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Bridgemary
Community Sports
College
LinkedUp Project: A Place in
Europe Language Challenge
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Language Challenge Competition 2009-2010
Bridgemary Community Sports College
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Rob
Amy
• Age: 42 years old
• Hometown: Liverpool
• Profession: teacher
• Hobbies: football/
cooking
• Age: 39 years old
• Hometown: Liverpool
• Profession: hairdresser
• Hobbies: swimming/
strong religious beliefs
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Lucy
• Age: 12 years old
• Hometown: Liverpool
• School: year 7 student
• Hobbies: dancing
Zak
• Age: 8 years old
• Hometown: Liverpool
• School: year 4 student
• Hobbies: football
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1) Dad: he used to live here
from the age of 3 to 12. He
has wonderful memories. He
thinks this is the perfect place
for his children to grow up.
2) The weather: Smith family are
looking for a place where they can
enjoy the sun almost the whole year
around.
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3) English population living in the
area: Yes they want to integrate
in their new country but it can be
really good to have English people
living in the same area.
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My job is:
•To find out which kind of house
our clients want/ need.
PROPERTY DIRECTOR
•To contact Spanish agencies
experts in offering houses for rent
or sale.
•To view houses: I need to travel
to Spain with the parents to visit
and choose among selected
houses.
• I provide help in purchasing a
property: suitable mortgage,
finding a lawyer and explaining to
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This house caters for this family because:
 right amount of bedrooms - 3 bedrooms (1
for the mum and dad, and 2 for the 2
children.)
2 bathrooms
 Good price
Close to work and school
It has a garden for the children and the
adults can enjoy it too
Nice scenery
Private and personal parking
Benidorm Servicios Inmobiliarios: one of the 3
Spanish agencies we usually work with. They offer
houses for sale or rent.
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€118,000.00
£103,427.00
3 bedrooms
2 bathrooms
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Good morning. No problem at
all. We are looking forward to
work with you.
Yours sincerely,
Loli Alminana
Benidorm Servicios
Inmobiliarios
Dear Madam/Sir,
My name is Rachael Pickard and I
represent the British
company IEA specialised in
helping our clients to reallocate in
other countries.
We have a large number of
customers interested in La Costa
Blanca and we would like to
establish contact with
you to study possible ways of
collaboration.
We look forward to hearing from
you shortly indicating the person
we need to contact with.
Kind regards,
Rachael Pickard
International Estate Agents
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•With prices including the main cost of the
house, a mortgage, house insurance and contents
insurance, the price comes to a total of
£168,556.32 which is €193266.00.
•This was worked out by making sure the family
would have great life but at reasonable costs.
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My job is:
HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR
•To find out what the children
need/like: level in Spanish
language, age, ability to adapt to
the Spanish National Curriculum,
school distance, type of school
(only boys, girls, mixed), ability
to integrate Spanish and British
culture.
• Contacting appropriate
schools.
• Extracurricular activities: all the
schools we recommend offer a
variety of after school activities.
• Preparing and sending
applications.
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•So, I found out what they liked and
found a school that is near their new
house and meets the children’s needs.
They would go to “Colegio Publico Miguel
Hernandez” which has a program
orientated to integrate English speaking
students.
• They offer extracurricular activities
such as flamenco (typical Spanish dance).
Lucy, the daughter, enjoys dancing. They
offer football as well. Zak, the son,
is crazy about it.
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Other advantages:
• 5 minutes walk from their
new home.
• Mixed school: boy and girl
will be able to attend the same
school.
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And of course:
• I will help the Smith family to fill in and
send all the applications and
documents required.
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My other job is:
•To find out the skills of adults: I
will analyze their curriculum,
studies and abilities
HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR
• To find out what they like: I will
research their preferences to find
the most appropriate jobs
• Searching for jobs: consulting
internet, adverts in newspapers,
registering with employment
agencies, consulting information
from INEM (Spanish jobcentre)
• Helping to prepare applications
• Legal Aid: I will help them with
Spanish Employment Laws and
terms and conditions
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•Mum: hairdresser. We found her a job in
Peluqueria Bella Centre. It’s a modern and fashion
beauty centre near her home. Their customers are
mainly British tourists and pensioners living in the
area.
