March 2015

100 Years The senator story that will leave you inspired and motivated

AGE UK Our focus and why we need your help to make an impact

InternationalFrom Scotland to Japan!

Steel City News The Lustrum Dinner Hear from past presidents and senators on their experience!

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Welcome from 2015 PresidentDrew Charman - National President100 YearsFirst Aid The Team: Katie JacksonAge UKACEEvents DiaryThe BenefitsLustrum DinnerStargazingJCI Yorkshirelnternational - ScotlandInternational - Japan

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EHello thereWhat has the USA Embassy, retail, first aid and achieve training got in com-mon? They all featured in the JCI Sheffield diary in February! I wanted to share some of the highlights from another action packed month!

The USA Embassy in London paid Sheffield a visit on a fact finding mission this month and we were delighted to pass on key contacts and information to help develop business links in the City. It was great to collaborate in this way and build upon links the Embassy has started to forge on a national basis with JCI UK.

One of our new initiatives this year is to connect with the retail sector to pub-licise the opportunities JCI has to offer for young professionals. We had an in-formation stall at the 'Retail Matters' conference held at The Source Academy that generated some interest and we hope to return again later in the year.

We are always keen to motivate our members and this year we are endeavor-ing to put on some different events. We held first aid training in February which was well received and are looking forward to a busy March featuring a Street Dance and Drama workshop with Razzamataz Theatre School, a session on CV and Interview Techniques and one of my personal highlights of the year, our visit to JCI Mayo in Ireland.

We were delighted to welcome members from JCI Barnsley and JCI Rother-ham to the JCI Achieve and JCI Impact training courses we hosted in Sheffield. I believe it is vital we invest in our members by increasing their knowledge and understanding to help them be active citizens.

JCI Sheffield this year is operating in its 88th year and is the oldest active chamber in the UK. I was honoured to host the Past Presidents 'Lustrum' Din-ner at The Holiday Inn, Royal Victoria on 28th February. This happens every five years and was very apt that it fell in this year, the centenary year since the creation of the JCI movement. Thirty former Presidents attended - the earliest was 1964-1965 President Brian Viner and the most recent 2013 President Dan Senter. It was great to hear stories from previous Presidents and how they lead the Chamber to make an impact in our local community.

With all these fantastic opportunities that JCI has to offer, I’m sure there will be something to entice you to be the CHANGE.

Mark Smith2015 PresidentJCI Sheffield

A wise person told me before I started my year as National President that the next 12 months would go very quickly and I should enjoy every moment. Well, it is and I am!

I can’t believe we’re already in March – so much seems to have happened al-ready, with many chambers hosting their annual kick-off events, JCI Swindon holding a successful launch event, JCI Barnsley & JCI Rotherham holding their annual gala dinners and, of course, our first national event of the year, Inspiration Day, being hosted by JCI Manchester at the end of January.

If you attended Inspiration Day I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. We had some great feedback from the event & it keeps on coming — we know it’s a great event but its impact is being spread further afield. The event and its format will be featured in the next JCI HQ (global) news-letter to all Local Officers as a best practice example of a great way to engage & motivate members for the year. This really showcases yet again how highly JCI UK is thought of by our global peers!

I’ve quite literally been up and down the country like a yo-yo, attending these great events and being really inspired by the enthusiasm that everyone has shown for what is such an important year for the JCI organisation.

So what else has been happening at a national level over the last few weeks? Preparation for Market-ing Academy is well-under way & will have taken place by the time you read this... and we’re already actively commencing prep for LEAP. Plans for European Conference are also being cemented with our delegate hotel being announced recently. The National Board team has been making some great in-roads into forming strategic partnerships with like-minded national organisations. We’re also in very early discussions with two external ‘chambers’ about them potentially re-affiliating or joining JCI UK - this is another element where the Chamber Taskforce comes into its own – highlighting why this is now such as important facet for JCI UK. I’m sure you’ll agree this is all exciting stuff - it’s great to know that we’re now being actively sought out as an organisation to join forces with!

You may not know, but I’ve taken on another role this year – that of JCI UK Liaison Officer on the British Senate Council. Along with Phil Cavalier-Lumley, I’m representing JCI UK on the Council to ensure that we continue to build and strengthen the working relationship and collaboration efforts between our two organisations. Senators have so much to offer our organisation and our members in so many ways so it’s great that we’re together to achieve this.

