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Homeworker offers free packed lunches for kids


Samantha Mayling


A homeworking agent in Cornwall has sparked a community effort to feed hungry kids after he offered to give free packed lunches to those in need. Graham Bishop, of GoCruise &


Travel, disagrees with the government’s decision not to fund free school meals during half-term – and last week offered to provide free packed lunches to local children. The issue has become a national


debate due to the campaigning efforts of England footballer Marcus Rashford. Bishop said: “It really does take a


village to raise a child. That’s why I’ll provide a free packed lunch to any child who needs it, living in Probus and surrounding villages, at any time.” His Facebook post said requests


“will never be met with questions or judgement” and was shared by the village Facebook group, prompting


Graham Bishop (right) with


Peter Chomiak of The Hawkins Arms; inset, Marcus Rashford


messages of support from local residents. Thanks to his initiative, the village’s Time Too Café is offering free lunch bags over half-term, while The Hawkins Arms pub is offering free hot dinners. “It has snowballed; more people


and local businesses are becoming involved,” said Bishop, who moved to Cornwall this summer to set up a


GoCruise franchise after leaving his role as south of England key account manager with Travelsphere and Just You parent G Touring. Bishop has worked with another


villager, Eleanor McCartney, and they are setting up a taskforce to help local food banks. “The support from the village has


been overwhelming,” said Bishop, who was involved in a similar scheme delivering Christmas hampers when he lived in London. “I’m getting messages left, right


and centre from people offering donations and to make deliveries.” He added: “It’s a basic right for


kids to have food. Marcus Rashford has hundreds of thousands of people supporting him and it does not look good for the MPs [who voted against extending free school meals]. It would cost a fraction of the ‘Eat Out


to Help Out’ scheme.” i Travel Weekly Guide to Homeworking, pages 27-68


Premier Travel staff dress up for children’s charity


Eleven branches of Premier Travel joined the agency’s head office in a fancy-dress charity event to raise money for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH). Agents across the East Anglian


chain donned costumes ranging from Hawaiian shirts and cowboy outfits to pyjamas and 80s fashion. Themes also included Día


de Muertos (Day of the Dead), Christmas crackers, and Cruella de Vil and 101 Dalmatians. The head office team dressed in black tie in lieu of the company’s normal formal awards dinner “to say


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thank you to all the hardworking members of the Premier family”. About £200 was raised for


EACH, the firm’s chosen charity, and more donations were coming in to the Cambridge head office. Jessica Wildman, marketing


executive, said: “As an independent agency, we feel it is important to support our local community and look after the most vulnerable, who have been impacted the hardest in recent months. “If we can have a laugh while we


do it by dressing up in silly outfits then so much the better.”


Brooklyn Travel acquires Destinology


Stewart Travel owner Brooklyn Travel Holdings has acquired online luxury operator Destinology from over-50s specialist Saga for an undisclosed sum. Saga had closed Destinology in September. Brooklyn Travel Holdings, which also owns Canterbury Travel, Villa Select, CruiseKings, Scotland’s Cruise Centre, GolfKings and My Canada Trips, has taken on 500 Atol-protected forward bookings and said a “significant” number of Destinology’s 100 staff would be retained.


Saga promotes Stace


to chief executive Saga has promoted chief strategy officer Nick Stace to chief executive of its travel business, succeeding Robin Shaw who left in June. Stace (pictured), who has held senior roles at The Prince’s Trust, the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, Age UK, Which? and in former prime minister Gordon Brown’s communications department, will oversee Saga’s cruise and tours divisions while retaining respon- sibility for strategy.


Tivoli Travel plans to


Premier staff raise funds in Swaffham (top) and Mildenhall


recruit 10 homeworkers Two-branch agency Tivoli Travel plans to create a network of up to 10 homeworkers. Its former third shop, in Lindley, Huddersfield, closed during lockdown but director Jo Richards took on former colleague Lisa Towey as Tivoli Travel’s first personal consultant in September. Richards said other homeworkers were “in the pipeline” to join as she targets up to 10 experienced agents to work on a 60:40 commission split.


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