying villages with the Palliative Care Team, offering care and compassion as well as letting them know there is a place to come where they can receive medical attention. Previous volunteers have been deeply moved by these visits.

During your trip you will visit the majestic Taj Mahal. You may even see a tiger on safari - from your safe vantage point atop an elephant!

The project

Go! India Go! Malawi

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Trip Dates

Team 1 13 Feb - 28 Feb 2016 £1,495

Team 2 05 Mar - 20 Mar 2016 £1,495

Places for these two trips are strictly limited so book your place as soon as possible!

Go to: Educate

remoteAfrica

Rest and relaxation

Trip Dates

Team 1 13 Aug - 28 Aug 2016 £1,750

Places for this trip are strictly limited so book your place as soon as possible!


£1,750 per person

ThiscommunityofYawopeoplehaveneverhadaschool. They live in a remote mountainous region, manymilesfromaproperroad.

The Yawo are desperate for the next generation to be educated. Then at last they can escape poverty. Help to build the school and offer more children the opportunity of an education.

Mission Direct volunteers have helped to build a block of four classrooms and the first grateful children have begun learning. You will help to put up a second block – expect lots of light construction work.

No distractions: You will spend most of the day on the building site, so if you want to get lots of work done, this is the trip for you. The biggest distraction will be the local kids themselves, playful and utterly charming.

You will take a couple of days out to swim and unwind on the shores of the picturesque Lake Malawi. Oh and you can reach out into the night sky and almost touch the stars!

Rest and relaxation

The project


£1,495 per person

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Go to: Keep young people safefromtrafficking

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Trip Dates


from £795 per person

Go! Moldova

Team 1 02 Jul - 17 Jul 2016 £995

Team 2 23 Jul - 07 Aug 2016* £795

Team 3 13 Aug - 28 Aug 2016 £995

Moldova is the poorest nation in Europe.

That is why it has become a centre for traffickers. Vulnerable young people are lured into prostitution and modern day slavery.

What would it take to get them to say ‘no’ to traffickers? Anything from care and counselling to a new set of curtains. Come and give young people a reason to stay safe.

The projectYou will be working with local partners on projects that give young people a safer future. The work could be refurbishing a building to turn it into a ‘safe house’ or a community centre. Or you could help redecorate a rundown family house to make it feel more like ‘home’.

Rest and RelaxationYou will spend time in the historic capital Chisinau and will have opportunities to explore the markets, coffee shops and a beautiful monastery that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.


Example visit: Visit an old people’s home and undertake craft activities or run a series of children’s workshops. Spend an afternoon at the Psychological Art Studio; develop your artistic skills whilst working alongside women attending an art therapy session.

* Youth Mission

09Go! Sierra Leone

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Trip Dates

Team 1 06 Feb - 21 Feb 2016* £1,650

Team 2 27 Feb - 13 Mar 2016** £1,650

Team 3 19 Mar - 03 Apr 2016 ▲ £1,750

Team 4 24 Sep - 09 Oct 2016 £1,650

Team 5 15 Oct - 30 Oct 2016 £1,650

Team 6 05 Nov - 20 Nov 2016 £1,650

Team 7 26 Nov - 11 Dec 2016 £1,650

The project

Mission Direct has worked for many years in Sierra Leone, helping to build hospital wards, children’s homes, schools and more. Join us as we continue to provide support to a nation devastated by the recent events. The support you bring will make such a big difference.

Rest and RelaxationYou will be staying in accommodation on Bureh Beach, one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. It is also a surfer’s paradise if you fancy a go. If not you can turn your hand to simpler pleasures like eating grilled barracuda and watching the sunsets.

Contribution

Trip contribution is requested to cover expenses. All further money you raise goes directly to your project. From £1,650 per person.


Example visit: You will be visiting lots of orphans and street children. You will learn about their plight and get to organise sports and other activities for them.

SierraLeonebecamea‘quarantinednation’withtheoutbreakofEbola.Alltheeconomicgrowthithadexperiencedwaskilledoffalongwiththousandsofitscitizens.

Come and give a helping hand to one of the poorest places on earth. Show them they are no longer an outcast country.

* Teaching & Building | ** Medical & Building | ▲ Easter

Go to: Helprebuildtheirfuture

Team 1 25 Feb - 12 Mar 2017*

Team 2 18 Mar - 02 Apr 2017**

Team 3 08 Apr - 23 Apr 2017 ▲

* Teaching & Building | ** Medical & Building | ▲ Easter


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Go to: Give the next generation

some elbow room!