Finally, as I type this, Sarah Beckwith (Deputy National President) & I are preparing to fly out to Ser-bia towards the end of February to attend the annual European Presidents Meeting to represent JCI UK. We’ll be joining fellow JCI National Presidents and Deputy National Presidents, plus the European Board team, for 3 days of meetings (including the European-level General Assembly), workshops & training sessions. This is a great opportunity for us to engage with our European peers and showcase the great work that JCI UK is doing not only nationally but also at a local level too.As you can see it has been a very busy start to the year, but if the last few weeks are anything to go by, it’s going to a be GREAT year and one which we can all truly Feel Proud of!

Drew Charman - JCI UK President 2015

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A Senator’s Story

Tracy Viner - Senator 667812005 Most Outstanding President in the World I was asked to write a piece for the JCI Sheffield magazine from a Senator’s perspective which helped to tell my JCI story. I was then faced with the dilemma of making my JCI story interesting and fun to read, short or long enough for the piece and I had to find photos. So considering the relatively short time span to the editorial deadline, the length of my journey and hoping to cut out all the dull bits I am not going to write a linear history. Highlights include being local President in 2004 – that was the year that Sheffield Junior Chamber became JCI Sheffield, it was my last official vote as President prior to the AGM. My year in office was recognised when I was awarded most outstanding local President at World Congress in Vienna the following year. Another major highlight, not just the award but also dancing at a Viennese Ball in an Austrian Palace and seeing original Klimt paintings in the museum. Travel has been a key highlight, JCI has taken me to Athens, Londonderry/Derry, Monaco (including dinner at the Café de Paris), Gothenburg, Co-penhagen, Wuppertaal, Maastricht, Tallinn, Delhi, Fukuoka in Japan, where I faced off an Ashes Challenge from Leeds (I won at jenga with jetlag). If you don’t know about the Ashes Challenge, ask one of this year’s officers. I have also covered the four corners of England and nearly every road in Yorkshire whilst being Yorkshire RGC and National Marketing Director. I have heard some amazing speakers, had incredible training and eaten all sorts of food and drank in all sorts of places with so many friends. That’s my key message, the friends. None of this would have happened if it wasn’t for the friendly welcome at my first Chamber meeting in Pollards Coffee Shop on Charles Street. I haven’t looked back since. I am still friends with some of the people I met at that first meeting but I have made so many more and they have supported me through life, the highs and lows, helped me make decisions, supported my work, and had fun with me too.

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Whilst enjoying my JCI journey and helping others get the most out of the opportunities through various roles, I was awarded my Senatorship, which has opened the door to a whole new group of new friends and places to visit. I have to be honest, I worked hard and didn’t get everything right along the way, but JCI helps you learn and it was rewarding work that I enjoyed. Whilst I have benefitted so much, the main thing I have learned is to value every person and moment and keep the door open, there is always capac-ity to learn more and help more.

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As a Rise graduate I was given the opportunity to attend JCI events in order to socialise with like minded professionals; I have now attended a number of the training and networking sessions and I just can't get enough of them! On 9th February, JCI offered a first aid training event with Pulse First Aid Training Solutions Ltd to equip us on how to deal with

emergency first aid and the treat-ment of injuries. Jon Hall delivered an intense yet fascinating training session covering Emergency Action Plans, the recovery position, CPR (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation), head in-juries, asthma and how to deal with choking. This was supported with a shocking presentation featuring images of injuries and vid-eos of CPR being performed in a real life situation. After this, we were asked to pack a first aid box with all the essential tools that we thought would be needed in a work place and were given the chance to follow the demonstration action plans on each other. Despite hav-ing lots of fun practising on each other, Annie, the life-size rescue mannequin, was the only volunteer for receiving mouth to mouth resuscitation. Surprisingly, it wasn’t that bad.

The 3 hours on the course flew by and as we all found the training so enjoyable, we have asked Jon Hall for another session to teach us more! Once we complete the next session we will each be qualified to per-form first aid in the work place, so the training provided by JCI has given us yet another great step towards self development, our future careers and the opportunity to help the community. It's an empow-ering feeling knowing how to limit the effects of an injury and that one day, I may be able to help preserve somebody's life!

