Category Archives: News

OPAL Lottery – Join today

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Did you know, over the last couple of years our supporters have helped us raise over £3,500 by joining our weekly lottery? We’ve also paid out over £1700 to those OPAL lottery winners! Its easy to support us with OneLottery. Every £1 ticket sold generates 50p for OPAL which goes directly to support our services


Upcoming events – May

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OPAL have 2 exciting fundraising events in May, why not come along and join us! On 15th May, OPAL’s Spring Soiree is set in the beautiful gardens at Upper Brereton Gardens. Tickets are £15 and can be purchased by clicking here On 19th May we return to Manley Knoll for the annual open garden event


OPAL are looking for new Trustees to join our team!

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OPAL are currently seeking to recruit 2 Trustees to join our Board of Trustees. This is an opportunity to be part of a passionate and energetic team dedicated to improving the lives of vulnerable older people. OPAL has exciting ambitions, and you will be involved in shaping and influencing the future direction. If you’d like


New Service – Good Neighbours

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Following our short trial in the Tarporley area, OPAL are pleased to announce it is to launch this new service – Good Neighbours – across the whole of rural Cheshire! This new service is supported via a 2 year grant from the Community Led Care Commission funded by Cheshire West and Chester and the local


Send an OPAL Christmas card

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This year, with thanks to our lovely volunteers’ pictures/photographs, we have some produced some fundraising Christmas cards, available to send electronically, to spread some festive cheer. (click on this link to see an example https://www.dontsendmeacard.com/view/ue5tkj70) If you would like to send a card, please go to https://www.opalservices.org.uk/xmascard/


Would you like to join our Trustee team?

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We are currently looking for someone to join our Trustee team. We are particularly interested in applications from people with the following skill sets: If you would like to find out more about OPAL and our Trustee roles, please click here


SAVE THE DATE !! – OPAL Christmas Fair & Afternoon Tea

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Friday 17th November 2pm – 4.30pm Join us for an afternoon of Christmas festivities. Have a browse around our stalls and then sit down and enjoy a lovely OPAL Afternoon Tea.  More details to follow…….. If you are a stallholder and would like to have a stall at this event, please email Juliet.compston@opalservices.org.uk for more


OPAL Mid-summer Soiree report

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On the beautiful summer’s evening of Tuesday 22nd June OPAL held a mid-summer soiree to raise funds for OPAL services. Mrs Felicity Pochin kindly allowed us to hold the event in her garden in Oscroft which provided a perfect setting. Volunteers made cake and supporters came to enjoy the evening. We had tea and cake


We are recruiting! – Update 02/08/23 – Post now filled

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OPAL is looking for an Organiser for our OPAL GoOnLine Services to coordinate and manage a programme of digital inclusion sessions for older people across rural west Cheshire. Working across Cheshire with some home working. Closing date for applications 7th July 2023. To apply for this role or for more information, please contact morag.hutson@opalservices.org.uk  or click here


OPAL Matters Issue 18 June 2023

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The latest issue of the OPAL Newsletter celebrates our fantastic OPAL volunteers. You can read the latest news and stories here, including a report from our volunteers’ event on 7th June and the outcome of our latest volunteers’ survey. OPAL Matters Issue 18 June 2023