Jess Wanless
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'Name: Jess Wanless
Age: 21
Chapter and NA: Leeds, Great Britain
JB Role: EJB Team
Other CISV involvement: IPP Founding member of the 'triple date' seminar group alongside my french partner Ophélie de Saint Romain, James Pattinson and Marie Roussier, as well as Helen Scott and Charlotte Wuyam
Current Projects: National Youth Meeting, GB IPP 2011/12
Life outside CISV: At uni to studying Geography.
E-mail: jess.wanless@gb.cisv.org
Has attended lots of international programmes:
- Went on Interchange to Roskilde, Denmark with her fello NJR James in 2003!
- Then in 2005 she went on Summer Camp to Calgary, Canada... again with James!
- After a summer off she was then a home JC in lovely England at Banana Splash Village.
- In 2008 she went on the Tesao Seminar Camp, Hungary
- A lovely IYM in Geneva, Switzerland... James still there...
- In the summer of 2009 she participated in the IPP in Berlin and staffed the IPP in Great Britain in winter 2011/12.
Though her CISV life doesn't just involve programmes:
- Her European career started at EJBM 2007 in Milan
- She then attended the Grant Writing Workshop in sunny Manchester, JB Great Britain
- She was content staff for the very first Wild West Weekend in her hometown JB Leeds.
- She attended EJBM 2010 along with James, Dan, Simon and Rich.
- She attended IJBC 2010 with James, Rich, Helen Scott, Helen Russell, Jo, Will and Phoebe. What a lot of GBJBers! Not to forget AIM 2010.
- She attended EJBM 2011 along with Vicky Tuff and Ryan Baum
- She facilitated IJBC 2011 and attended AIM 2011 in Bali!
- She facilitated EJBM 2012
What next??
- Working on the next National Youth Meeting in GB!
- Part of the Profile Raising department of the IPP Committee
- Being part of the EJB Team and looking forward to running EJBM 2012
As for positions:
- She was National Mosaic coordinator for a few years for Great Britain.
- Was LJR in JB Leeds 07-08
- Is was NJR for JB Great Britain
- She is part of the EJB Team
A facebook wall is not enough, show some love here
Jess is very very awesome, and I'm very lucky to have her as my co-NJR! -James
Jess has the best British accent ever and I wish I could speak like her! -Fanny
Getting to know Jess in Berlin last summer was one of the highlights of the whole IPP, a gr8 person!! Foof
Jess turned my world upside down, lovely roomie who does not snore and always has what you need(including stuff like pills but also nice words if you need them)-and who the hell ever said Brits does not have a sense of humor?-Kiki
She's awesomen and I can't wait to see her :) Marie
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