Bex StewartJCI Sheffield Member

The Team Each edition will give you the chance to meet a member of the 2015 council team for JCI Sheffield. You can learn all about thier passions, thoughts and more! In this issue it’s Business & Partnerships Director Katie Jackson!

Name:

Katie Jackson

How long have you been a member of JCI?

This year will be my 4th year

How long have you been on the Council Team?

This is my 4th year on a council team & I have done a wide variety of roles during that time

What is your current role on the council team?

Business and Partnerships Director

What are your hobbies?

Netball, dance, walking in the Peaks, pretty much any sport really!

Why JCI for you?

JCI gives you the opportunity to learn and grow in a safe and encouraging environment. I have learnt loads and it has really helped me when looking for work

Tell us about your role.

This year I will helping to grow our relationships with the local business community, whether it be a business tour, a talk from a local inspirational leader, or being able to offer vital train-ing to local business professionals

What is your ambition in JCI?

My ambition within JCI is to make JCI Sheffield a chamber to be reckoned with! I want to really help to grow the region to offer fantastic opportunities for young business profession-als in the community

Proudest JCI moment (so far!)?

My proudest moment of JCI (so far!) was when I was involved in delivering the JCI UK mar-keting academy in 2013, in a city that I knew very little about and where there was not a big JCI presence at the time (the chamber had only launched one month prior). It was a definite success and saw an amazing turnout

Most Embarrasing Moment:

My most embarrassing moment would be when I asked a former Man United/England foot-ball player to take a picture of our work team thinking he was a steward! Only to be told by one of my colleagues that he was a very famous footballer in the 60s/70s - Oops!

What Is Your Occupation?

In my day-to-day life I work as a Marketing Manager for a local engineering firm

Claim to Fame?

When I was much younger I was featured on the front of the Sheffield Star sledging with my brother, (at Rother Valley Country Park) after a bad winter of snow

What advice would you give to someone thinking of joining their local JCI council team?I would say to just go for it! I had only been a member for 2 months before I joined the council team and I could not recommend it enough. It will help you to grow both personally and professionally, and you will meet lots of new friends along the way!

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Community

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At JCI Sheffield we have chosen four fantastic causes to support this year one including Age UK Sheffield. Like many other places, Sheffield has an Ageing population that some-times need support with various tasks, getting around, doing the shopping and getting to grips with modern technology.

This is where Age UK Sheffield has been helping for over 30 years. They are a charity that offers a range of services to those over the age of 50 who may be isolated or vulnerable, This can be from IT courses to advice on housing problems.

We ran the JCI Impact course on 21st of February which fo-cused on the importance of assessing what are the needs of your local community in order to then come up with sustain-able solutions. Following on from that we are running an Au-dience with Age UK Sheffield on the 5th of March. The aim of this session is to find out more how we can help Age UK Sheffield whether it be training staff, training service users, or even raising money! I’m also hoping people can find out more about the fantastic work they do already in the local community too as they already do a lot.

Please be sure to come along as it promises to be a brilliant and inspirational event!

What is ACE?

Volunteering in your local community is a fantastic and very re-warding thing to do and with it you learn a lot about your local area, help those in need and get that warm fuzzy feeling having done a great thing. I thoroughly enjoy helping local charities and I’ve met a lot of great people that way and treasure the hours standing in a cold car park in Sheffield as rewarding do-ing great work. At JCI we like to celebrate the hard work and brilliant impact our members have had in the local community and we achieved this by starting ACE.

ACE stands for Active Citizen Experience and in short is a way of recognising the hard work of JCI members in our local communities through volunteering.

So how does it work? Simply if you do 8 hours volunteering with a local charity in your community you can log them on ACE. Simply log the hours of volunteering you’ve done. A re-cord of these is then kept and at the end of the year is added together and you are then recognised for all your hard work

Mark Smith the 2015 JCI Sheffield President was recently awarded a certificate by Katie Ogley at the JCI UK Inspiration Day in Manchester for doing 93 hours of volunteering in 2014. Mark said “Volunteering has always been an important and big part of my life for many years. I think its great that I have been able to log my volunteering hours that I have undertaken both within JCI and external to JCI. As well as working for SAFE@LAST children charity, I also volunteer in a variety of roles for the organisation - I am a trained helpline volunteer and do sev-eral duties per month usually on the evening or at weekends, responding to telephone calls, text messages or web chats from children at risk through running away. I’ve helped out at several of the charity events such by taking on a steward role for example at the half marathon. I have been able to log hours I have done volunteering on my local amateur theatre group executive committee such as the time I spent on creating them a new website and of course have logged many hours in my roles at JCI, delivering training for example.”

