VSO Cheshire Group

Posted by VSO Cheshire on November 25, 2007 9:06 PM

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 nearly 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.

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VSO Cheshire Group CONTACT DETAILS

Posted by VSO Cheshire on November 25, 2007 8:42 PM

Michael Melville
01606 888216
michael.melville@waitrose.com

Linda Shuttleworth
01244 679791
shuttleworths@talktalk.net

VSO
317 Putney Bridge Road, London, SW15 2PN
0208 780 7200
www.vso.org.uk

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Congratulations to VSO

Posted by Trinity Mirror Cheshire on October 15, 2007 11:43 AM

A digital camera has been presented to the Cheshire Branch of the Voluntary Service Overseas as a prize for being one of the first organisations to register on the newly-launched Cheshire Communities website.

Editor in Chief Eric Langton (right) is pictured making the presentation to VSO Cheshire chairperson Lynda Shuttleworth watched by Richard Day, principal of English at the Chester Language School (left) who hosted a social evening for returning volunteers and their families, attended by Chester's Lord Mayor Cllr Jim Latham.
The Cheshire Communities website not only lists contact details but also offers organisations the opportunity to put their own news and pictures online.
Eric Langton said: 'I hope that over the next few weeks the site will expand rapidly as all sorts of voluntary organisations, clubs, pressure groups, societies take advantage of lifting their online profiles.
'I am delighted that Voluntary Service Overseas won the camera prize after being drawn out of the hat from the first 20 organisations to register, and can put it to good use to get photographs of their activities onto the Cheshire Communities site.'

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