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Welsh Man Attempts To Break World Record

Dale Taylor, from Caerphilly, Wales, is going to attempt to break a World record by almost half, starting this August.

Dale, who is a semi-professional rugby player, plans to walk around the world! The trip covers 18,000 miles, which he plans to complete in 800 days.

The current world record is held by David Kunst, who, in 1970 took four years and four months to complete the walk. 

 

The trip will cost Dale £8,000, based on £10 per day. He aims to raise £18,000 in total to cover travel costs and to donate £10,000 to the school where he works. Miles are being sold for £1 each and you can buy a mile for Dale at his website Toward the Sunrise.

 

Dale will have to walk through:

Wales, England, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakahstan, Uzabekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Burma, Malaysia, Australia and the USA. The walk will require Dale to walk a marathon a day for over 2 years.

 

We wish Dale the best of luck and will be cheering him on to complete the task in the 800 days! Good luck Dale!

Unemployed Managers to Get Support from ILM

A free support package to help unemployed managers get back into the workplace has been launched by The Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM).

The ILM have said that the recession has hit managers hard in recent months, with unemployment in the rising. The scheme offers managers who have been made redundant six months free professional membership to the ILM.

This includes a number of measures aimed at helping people find work, including access to current vacancies through jobs boards, CV support and interview training. Also included is an online resource which features 42 learning modules on skills such as budgeting, negotiation and innovation.

Recent studies suggest that the number of people losing their jobs could be levelling off. The research also highlighted that prospects for managers and professionals in the UK are better than the global average.

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