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Tours & Illustrated lectures, presentations and school visits
Tours & Illustrated lectures, presentations and school visits
Jason Tanner's experience as a historian, journalist and top-rated walking tour guide for London makes him ideal to bring Politics, Modern Studies, Citizenship, History, Democracy, Free Speech, Media Relations and Social Studies to life by using London as the living backdrop for the narrative.
Jason Tanner's experience as a historian, journalist and top-rated walking tour guide for London makes him ideal to bring Politics, Modern Studies, Citizenship, History, Democracy, Free Speech, Media Relations and Social Studies to life by using London as the living backdrop for the narrative.
Modern Studies students & teachers from James Gillespie's High School in Edinburgh incorporated a Schools Tour hosted by Jason of Tanners Tours London, as part of their visits arranged to the Houses of Parliament and the Supreme Court.
fun, humour, facts and drama
fun, humour, facts and drama
Created by Jason Tanner
Jason's routes around the city make it much easier to visualise and think about how the Westminster Parliament operates in the context of the UK; to see where the Prime Minister lives and to explore Britain's role in the development of modern democracy throughout the world. His tours around Westminster & Whitehall bring the stories linking the palaces of Royalty and Parliament together and are ideal for considering the UK's constitutional monarchy and the rise of law in protecting ordinary citizens. Jason is also an expert on Free Speech and Freedom of Expression and the roles of the established media, social media and media ownership,
Magna Carta, the suffragette movement, the English Civil War, the Industrial Revolution and the rise and fall of Empire are all areas that Jason can refer to
Jason appeals to students of all ages whether 8 or 88.
"Tours or presentation lectures should be fun, eye opening, interactive, revealing, entertaining and educational" according to Jason. "If they're fun then the learning bit is so much easier."
Prices for Schools and College Outdoor Walking Tours around Westminster
Prices for Schools and College Outdoor Walking Tours around Westminster
Palaces & Parliament
(90 Mins) Buckingham Palace, St James' Park' Whitehall. Downing Street, Palace of Westminster including 'Big Ben', Parliament Square
up to 10 Students £100 Accompanying adults free (up to 4)
Up to 20 Students £150 Accompanying adults free (up to 4)
(120 Mins) As above but with the addition of St James' Palace (The senior palace for inducting new monarchs) and Trafalgar Square (Nelson's Column - Battles for Empire)
up to 10 Students £150 Accompanying adults free (up to 4)
Up to 20 Students £200 Accompanying adults free (up to 4)
Interactive illustrated lectures at schools & colleges or as a guest speaker
Interactive illustrated lectures at schools & colleges or as a guest speaker
£50 for up to one hour plus travel & accommodation costs as appropiate
Jason's Credentials
Jason's Credentials
Jason graduated from the University of Liverpool. Politics, history & communications have figured throughout his formal education and he achieved distinction at post-graduate level in his studies to be a broadcast journalist. Much of that training centres on understanding local and national government and democracy.
Certification: Jason Tanner's Education and Qualifications
Jason is from a family of teachers and spent a term working with pupils at an inner London school in Islington. Click the link for more background About Jason Tanner
Terms for school & college bookings & contingency planning
Our standard Terms of engagement apply though the following supplemental terms for school & college bookings take precedence as appropriate and provide a more generous cancellation or refund policy
Terms for school & college bookings & contingency planning
Our standard Terms of engagement apply though the following supplemental terms for school & college bookings take precedence as appropriate and provide a more generous cancellation or refund policy
Teachers and lectures ultimately remain in control of whether a tour needs to be abandoned due to bad weather or other extenuating circumstances. Such cancellations have not been necessary so far but child safety, comfort and welfare remains paramount. Tours can be conducted in wet weather but you need to consider what provision such as clothing is needed for your students in such circumstances.
If you cancel 24 or more hours before the start time of a tour then we will be happy to attempt to reschedule within a 10 week period or give a full refund minus £5 as a token towards costs. If you cancel within the 24 hour period before the start time of a tour or up to halfway through a scheduled tour then we can work to try and reschedule (once) or can issue a refund once minus £20 towards costs or £40 if cancelled during the first half.
Suggested indoor or sheltered contingencies (To help with your planning)
Alternatively you might like to book free externally guided school group access to the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square for the same time as your walking tour , just incase the weather turns unexpectedly bad. Various paintings lend themselves to illustrating relevant places, people or events and can be used as a backdrop for interactive discussions or age appropriate activities. To bring an externally led tour of up to 30 into the National Gallery, the school must book through the official National Gallery Self-Guided Groups Booking Portal Other suggestions for your risk planning - Impromptu covered shelter for students may be feasible on the concourse of Charing Cross Station, the cafe in St James' Park and in the subway leading into the Green Park from Green Park Underground Station or the subways at Westminster Station towards the end of the tour route. There is walkway cover at the side of the Ritz Hotel
If the tour guide needs to cease the continuation of a tour due to ill-health, bad weather or other unusual circumstances then one free reschedule will be offered as an option or a pro-rata refund. No refunds or reschedules after that. Tanners Tours will do its best to support teaching staff if a decision is made to divert children to a nearby sheltered establishment along the tour route during sudden, unexpected bad weather, though the Mall in front of the palace has few immediate indoor options to shelter, only trees.
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