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Management Committee Minutes 1st Feb 2010 click HERE
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Sherborne - Douzelage Newsletter August 2009 click HERE
Verwood newsletter December 2009 click HERE
Swanage French Circle. Programme 2009 - 2010 click HERE
Minutes of AGM October 2009 click HERE
Secretary's report 2009 click HERE
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Weymouth Portland Reporrt 2009 click HERE
Lytchett Matravers Reporrt 2009 click HERE
Wimborne Ochsenfurt Report 2009 click HERE
Beaminster Report 2009 click HERE
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Dorchester Report 2009 click HERE
Sherborne Report 2009 click HERE
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Piddlehinton Report 2009 click HERE
Management Committee Meeting Minutes 2009 click HERE
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Music event in Swanage click HERE
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Charmouth Events newsletter click HERE
Beauminster Annual Report 2009 click HERE
Poole - Cherbourg. Annual Report 09 click HERE
Shaftesbury Newsletter October 2009 click HERE
Shaftesbury Annual Report click HERE
Bradford Peverill Annual Report click HERE
DTA AGM Agenda October 2009 click HERE
DTA Annual Report to AGM October 2008-2009 click HERE
Management Committee Meeting - Agenda 10th Sept 2009 click HERE
Dorset Pétanque League
If you have a pitch and a minimum of four players interested in a regular game of boules we would be delighted to hear from you. If you would like more details, please give Alan Linge a ring on 01202 678575. Click HERE

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  • The County of Dorset is twinned with La Manche, a department of  NW France in the Basse-Normandie region
     

  • A total of nineteen towns or villages (including one island) in the County of Dorset have twinning partners in La Manche
     

  • Eight Dorset towns are twinned with locations in France outside La Manche
     

  • Elsewhere in Europe, over thirty towns have twinning partners in Dorset
     

  • In La Manche, there are at least sixteen towns which are twinned with towns in England outside of Dorset. More may have been added since this list was complied


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Twinnings between Dorset and other countries
 (Please click on name)
NB some information may be missing or out of date
Blandford-
Preetz
(Germany)		 Bournemouth-Lucerne
(Switzerland)		 Bournemouth-
Netanya
(Israel)		 Christchurch-
Aalen
 (Germany)
Christchurch-
Saint-Ghislain
(Belgium)		 Christchurch-
Tatabanya
(Hungary)		 Dorchester-
Holbćk
(Denmark)		 Dorchester-
Lubbecke
(Germany)
Shaftesbury-
Lindlar
(Germany)		 Sherborne
(Douzelage)-
Altea
(Spain)		 Sherborne
(Douzelage)
Bellagio
(Italy)		 Sherborne
(Douzelage)
Bundoran
(Ireland)
Sherborne
(Douzelage)-
Chojna
(Poland)		 Sherborne
(Douzelage)-
Granville*
(France)		 Sherborne
(Douzelage)-
Holstebro
(Denmark)		 Sherborne
(Douzelage)-
Houffalize
(Belgium)
Sherborne
(Douzelage)-
Judenburg
(Austria)		 Sherborne
(Douzelage)-
Karkkila
(Finland)		 Sherborne
(Douzelage)-
Köszeg
(Hungary)		 Sherborne
(Douzelage)-
Kötzting
(Germany)
Sherborne
(Douzelage)-
Meerssen
(Netherlands)		 Sherborne
(Douzelage)-
Niederanven
(Luxembourg)		 Sherborne
(Douzelage)-
Oxelösund
(Sweden)		 Sherborne
(Douzelage)-
Preveza
(Greece)
Sherborne
(Douzelage)-
Sesimbra
(Portugal)		 Sherborne
(Douzelage)-
Sigulda
(Latvia)		 Sherborne
(Douzelage)-
Susice
(Czech Republic)		 Sherborne
(Douzelage)-
Türi
(Estonia)
Sherborne-
San Gimignano
(Italy)		 Swanage-
Rudesheim
 (Germany)		 Verwood-
Liederbach-am-Taunus
 (Germany)		 Wareham-
Hemsbach
 (Germany)
Weymouth-
Holzwickede
(Germany)		 Wimborne-
Ochsenfurt
(Germany)		 *Included with other Douzelage countries for completeness  

Twinnings between Manche and rest of UK
 (No contact details)
 
Avranches-
Crediton
(Devon)		 Bréhal-
Lydney
(Gloucestershire)		 Bricquebec-
Arlesford
(Hampshire)		 Carentan-
Selby
(Yorkshire)
Condé-sur-Vire-
Whitehill
(Hampshire)		 Coutances-
Ilkley
(Yorkshire)		 Domjean-Tessy/Vire-
Lydiards
(Wiltshire)		 Gavray-
Launton
(Oxfordshire)
Hambye-
Lacey Green
(Buckinghamshire)		 Le Mesnil Vigot-
Churchstanton (Somerset)		 Percy-
Nursling/Rownhams
(Hampshire)		 Pontorson-
Highworth
(Wiltshire)
Région de Daye-
Sedgemoor Villages
(Somerset)		 Réville-
Hambledon
(Hampshire)		 Sourdeval-
Odiham
(Hampshire)		 Torigni-sur-Vire-
Shipston-on-Stour
(Warwickshire)

The Dorset Twinning Association exists to provide a supportive network between member associations.

This website is intended to be a resource offering contact details, news, useful information, photographs and relevant links for twinned towns in Dorset and La Manche and throughout Europe.

Any Dorset twinning association wishing to have their own information pages included is invited to contact the website administrator

Please help us to keep this website up to date by monitoring contact details and other information


Euro Travel Evening - Illustrated Talks
Thursday 18 February
Euro Travel Evening, Illustrated talk on Prienai & Lithuania by Michael Peart; 7:30 pm
Catholic Church Parish Hall, Westbury, Sherborne. Entry £5 includes glass of wine and
snacks.

Wine Appreciation at St Johns´ Almshouse, Abbey Close,
Sherborne
Friday 5th February
Taste the wines of Spain and Portugal on Friday 5th February at 7:15 for 7:30pm at St Johns´
Almshouse, Abbey Close, Sherborne. Reg. Wilkins talks about the wines of the region.
Tickets from Sherborne Book Shop, Hound Street, £8.50, includes wines and light
refreshments. Wines also available to purchase. A Sherborne Douzelage event.

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Banners

The three "pull up banners" which were prepared for Dorset Twinning Association publicity and which were displayed at the AGM last October are available for use by Individual Twinning Associations free of charge, although a donation of Ł5 per banner to the Dorset Twinning Association would be welcome. They are normally kept by the Secretary at the Dorset Music Service offices in Blandford, requests should be made to the Secretary or any other member of the DTA Committee
 

 Finding a Twinning Partner

There is useful advice on the HELP pages on the Council of European Municipalities and Regions / Conseil des Communes et Régions d'Europe website which you can visit by clicking HERE

If you explore the website, you will find that you can view details of any towns that are actively seeking a twinning partner and you can also present a request for your own town
 

European Commission Promotes EU Town Twinning

The new calendar contains all deadlines for submission of applications for funding request until 2013. The programme guide provides details about funding possibilities and application procedures.

For more information, click HERE
 

The Local Government Information Bureau
has produced a guide to international partnerships. 'Take your partners' may be found online by clicking HERE
 

UKOWLA has a toolkit that includes advice for creating and developing partnerships with communities in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean
Download it from HERE
 

Full details of our 'Leisure and Wellbeing' insurance cover with Norwich Union may be seen by clicking HERE
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For a complete listing of all twinned towns in the UK please click HERE

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Dorset -Manche Twinning Charter signed in St Lo 28 April 1984
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