Volunteers' Conference

Well, hopefully, we're all safely back from the PSYBT Volunteers' Conference last Friday. Held at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, it was another great event and thanks to Ranald Coyne, Cameron Sommerville, Stephen Foster, Alistair Danter and Jennifer Irvine for making the journey and representing the Highlands.

Held every couple of years, the Conference is primarily a networking event for PSYBT volunteers combined with lots of information and updates. This year, the keynote speaker was Sir Tom Farmer who held the audience enthralled with his anecdotes and advice.



David Campbell (left) , Ayrshire Regional Chairman, took the opportunity to present Bill Hughes, PSYBT's national chairman, with a leaving present on behalf of the volunteers. Bill retires after seven years with both PSYBT and the Prince's Trust-Scotland.



There were well-attended workshops on topics such as marketing, bookkeeping, PSYBT developments and also a guided tour of Murrayfield Stadium itself. There was also a taster of the new all-singing, all-dancing PSYBT website which will be introduced over the next few months. (Watch this space).