Record sum raised for Charity

Thanks go to everyone who attended the BECC Burns supper on Friday last week in Glenni Castle. A hearty evening was had by all and credit is due to Egle and her team for organising everything. Of course, many people deserve a thank you - from the MC, Jonathan Poole to the auctioneer, Ardi Roosimaa to the speakers; Annely Lautre, Märt Haamer, James Oates, John Innes. The main sponsor Marsh Kindlustusmaakler and all the companies and individuals who donated food, drink, prizes and auctions items.

It was great to see our charity partners at the event; Janno and Rainer from the Estonian Cystic Fibrosis Association and Kaja Lusoja and Anu Johannes from Tallinn Technical University.

We raised a record sum of 7236€ for our charity fund this year which will go a long way towards fulfilling our objectives for the year.

What's Phil's day job.

Whilst sometimes it's true to say that sometimes I feel I work in my spare time - especially when something big at the BECC is on, I do have a day job at International Language Services.

Interesting fact: all of the staff at ILS - even the cleaner are qualified teachers and whilst we don't all teach all the time (someone has to write invoices after all) , I for example do get into the classroom once in a while - mostly on teacher training programmes.

Last week I ran a course for Teachers of Business English for a group of 8 teachers from schools and colleges in Tallinn and Narva. The course was an exhausting 30 hours in 5 days and culminated in an examination for the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry First Certificate in Teaching Business English.