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2018 Twinning Events and Activities

A busy year of twinning activities is scheduled between Cheltenham and it’s twin towns. Do have a look here.

International Visitors

One of the first twinning events for 2018 took place during the third week of January with a Mayor’s Reception in the Council Chamber for further education students from Japan, and from Cheltenham’s twin towns of Annecy in France and Göttingen in Germany. The ten students from Annecy were on the return leg on anContinue reading “International Visitors”

Twinning Trip to Weihai 2018

To celebrate over 30 years of friendship with our Chinese twin town of Weihai and 20 years since the two towns were officially ‘twinned’, a trip to Weihai is being organised in the autumn of this year. The visit will be led by the Mayor of Cheltenham and is open to anyone to participate inContinue reading “Twinning Trip to Weihai 2018”

Summer work in Annecy 2018

These posts have now been filled. Two summer work placement jobs are available in Cheltenham’s beautiful twin town of Annecy this summer from 2 July to 2 August 2018. One is working with the Parks and Gardens team maintaining and keeping Annecy’s wonderful green spaces tidy. The other is working in the Youth Information OfficeContinue reading “Summer work in Annecy 2018”

AGM & Transforming Lives in African Schools

The recent Annual General Meeting of the Cheltenham Twinning Association held at the Municipal Offices presented an opportunity to highlight just some of the many positive twinning events and activities, which have taken place during the past year. Over 400 people from Cheltenham and its twin towns have actively participated in events organised by theContinue reading “AGM & Transforming Lives in African Schools”

Twinning Chairmanship Relinquished after 15 years

At the Annual German Meeting of the Cheltenham Twinning Association on 23 November 2017, Cllr Garth Barnes stepped down as Chairman of Twinning after 15 years. He was presented with a picture as a token of appreciation for his devoted hard work and support over so many years. Garth has been involved with twinning for over 40 yearsContinue reading “Twinning Chairmanship Relinquished after 15 years”

Off to Sochi

On Tuesday 14 November 2017, the Mayor of Cheltenham, cllr Klara Sudbury, handed a letter of greetings destined for the Mayor of Sochi to Mark Smyth and Michael Lazarev as they embarked on a 3,200 mile road trip to Cheltenham’s twin town of Sochi, Russia. The two men, Mark from Gloucestershire and Michael from Sochi,Continue reading “Off to Sochi”

Top Twinning

Over 420 Cheltenham people have taken part in visits and exchanges during 2017 and this figure doesn’t include all the host families, members of local clubs and societies, Twinning Association members, local companies, volunteers and helpers who are all involved in some way or other to make it so successful. Please see the summary ofContinue reading “Top Twinning”

Weihai pupils visit Cheltenham

Around 40 students from our Chinese twin town of Weihai spent two weeks in Cheltenham from 8-22 July 2017 attending Gloucestershire College’s International summer school. The youngsters all stayed in local host families and spent an afternoon meeting with the Mayor of Cheltenham asking her questions about the town of Cheltenham and her role asContinue reading “Weihai pupils visit Cheltenham”

Göttingen Festival in Cheltenham

After four years of waiting, friends from our twin city of Göttingen, Germany, came back to Cheltenham to celebrate 66 years of twinning from 22-27 July 2017. A group of 13 students, 33 senior sports participants and 60 Göttingen residents, including the official delegation led by Rolf-Georg Köhler, Mayor of Göttingen, visited us for theContinue reading “Göttingen Festival in Cheltenham”