Town twinning associations
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- Freunde Sheffields e.V. (Friends of Sheffield)
- Gesellschaft der Freunde der Städtpartnerschaft Bochum-Oviedo e.V.
- Gesellschaft Bochum-Donezk e.V.
- Verein zur Förderung der Städtepartnerschaft Bochum-Nordhausen
Freunde Sheffields e.V. (Friends of Sheffield)
Contact:
Monika Wulfhorst-Werner
Phone: +49 (0)2327 / 97 94 03
E-mail: freunde.sheffields@planet-interkom.de
Founded: September 1990
Membership: c. 60
Main focus:
- to foster exchange and friendship with Sheffield
- to learn more about the country and its people at club evenings
- to visit Sheffield to form new contacts / friendships and intensify existing ones
- to improve language capabilities through seminars and visits to families in Sheffield
- to find accommodation in host families for students, schoolchildren and others.
Gesellschaft der Freunde der Städtpartnerschaft Bochum-Oviedo e.V.
Contact:
Renate Scheuerpflug
Phone: +49 (0)234/23 45 82
E-Mail: bovi-ges@gmx.de
Founded: January 1990
Membership: c. 60
Main focus:
- to foster contact between private individuals
- to hold regular monthly meetings for members and for all interested German and Spanish-speakers
- to organise visits to Oviedo with accommodation in host families
- to arrange Spanish lessons both in Oviedo an in Bochum
- to keep in touch with societies, schools, university an others
Gesellschaft Bochum-Donezk e.V.
Contact:
Jutta Kreutz
Phone and fax: +49 (0)2324 / 3 10 97
E-mail: bochum-Donezk@web.de
Founded: March 1987
Membership: c. 300
Main focus:
- to encourage exchange between people of all ages and interests; to arrange visits to Donetsk
- to invite and host groups from Donetsk, e.g., students of German language and literature, music groups, former forced labourers
- to organise humanitarian aid for Donetsk:
- clothing, wheelchairs etc. for people in need
- medical treatment for children suffering from cancer
- provision of support for a self-helf group of 130 diabetic children
Verein zur Förderung der Städtepartnerschaft Bochum-Nordhausen
Contact:
Paul Schrader
Phone: +49 (0)234 / 35 52 15
Founded: July 1990
Membership: c. 120
Main focus:
To foster mutual understanding and promote friendship by
- forming contacts between individuals, schools, associations, and parishes or church communities
- arranging two-way visits
- organising slide-illustrated lectures