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Trip Dates



Go! Uganda - Kumi

Team 1 23 Jul - 07 Aug 2016* £1,750

Team 2 13 Aug - 28 Aug 2016 £1,750

Team 3 03 Sep - 18 Sep 2016** £1,650

Team 4 24 Sep - 09 Oct 2016 £1,650

Team 5 15 Oct - 30 Oct 2016 £1,650

AlmosthalfofthetownofKumiisunder15.Theyarealldesperateforagoodeducation,butthereisonlysomuchyoucanlearnwhenyouarecrammedintoaclassof250likesardines!

Come and meet the kids of Kumi and build them the additional classrooms they need to learn. We will be working alongside the local churches and education authority to develop the much needed classrooms.

Rest and RelaxationYou will visit the nearby National Park and see the Nile dramatically cascade over Murchison Falls. Regular visitors to the riverbanks include giraffe and elephants.

* Teaching & Building

** Medical & Building

The project

A lot of school buildings in Uganda are in poor repair. Many more are basic affairs with cow dung floors and no windows. You will either be building new school facilities or renovating some in desperate need of a makeover.

In the afternoon you will get to help and visit a number of community projects in the region

Example visit: You will visit a remote village and help to renovate a thatched hut for a vulnerable household. Learn to plaster with mud and build a new roof from branches and grass; it’s a life skill you will never forget.

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BeingbornwithadisabilityinUgandameanslivinglifeatadisadvantage.Familiesoftenhidedisabledchildrenawayoutofshame.

The Church in Rukungiri has another message: “every child is a blessing from God.” Come and bless disabled children with school facilities suited to their needs.

Go! Uganda-Rukungiri

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Trip DatesTeam 1 21 May - 05 Jun 2016 £1,650

Team 2 11 Jun - 26 Jun 2016* £1,650

Team 3 02 Jul - 17 Jul 2016** £1,650

Team 4 23 Jul - 07 Aug 2016 £1,750

Team 5 13 Aug - 28 Aug 2016 £1,750

Team 6 05 Nov - 20 Nov 2016▲ £1,650

Team 7 26 Nov - 11 Dec 2016 £1,650



The projectKitazigurukwa School is designed so that children with disabilities can enjoy the same standard of education as other children. It is right next door to the mainstream school, so that both groups can learn and play together – that’s a powerful statement about equality. Be prepared to build a classroom, dormitory or kitchen.

Rest and relaxationAt the end of your trip you will join a wonderful boat trip on the Kazinga Channel, which links the two great lakes. Prepare to see elephants, hippos and water buffaloes along with some exquisite birdlife – binoculars are a must!


Example visit: Spend an afternoon at a Life Skills Clinic where mothers bring their disabled children. You will spend time getting to know some of the mums and their children. Many volunteers describe this visit as a deeply moving highlight of their trip.

Go to: Give children with disabilities an equal start

* Well drillers and Building | **Teaching & Building

▲ Medical & Building

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StreetchildrenareacommonsightinLusaka’sshantytowns.SomeareAIDSorphans.Othersarethrownoutwhentheirfamiliesbreakapart.Someenduponthestreetsbecausetheirparentscan’taffordtofeedthem.

To stand a chance of reaching adulthood, street children need somewhere to live and somewhere to learn. Build them security and hope.

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The project

Mission Direct volunteers have already helped to build four schools and two refuges for the children of the shanty towns. Without these, they would have no hope for the future.

It’s now your turn to build a lifeline for more of Lusaka’s forgotten kids. Bring them hope that they can achieve the future they long for.

Rest and relaxationYou will visit the iconic Victoria Falls and take a sunset cruise down the Zambezi, in the footsteps of the great Dr Livingstone.

Go! Zambia


Example visit: Come and join volunteers at Fountain of Hope as they rescue children off the streets, persuading them to join a rehabilitation programme. The ultimate aim is to reunite these children with their families or find them new ones.

Trip Dates



Team 1 10 Jun - 26 Jun 2016* £1,750

Team 2 02 Jul - 17 Jul 2016 £1,650

Team 3 23 Jul - 07 Aug 2015** £1,750

Team 4 13 Aug - 27 Aug 2016 £1,750

Team 5 03 Sep - 18 Sep 2016▲ £1,650

Team 6 24 Sep - 09 Oct 2016 £1,650

Go to: Give a young generation

hopeofabetterfuture

* Teaching Team | ** Re-wired & Building ▲ Medical & Building

Re-wired.AreyouITsavvy?Team 3: Re-wired Teams install IT suites and teach IT in African schools. For more information, turn to page 14 or go to: missiondirect.org/re-wired

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Go to: Buildaneducatedfuture

Ithastakenjust40yearsforZimbabwe’spopulationtodouble.Sadlythenation’sinfrastructurehasn’tkeptup;virtuallynonewschools have been built in that time.

The result: children are learning in overcrowded classrooms, attend school in shifts … or they don’t go at all. As we continue our work in Zimbabwe, you can start to make the change. Help to build a new school to give the children a chance of a good education.

