VSO Local Groups Cheshire
About our group
Voluntary Service Overseas is an international development agency working in some of the poorest countries of the world through experienced and professional volunteers. The volunteers share their talents with local communities to bring about lasting change in these key development areas: health, education, social welfare, disability, securing means of earning a living, having a voice with government, HIV and AIDS.
Over 50 years, almost 30,000 people have been volunteers with VSO, making a difference overseas, back home, and in their own lives.
The Cheshire Group supports VSO locally through development education, publicity and fundraising. We try to make contact with prospective volunteers before they go overseas, and we are always interested to hear from volunteers on their return. We also aim to support the families of volunteers at present overseas and welcome them to our events. Please note that many of our events have a social element and provide the chance to meet and talk to returned volunteers about their experiences. Most of our members have themselves been VSO volunteers. We hope to see you at some of our events.
VSO Cheshire sponsored Roger Boultbee from Tarporley whilst he was working on hospital maintenance in Rumphi, Malawi. We then sponsored Ann Thomas from Ellesmere Port who worked in Guyana in Education. Now we are sponsoring Sue Carroll from Warrington, who is working in education in Papua New Guinea.
VSO EVENTS
The rest of the programme for 2009 is as follows:
Friday 25th September, Curry Night plus talk by Returned Volunteer at English in Chester, 9 Stanley Place,Chester, CH1 2LU. £8. 7.30pm. Contact Mary Oultram, moultram@hotmail.co.uk 01625 615802
Wednesday 21 October, a Charity First Night performance of Sweeney Todd at Harlequins Theatre, 5 Queen St, Northwich, CW9 5JN. 7.45pm. Tickets £6 from Linda Shuttleworth shuttleworths@talktalk.net 01244 679791
If you have any queries, comments, or wish to get more involved, use this website, or the contact details for the Cheshire VSO Group.
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