ACE is the brainchild of JCI Senator Katie Ogley who started ACE a few years ago and said “I created the concept of ACE a number of years after a review of our Local Secret Santa Appeal. A number of people wanted to get involved and support the campaign, but couldn’t necessarily commit so much time just before Christmas. I started thinking, ‘why can’t they choose what they want to do?’ JCI members are very giving with their time and not just through our or-ganised activates, so I thought they deserved acknowledgement for everything they do to make their community a better place. This is where ACE came in. Whether it is taking part in a Local or National JCI Community event, or getting involved in events, which are per-sonal to them, they can receive recognition for their efforts. “

In short, volunteering is extremely rewarding and those who do it should be recognised for it so do volunteer, get logging those hours and stand up and be proud of the hard work you do!

If you need any advice on this or want to learn more about ACE email this years Community Action Director Neal Stirk:Neal.Stirk@jcisheffield.org.uk to find out more.

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RSPCA - https://www.justgiving.com/Project100RSPCASAFE@LAST - http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/Safeatlast100Age UK Sheffield - http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/AgeUKSheffield100

Events DiaryHere you can check out all of the fantastic events that are lined up for JCI Sheffield and even other chambers around the UK! Filled with business talks, training work-shops, networking and socials your diary is about to get a lot more exciting! Be sure

to book on Eventbrite to save your spot!

For more information head to our websitehttp://www.jcisheffield.org.uk/events

An Audience with Age UKEvent Type: CommunityVenue: Age UK Sheffield, 44 Castle Street, Sheffield, S1 2GFDate: 5th Mar, 2015Price: Free

5 Mar

Visit to our twin chamber JCI Mayo in IrelandEvent Type: InternationalVenue: Westport, IrelandDate: 13th Mar, 2015

13 - 16 Mar

Dance Workshop withRazzamataz SheffieldEvent Type: TrainingVenue: RSPCADate: 25th Feb, 2015Price: £5 donation to charity

24 Mar 25 MarEvent Type: BusinessVenue: Henry’s Cafe BarDate: 25th Feb, 2015Price: JCI Member: Free Non-Member: Free

Networking Wednesday

Yorkshire Half Marathon Sheffield (run or volunteer) Event Type: CommunityVenue: Sheffield - Starts City CentreDate: 12th April, 2015

12 Apr

JCI Scotland National Conference 2015Event Type: InternationalVenue: Aberdeen, ScotlandDate: 17th Apr, 2015

17 - 19Apr

Bingo Night in aid of Noth-ing But NetsEvent Type: CommunityVenue: TBCDate: 23rd Apr, 2015

23 Apr

CV & Interview TechnqiuesEvent Type: TrainingVenue: Holiday Inn ExpressDate: 9th Mar, 2015

9 Mar

Quiz @ LastEvent Type: SocialVenue: Magna, Sheffield Road, Tem-pleborough, Rotherham S60 1DXDate: 27th Mar, 2015Price: £15

27 Mar

Project 100 MeetingEvent Type: CommunityVenue: Benjamin Huntsman, WhetherspoonsDate: 19th Mar, 2015

19 Mar

Membership Benefits Junior Chamber International (JCI) is the global not for profit organi-sation that will help you meet new people, learn new skills and grow both personally and professionally.

With JCI you can:1. Meet top business people, share best practice and visit leading

companies2. Build self confidence in your own abilities by practising skills. JCI

is a 'learning by doing' organisation3. Network locally, nationally and internationally 4. Develop public speaking skills5. Have the opportunity to try and do things that you don't get to do

at work6. Attend seminars and listen to the world's most inspiring key note

speakers7. Make positive changes to your community8. Attend national and international conferences and parties9. Utilise practical leadership opportunities such as project man-

agement and being part of the council team 10. Have fun and make friends!