Go! Zimbabwe

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Trip DatesTeam 1 02 Jul - 17 Jul 2016 £1,495

Team 2 23 Jul - 07 Aug 2016 £1,595

Team 3 13 Aug - 28 Aug 2016 £1,595

Rest and relaxationYou will wind down by visiting the stunning Vumba mountains. The beautiful, lush range offers some of the most beautiful views in all of Africa, looking across to neighbouring Mozambique.



The projectYou will be helping to build a primary school for the town of Mutare, working with the United Baptist Church of Zimbabwe.

With the help of volunteers the school finally opened in 2015. But hundreds more children want to attend. You will be helping to build the next stage, and meeting the kids already blessed with a school to go to.


Example visit: You will visit a local feeding programme. A local pastor feeds a hundred of the poorest children every day. Lend a hand preparing and serving the food. Then you can play games with the children and even visit their homes.

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Callinghealthcareprofessionals.ComeandshareyourskillsandexperiencewithmedicalworkersinAfricaorAsia.Youhavehadtrainingthattheycanonlydreamof.

The learning and insight you can pass on as you assist alongside them will transform the way they work in years to come, possibly saving many lives.Whether you are a doctor, nurse, pharmacist or therapist, in a hospital or community setting, you can make a lasting difference.

IfITskillsarevaluedintheUK,imaginehow they are treasured in Zambia –computingskillsareapreciouscommodityandapotentialwayoutofpoverty.

Come and turn donated equipment into an IT suite for a school in Zambia. Then you can lend a hand teaching some of the children the basics.

Trip DatesCambodia 06 Feb - 21 Feb 2016 £1,495

Sierra Leone 05 Mar - 20 Mar 2016 £1,650

Zambia (Luampa) 21 May - 05 Jun 2016 £1,650

Uganda (Kumi) 03 Sep - 18 Sep 2016 £1,650

Zambia (Lusaka) 03 Sep - 18 Sep 2016 £1,650

Zambia (Luampa) 29 Oct - 13 Nov 2016 £1,650

Uganda (Rukungiri) 05 Nov - 20 Nov 2016 £1,650


from£1,495 per person

Gotmedicalexperience?

Come and share it!

GotITskills?

SharetheminAfrica! Zambia 23 Jul - 07 Aug 2015 £1,750

Contact us on 01582 720056 or email [email protected]... to find which trip you are most suited to. We will find you a placement that puts your expertise to the very best use.

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Trip DatesSierra Leone 13 Feb - 28 Feb 2016 £1,650

Kenya 27 Feb - 12 Mar 2016 £1,750

Cambodia 19 Mar - 03 Apr 2016 £1,495

Zambia 10 Jun - 26 Jun 2016 £1,750

Uganda (Rukungiri) 02 Jul - 17 Jul 2016 £1,650

Uganda (Kumi) 23 Jul - 07 Aug 2016 £1,750


from£1,495 per person

Are you a teacher, educational psychologist, support assistant or other educationalworker?Youhavesomuchtooffertoschoolsaroundtheworld,whetherit’strainingteachersorworkinginaclassroom.

Share what you have learned with teachers in Cambodia, Zambia, Uganda, Sierra Leone or Kenya. Most have had little or no training; working alongside you, they will learn so much about how they can teach more effectively.

You can join a specific teachers’ trip or be more adventurous and work independently in one of our partner schools – either way we will make sure you are fully supported.

Call now for your special Fundraising Toolkit for volunteers on 01582 720056 or download it from the link below.

Contact us on 01582 720056 or email [email protected]... to find out more

Canyouteach?

Educate a new generation

Raisingthemoneyforatrip?Pieceofcake.

You will quickly discover how generous your friends, family and workmates can become when you tell them you are planning a trip to help the world’s poorest people.

And we are on hand to help you with tips and resources to help the money come rolling in. Social Media is a great place to start.

Go! Fundraising

Go! TogetherThere’snobetterwaytoexperienceservingtheworld’s

poorest communities than with the people you love.

Whether you want to bring a group from your church, your school, your youth group, or just take the family we are ready to help you make travelling as a team as easy as possible. We can adapt a trip

to suit your dates and anything extra you may like to do.

Go! CorporateCorporate teams have been doing amazing things

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We work closely with you to organise your trip, partnering you with a suitable project. We prepare your team and keep you in touch with the people and projects you met when you return.

Mission Direct is a registered charity number 1107824. Mission Direct is a company limited by guarantee number 5289161

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Bob May – Director, Turley

Go! Do it your wayIf you would like to build extra elements into your trip or maybe stay for a bit longer, give us a call at the office and we will do all we can to meet your needs.

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