• Dad: a teacher specialised in home schooling.
He used to live in Spain from the age of 3 to 12.
He can still make himself be understood when
speaking in Spanish. We found for him students
consulting Internet and the Spanish newspaper “El
Pais”.
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• I helped them to fill the application forms to
become members of the Union: Comisiones Obreras
(CC OO).
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My job is:
RELOCATION DIRECTOR
To provide support with
administrative formalities such as:
• Passports: to alert clients when
their passport needs renewal
• Visas: depending on the country,
we are used to helping our clients
to obtain Visas
• Flight tickets: I will search for the
most suitable prices, dates and
destinations
• Health cards: I will help with
obtaining Spanish health cards
• Census: all inhabitants in Spain
may appear in Padron, the Spanish
census. I help to fill in and send
the applications
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• Passports :
• Heath cards:
• Census:
Mrs Smith will need a renewal and I will help
her to fill out and send the application.
I will help the family to obtain Spanish
Health cards.
I will help the Smiths to send their applications
to appear in Padrón, the Spanish Census.
• Flight tickets: They will be flying from London Gatwick to
Alicante (the nearest place to Costa Blanca). They
will leave the country on 25th July 2010,
leaving at 13:10 and arriving in Alicante at 16:40.
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My other job is:
RELOCATION DIRECTOR
To help our
clients to obtain
a good level in
Spanish.
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• Language support: IEA will help the Smith family
to deal with all administrative issues in Spanish at
any time.
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My job is:
MANAGING DIRECTOR
•To help to find friends: the most
important target consists of
getting our clients to feel at home
in their new countries. We help
them to find clubs where they can
make new friendships. These clubs
will offer activities such as:
birthday parties, food, sports,
music and much more.
• To search facilities: I will provide
our clients with the most complete
information about: supermarkets,
museums, hospitals, restaurants,
beaches, parks..
• Languages schools: I will help
our clients to enrol in Spanish
language schools.
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•I found a club in Benidorm where the Smith family can
enjoy activities such as: birthday parties, games for children
and adults, sports, traditional Spanish music, dance (Flamenco)
cooking (tapas, paella, tortilla) and much more.
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• Mrs Smith enjoys swimming and she has strong religious
beliefs. We researched the area to ensure the Smith family have access to
facilities such as swimming pools, churches and other leisure activities.
• We looked for a Spanish school in the Area: they will attend “HABLA
ESPANOL” . Mr Smith will attend an advanced course and the rest of the family
a beginners course. Also we will enrol them in a short course about learning
the regional language spoken on the Costa Blanca: Valencian.
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My job is:
FINANCE DIRECTOR
To make sure
you get the best
service at an
affordable and
unbeatable price.
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WHY?
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6) BUDGETS AND FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS:
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS FOR YEAR 2009
YEAR 2009
INCOME
Clients
TOTAL
£245.970,00
£245.970,00
EXPENDITURE
Wages
Office rent
£125.000,00
£12.300,00
Telephone, Internet, electricity, water
Bank expenses
Publicity
Office material
Airfares and accommodation
TOTAL
£7.800,00
£1.500,00
£60.000,00
£2.650,00
£12.000,00
£221.250,00
PROFIT EXPECTED:
INCOME - EXPENDITURE
£24.720,00
£5.500 per client x 4
clients a month
= £22.000
£22.000x12months =
£245.970
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My job is:
MARKETING
DIRECTOR
To develop a marketing plan in order
to attract clients. I use the following
resources:
•Television/radio: I make
advertisements and sponsor TV/radio
programmes
• Internet: I have developed an
excellent website that shows all the
services we offer
• Leaflets: I have prepared a very eyecatching leaflet for potential customers
• Multinational companies: I make
contact with companies throughout
Europe and Latin American countries
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The Smith family decided to choose our
service when they saw our advert and
received in the post one of our leaflets.
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We hope so...
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• How to work as part of a team
•More of the Spanish Language
•More about the cultural life of Spain
•Work as a business in real life
• A taste of a working lifestyle
•Became closer friends
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•We would like to thank Bridgemary Community College and all teachers,
especially Ms Andueza, who have helped us to develop this project.
• We would also want to thank our parents for their support.
•And finally thanks to EBP for giving us the opportunity to take part in this
project.
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