Don't be shy and join JCI Sheffield now!

The Lustrum Dinner

In 1965 the President of, what was then known as, Sheffield Junior Chamber of Commerce, Peter Bennett- Keenan started the tradition of a lavish dinner for the Past Presidents. He suggested that the dinner should take place only once every five years and consequently named it the Lustrum Dinner (Lustrum being a term from Roman times to denote a time period of five years).

Now fifty years later the dinner is considered by those eligible to attend a very important event to attend and consequently every effort is taken to make sure they can be there. Saturday 28th Febru-ary saw 30 Past Presidents join Mark Smith at the Royal Victoria for the 11th Lustrum Dinner. The earliest President to be there was Brian Viner who held the office in 1964-1965 (until 1990 the new President was installed in April). Several of his compatriots from the sixties had celebrated their eighty-fifth year and people had travelled from as far as Lincoln, Poole and even Rhodes especially to attend the event.

As was tradition, everyone sat at a single rectangular table and once the excellent meal had been eaten and everyone was enjoying the port and cheese board, the discussion began with Mark giv-ing an overview of the past few years. We were lucky that the immediate past National President, Kate Senter was also there as questions about how the National organisation was getting on were also asked. Much reminiscing took place as conversation flowed.

With Past Presidents there from every decade since the sixties it was ev-ident that although the organisation has changed in size and shape over the years, the underlying values and lessons that can be learnt from being a member have not and whatever age they were, every person in that room looked back with pride upon their time in Junior Chamber.

Penny Gill1997 President

The Lustrum Dinner for Sheffield Junior Chamber past presidents with the incumbent president as a guest in the chair though not the Master of Cere-monies meets every 5 years. The role of the president Is to give a report on what has happened in Sheffield Junior Chamber over the past 5 years.

The Dinner was conceived by Peter Bennett-Keenan in 1964 and I was hon-oured to be the President in the chair for the first meeting early in 1965 with PBK as the Director of Ceremonies.

The meeting on Saturday 28th February was its eleventh and I believe I am the only person who has been privileged to attend all eleven. It was chaired by Mark Smith who gave us a most interesting and informative report into what has been happening in Sheffield Junior Chamber over the past 5 years and the Master of Ceremonies was Tracy Viner who was president in 2004. It was interesting to learn that Sheffield Junior Chamber which was formed in 1927 has the longest continuous membership in JCI UK.

What has most impressed me about the Lustrum Dinner is the continuing commitment of all the past presidents and the ever changing executive team to JCI Sheffield for regardless of the numerical strength of the Chamber,whether it has 300 or 30 members, they are all committed and enthusiastic and both nationally and internationally continue to achieve way beyond what could reasonably be expected. This is also reflected in the continuing excellent attendance at the Lustrum Dinners which have rarely fallen below 30. On Saturday we had 30 out of a possible attendance of 52 and 3 had apologised because they were ill. A 60% attendance which is most gratifying.

It was encouraging to hear the enthusiastic optimism of the current leadership for the future of the JCI Sheffield and the movement both nationally and internationally despite the drop in numbers which augurs well for the future of the Lustrum DInner.

Brian Viner1964-1965 President

Serving as JCI Sheffield President in 2011 is unquestion-ably one of the highlights of my JCI career and it was an honour to share an evening with fellow past presidents of the chamber. It was clear to me that the passion for our organisation does not fade over the passing of time and if anything, attending the dinner reinvigorated me to find new ways to create impact at a local level. Many thanks and congratulations to the 2015 President Mark Smith and past presidents Penny Gill and Tracy Viner for organising such a wonderful event. I very much look forward to the next one!

Kate Senter2011 President

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It was great to attend the 11th Lustrum Dinner for JCI Sheffield this weekend. For me it was my first of these prestigious dinners held every 5 years to bring together the previous presidents of JCI Sheffield. At the time of serving as the JCI Sheffield back in 2013 I knew I was extremely privileged but 2 years sharing stories with over 30 other presidents going as far back as 1964 I really did feel privileged. As I drove home from the event I reflected on the evening again thinking back to all the opportunities JCI has created for me over the years. Without JCI I would not have had the common thing that had brought all of the Sheffield past presidents together. Many of the presidents had or continue to have flour-ishing successful careers and almost all owed their success and experience to JCI and the opportunities it has given them. The evening was a great celebration of the amazing things JCI Sheffield has achieved since founding in 1927 and a time to share ideas and look for opportunities ahead to share with the current JCI Sheffield president, Mark Smith. It was a wonderful evening and I can’t wait to attend many more.

