Two students from Annecy have been experiencing English working life and culture, whilst improving their language skills and being immersed in family life. For four weeks, Alexandra Carrez helped out in the Gardens Gallery in Montpellier Gardens, carried out a survey for the gallery and visited other galleries in and around Cheltenham; Lea Grondin wasContinue reading “Students benefit from exchange”
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Overseas Students come to Cheltenham
Every summer Cheltenham sees an influx of students from its twin towns. In July this year the Mayor welcomed 48 students from Annecyand 20 from Weihai. The students were all attending the international summer school run by Gloucestershire College, where they take part in language lessons, sporting and sightseeing activities and all stay with localContinue reading “Overseas Students come to Cheltenham”
Local Students Judge Prize Winners
26 under-graduate students from the University of Gloucestershire’s animated film degree course visited Annecy from 11-15 June to coincide with the International Animated Film Festival held in Annecy every year. This is an invaluable learning opportunity for the students and 3 of the students were judges for a special prize awarded byContinue reading “Local Students Judge Prize Winners”
Culture in Gottingen
A small delegation of three people including the Mayor of Cheltenham were invited to Gottingen over the weekend of 1-4 June 2018 to take part in 3 events, namely marking the 40th anniversary of Gottingen’s twinning link with its Polish twin town of Torun, the presentation of the Samuel-Bogumil-Linde prize for literature and the eveningContinue reading “Culture in Gottingen”
Glos Farmers explore Annecy
A group of 26 farmers and their partners from the Gloucestershire Farmers Diners association visited Annecy from 12-17 May. This community group were assisted in their organisation by the Twinning Officers of both Cheltenham and Annecy and enjoyed a reception, boat tour on the lake and a tour of the town, courtesy of Annecy. TheyContinue reading “Glos Farmers explore Annecy”
Pates School fun in Annecy
For the third time running, we were delighted to be able to take a group of 20 pupils from Pate’s Grammar School in Cheltenham to exchange with a school in the heart of our twin town Annecy – this time the Collège Raoul Blanchard. The lucky young people were in Annecy from 21-27 May andContinue reading “Pates School fun in Annecy”
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”
Cheltenham International Partnerships 