The Association of
West Country
Tourist Guides
The professional association for
Blue Badge Tourist Guides and Tour Managers
in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset
The Blue Badge worn by professional tourist guides.
The Blue Badge was established over 50 years ago to ensure the highest standards of quality and professionalism in tour guiding in Britain.
It is your assurance of quality.
The Blue Badge is awarded and administered in the South West of England by the Institute of Tourist Guiding in association with South West Tourism (SWT), the Tourist Board serving the West Country.
Our members take pride in constantly updating their knowledge, skills and linguistic abilities so that visitors to the South West of England will enjoy to the full the region's rich and varied heritage.
All our active members are covered by £3 million public liability insurance.
If all this sounds a bit dry, please do remember that it is a Blue Badge Guide's job to entertain as well as inform!
Use a Blue Badge Guide to show your group the delights of South West England ! |
The Association of
West Country Tourist Guides is ...
... a non-profit making, professional association representing the interests of Blue Badge Guides and Tour Managers who live and/or are fully qualified to work in the far South West of England. Amongst our members we have a wide variety of linguistic capabilities, a huge range of personal interests and other specialist skills.
As a non-commercial organisation, we cannot act as a booking agency but we shall be most happy to put you in touch with a Blue Badge guide to meet your needs. Alternatively Click Here for a list of active Blue Badge Guides who have consented to being contacted directly.
Our aims are:
To promote the use of professionally qualified tourist guides in the West Country.
To act as a representative body.
To promote continuing professional development through educational lectures, seminars, visits and other activities for the benefit of its members.
To foster amongst guides a sense of co-operation and mutual professional assistance.
To maintain the highest professional standards of its members
Amongst the many benefits of AWCTG membership are :
Visits and Familiarisation Trips, many of which are free or subsidised
Guidelines magazine
Ad hoc e-mailed news updates
Marketing support via the Directory of Members on this website and various printed lists that are circulated to Tourist Boards and Tour Operators
Representation at Regional and National Level
Full Membership of the Association is open to all qualified Blue Badge Tourist Guides. Special reduced-rate subscription membership categories are available for
active guides who are individual members of The Guild, APTG or other regional tour guide associations
retired/non-active guides, trainee guides and those who wish to train as guides.
The AWCTG is primarily aimed at guides who live or work in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset (the two other organisations covering the rest of South West Region are the Association of Wessex Guides and the Guild of Guide Lecturers, Bristol & Bath Region).
If you are a guide who lives or works in our area .... or you would like to train to become one .... then join us now !
If you would like a membership application form .... or if you have any questions .... please e-mail Janie Dymock, AWCTG Secretary, at awctg[at]ic24.net
Guild of Registered Tourist Guides
The AWCTG is affiliated to the Guild of Registered Tourist Guides which represents the interests of guides at a national level. Through this affiliation, AWCTG members are afforded a variety of important support facilities including public liability insurance, debt collection and benevolent fund.
Click here to visit the Guild of Registered Tourist Guides' website.
The Institute of Tourist Guiding
Founded in April 2002, the ITG is the professional institution for tourist guides. As such it is primarily a standards body, particularly in respect of guide training. It has now taken over responsibility from the regional tourist boards for the awarding of the Blue Badge and the annual re-registration of guides, but membership is not compulsory. The Institute's website now has a searchable list of its full members, but the search criteria are limited and the list excludes those who have not opted to pay for an entry.
Click here to visit the Institute of Tourist Guiding's website
The Association of
West Country
Blue Badge Tourist Guides
General e-mail - awctg[at]ic24.net
Officers for 2007/8
The Committee in action - Jan Sellick, Chrissie Le
Marchant and Janie Dymock
re-painting the Diana Hurst Memorial Bench outside the Citadel in
Plymouth, Feb 2006
To e-mail a
particular member of the Committee, paste the address below into your
e-mail
then replace the [at] with an @ sign
Tel: 01579 370 224 - email: info[at]kithill.com
Secretary - Janie Dymock
Tel 01752 255 629 - email: awctg[at]ic24.net
Treasurer - Vacant
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Maureen
Bennett
Tel: 01326 377 449 - email: maureenpbennett[at]tiscali.co.uk
Mark Camp
Tel/Fax: 01503 273 060 - email: mark[at]walkaboutwest.co.uk
Cilla
George
email: cilla.george[at]aol.com
Manfred
Kemmner
Tel: 01752 707 808
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email:
imex_mgk[at]yahoo.co.uk
Viv
Robinson
Tel: 01209
821 295
- email: vivienner[at]btinternet.com
Janet Sellick
Tel: 01752 830 429 - email: janet.topguide[at]btinternet.com
Di
Smith
Tel: 01872 242 568 - email: dianasmith45[at]btinternet.com
Blue Badge Car Stickers
0 each incl p&p
Size 120mm by 92mm - just £1.2
Please make cheques payable to AWCTG and send to:
D
Vivian, 11 Woodland Ave, Tywardreath, Par PL24 2PL
Design is (as shown)
NOT region specific.SPECIAL OFFER |
Buy three and get one free !
Put one in the front & back of both your cars for just £3.60
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