Dan Senter2013 President

Stargazing

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It’s no secret that I love astronomy. Anything to do with the planets, stars, nebulas etc I love. So you can imagine my excitement when JCI Rotherham organised JCI Rotherham Goes Star-gazing at Mexborough and Swinton Astronomical So-ciety!

A small, cosy observatory sat under the night sky. JCI memebers from around Yorkshire gathered to see stars and learn more about the woner that is the universe. We split into two groups and took it in turns upstairs in the viewing dome and downstairs for a presentation. Each had 40 mins doing each. I was in the group that had the presentation first. The presentation was great. It showed us through the various planets of our solar system, how they’re com-posed along with a talk about the comets and telecopes in space. It was fascinating to see how different each planet was, each more intricate and mysterious as the last. Amazing to think that these exist beyond our atmosphere.

Then it was our turn to go outisde to the telescope. Unfortunately the dome had technical issues so we were’nt able to look through the main telescopes but the team did have a smaller telecope for us to look through. We saw the stripes on Jupiter and the crators on the moon. Then it was time to go upstairs to the dome and learn about the telecopes. We also saw stars such as Beetle Juice that make up the zodiac Orion.

I love that being part of JCI I get the opporutnity to attend JCI events around the UK such as this. It’s great see faces from around the region and the UK at various events too along with new faces.

Thank you to the Mexborough and Swinton Astronomical Society for hosting us and being so warm and welcoming. If your interested in what the society is about and want to know what events they hold the check out their website www.msas.org.uk. Please so donate as the society is’nt funded either. Thank you JCI Rotherham!

Ryan Pilkington 2015 JCI Sheffield Communications Director

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JCI Bradford is hosting this years Yorkshire Big Supper on 23rd March which is our first regional event of the year. They are planning a spot of extempore training with a difference on the evening as well as the chance to network with fellow members across the region.

After launching this new chamber in 2014, JCI Harrogate President Michael Best is keen on growing its member-ship and showcasing the best Harrogate has to offer. He is considering organising a day trip so that members can visit the town. If you are interested, please let our Presi-dent Mark Smith know and he will pass this on.

A new edition to the JCI Leeds calendar is their book club! They say that they love to read and they love to socialise in Leeds so thought they could combine the two! They plan to meet once each quarter to discuss a book that they have all read. The first book is Leaving Time by Jodie Picoult.

InternationalThe JCI Scotland National Convention 2015 will be held in Aberdeen. The city was once known for its once booming fishing, texiles, ship building na dpaper making indistries and boasts a population of around 220,000 people! Find out why you should attend the conference!

17th - 19th April 2015

£100 Registration!Welcome to Aberdeen!

Known as the ‘Granite City’ Aberdeen is the city to host the JCI Scotland National Convention 2015! Aberdeen is a city bursting at the seams with things to enjoy and experience. Why not make your conference experience longer and spend a few days to experience the various at-tractions including the museums, shopping and whisky tasting! What better way to celebrate the 100 years movement!

Congress Venue

Park Inn by Radisson. The hotel sits in the heart of city and will be the venue for the conference. Surrounded by the impressive achitecture of the ‘Granite’ city and is sit-uated close to main shopping areas too! Enjoy the conference in style!

World Congress

Every November, members from across the globe come together for the peak of the JCI year at JCI World Congress. At this global fo-rum international officers will be elected for the upcoming year. JCI Members also explore ide-as for international initiatives and recognize the achievements of outstanding active citizens. With JCI in more than 100 countries and terri-tories, members have the opportunity to meet fellow citizens from highly diverse backgrounds. JCI Members will share experiences and find new ways to create positive change on both lo-cal and global levels. At this event, JCI’s critical mass of young people will unite to magnify the positive impact of the JCI movement.

Congress Venue

There are 5 various venues in which the congress will be held. Each venue will be hosting differen tparts of the conference. More information on the venues can be found at http://jciwc2015.com/enshokai.html.

3th - 8th Nov 2015

Registration£345

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