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Poole-Cherbourg Twinning Association 'News in Brief'  - includes photos of U3A/UIA visit click HERE
 
Minutes of the Management Committee Meeting held on 30 April 2009 click HERE
 
Verwood & Three Legged Cross Twinning Association Newsletter for May 2009 click HERE
 
Wimborne-Ochsenfurt List of Events for 2009 click HERE
 
Poole-Cherbourg Twinning Association Calendar of Events for 2009 click HERE
 
Open times and dates for Tyneham and army range walks for 2009/2010 click HERE
 
Minutes of the Dorset Twinning Association AGM held on 13 October 2008 - click HERE
  Wareham-Hemsbach Twinning Association now has a website - click HERE
 
 
Swanage French Circle Programme for 2008/9 click HERE
 
A new fund for young people to promote projects in France and Germany - to download details 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.
 
Details of Funding for School Partnerships can be downloaded HERE
 
Wareham-Hemsbach Society Programme for 2008/9 click HERE
 
Wareham-Hemsbach Society AGM 2008 Minutes click HERE
 
Help on the use of this website and email is available HERE
   

Welcome to our website

  • 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


 Find a member association


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NB some information may be missing or out of date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

  

 


AGM
The Annual General Meeting of the Dorset Twinning Association will be held on12th October at 7.45pm at the United Reformed Church Hall, Spa Road, Radipole, Weymouth. It is hosted by Weymouth and Portland Twinning Association

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Free, easy to use online facility available

HERE
 
 

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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Revised: 24/06/2009