As part of the Movida work placement apprenticeship scheme with Göttingen, we currently have Julia Neuschl and Sophie Westphal working in the Commissioning division at the Borough Council for 6 weeks up till 19 October. 20 year old Julia is part of the Business Transformation team, whilst Sophie is helping out with the elections team.Continue reading “Work placements for Göttingen apprentices”
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Göttingen’s Olympic Association Visit
On Saturday 11 August, 57 members of the Göttingen branch of the German Olympic Association visited Cheltenham for the day, taking time out from a week attending various Olympic events in London. The group had a reception with the Mayor and a tour of the town, before having free time to shop and visit ourContinue reading “Göttingen’s Olympic Association Visit”
Annecy’s Fete du Lac
The annual Fete du Lac took place on Saturday 4 August and was attended by the Mayor and Mayoress Cllrs Colin and Rowena Hay, Cllr Garth Barnes Chairman of the twinning association and Brian and Alexis Cassin Honorary Aldermen and members of the association. Together with delegations from Annecy’s other twin towns, they were amazedContinue reading “Annecy’s Fete du Lac”
Enriching experience
As part of our work placement exchange scheme with Annecy council, two students from Cleeve School who have just completed their A level French, were selected to take part in this scheme and spent the month of July on work placements in Annecy. Ceri worked in the Youth Information Office and Alex worked withContinue reading “Enriching experience”
Twinners flocked to see Olympic Torch celebrations
Over 75 twinning visitors from our five twin towns came to Cheltenham to join in celebrating the Olympic torch coming to Cheltenham. The delegation included 20 officials from across our 5 twin towns and 13 members of the Lubo dance ensemble from Sochi, Russia. Other visitors here for the torch relay on 23 May included 32 guestsContinue reading “Twinners flocked to see Olympic Torch celebrations”
Göttingen apprentices say farewell
Laura and Martina from Göttingen said farewell to the Mayor of Cheltenham at the end of April after a successful 6 week work placement at the Borough Council. The two girls are undertaking a 3 year apprenticeship with Göttingen City Council and were able to spend time with the urban design and integrated transport teamsContinue reading “Göttingen apprentices say farewell”
Bridge between our twin towns
Bridge players from our twin towns of Annecy and Göttingen were invited by Cheltenham Bridge Club for an international tournament over the Jubilee weekend. The 8 visitors from Annecy and 12 from Göttingen arrived on 31 May and were welcomed by the Mayor of Cheltenham on 1 June in the council offices before they headedContinue reading “Bridge between our twin towns”
Funds for twinning!
Cheltenham Twinning Association has a pot of funding worth £9,000 to support young people taking part in twinning activities with our twin and friendship towns and we are now inviting applications to this fund. We would like to inspire groups of young people from school year 6, up to 25 years of age, to takeContinue reading “Funds for twinning!”
Twins invited to Olympic Torch Stopover
An invitation has been sent to our 5 twin and 2 friendship towns inviting them to come to Cheltenham to take part in the celebrations on Wednesday 23 May when the Olympic torch will come to town. Visitors will be taken to the racecourse to see the staged show and arrival of the Olympic flame.Continue reading “Twins invited to Olympic Torch Stopover”
Kisumu school link
A group of 12 senior students from Balcarras School spent their October half term experiencing life at their Kenyan partner school in Kisumu. This was the first pupil visit to the St Aloy Gem Secondary school where the students spent 5 days getting to know the pupils and staff in a truly life changing experience.Continue reading “Kisumu school link”
Cheltenham International Partnerships 