Dorset Twinning Association
Dorset & Twinning - Some facts and figures;
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
Quizzes
One of the ways in which the members of the various associations can meet is at the annual quiz which is hosted by the winners of the previous quiz. The next quiz will be held at The Piddlehinton Middle School on 8 April. See calendar for further details.
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 £5 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 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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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
Twinnings between Dorset and La Manche
(with links to contact details where known)
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.
Twinnings between Dorset and rest of France
(with links to contact details where known)
Avranches
Bréhal
Bricquebec
Carentan
Condé-sur-Vire
Coutances
Domjean-Tessy/Vire
Gavray
Hambye
Le Mesnil Vigot
Percy
Pontorson
Région de Daye
Réville
Sourdeval
Torigni-sur-Vire
Twinnings between towns in La Manche and rest of UK
(No contact details)
Crediton (Devon)
Lydney (Gloucestershire)
Arlesford (Hampshire)
Selby (Yorkshire)
Whitehill (Hampshire)
Ilkley (Yorkshire)
Lydiards (Wiltshire)
Launton (Oxfordshire)
Lacey Green (Buckinghamshire)
Churchstanton (Somerset)
Nursling/Rownhams (Hampshire)
Highworth (Wiltshire)
Sedgemoor Villages (Somerset)
Hambledon (Hampshire)
Odiham (Hampshire)
Shipston-on-Stour (Warwickshire)
Twinnings between Dorset and other countries
(with links to contact details where known)
Christchurch
Christchurch
In addition the Sherborne Douzelage has established links with many towns across the member states of the EU. An updated list of these towns is contained on their webpage.
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Help on the use of this website and email is available 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 to download the Sept 2010 Newsletter.
Reprt on the 2010 visit to “Coutance” click here to download
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Dorset -Manche Twinning Charter signed in St Lo 28 April 1984
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European Grants - Conference at County Hall, Dorchester, 10h00 ~ 13h00, 24 March 2012
Calls for Proposals are now being made under the Town Twinning Initiative, which is part of the new Active Citizens for Europe Programme (2007 -2013). Grants of between €2,000 and €20,000 are available to support Town Twinning citizens meetings.
Town twinning citizens' meetings consist in bringing together a wide range of citizens and citizens' groups from towns already twinned to further develop strong, informal and personal relations between their citizens, to reinforce the participants' commitment to European integration; and to contribute to the development of an active European citizenship. To be eligible the applicant needs to be the municipality or its twinning association in which the meeting will take place.
The conference will be led by Sherborne, who have had a good deal of success, in the framework of their Douzelage activities. It will take place at County Hall in Dorchester and will run from 10.00 to 1.00 pm, with a buffet lunch afterwards.
Further information on grants can be found by clicking on the title above or following this link: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/citizenship/funding/2011/index_en.php