Ten students from Göttingen are experiencing working life in Cheltenham as they embark on either a 4 or 6 week placement with local companies, such as UK Naric, Abercrombie and Kent, local charities such as Sue Ryder and Oxfam and Cheltenham Borough Council. All are staying with families and enjoying being part of English family lifeContinue reading “Göttingen Students experience work placements in Cheltenham”
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Youth Peace Camp 2018 – ‘A Space Week in the City of Nicolaus Copernicus’
With the support of Cheltenham Twinning Association and some determined fund-raising, six young people from Cheltenham together with two youth leaders from CMAS (Community Mentoring and Support CiC) had a wonderful opportunity to participate in the annual Peace Camp along with young people from France, Germany and Poland, in the historic city of Torún (Poland).Continue reading “Youth Peace Camp 2018 – ‘A Space Week in the City of Nicolaus Copernicus’”
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”
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 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”
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”
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”
Göttingen Big Party Visit to Cheltenham 2017
Yes it’s that time again!!! Every four years Cheltenham welcomes a large number of visitors from our German twin town of Göttingen on a twinning exchange of citizens that started in 1976. The dates for the 2017 visit to Cheltenham are: 22-27 JULY 2017 The Twinning Association are looking for people to host our visitors in theirContinue reading “Göttingen Big Party Visit to Cheltenham 2017”
Twinning youngsters united at peace camp
Youngsters from Cheltenham’s twin town of Gottingen Germany, together with young people from Gottingen’s twins of Pau in France and Torun in Poland, all came to Cheltenham from 22-29 July 2016 to join with Cheltenham young people in the international youth for peace camp, which was started in 1995 to commemorate the end of World WarContinue reading “Twinning youngsters united at peace camp”
Interclub Photo Competition
To mark their 150th anniversary from 1865 to 2015, the Cheltenham Camera Club organised an interclub photo competition during 2015 between Cheltenham and the photo clubs of our twin towns of Annecy and Gottingen. The top three photos from each town, in the categories of Best Picture, Highly Commended and Commended can be viewed below.
Cheltenham International Partnerships 