Our June edition of OPAL Matters celebrates Volunteers’ Week 2022 and applauds the work of the amazing volunteers who underpin the work of OPAL Services. OPAL would like to thank each and every one of them for being such an important part of our Charity. This issue also reports on the visit to Buckingham Palace
Afternoon Tea for Carers – Wednesday 8th June, 2-4pm To celebrate Carers Week, Opal is hosting an afternoon tea with music at the Deeside Ramblers Hockey Club near Tarporley on Wednesday 8th June between 2pm and 4pm. If you are an unpaid carer aged 60 + or caring for someone over 60+ in west Cheshire,
On Sunday 22nd May, OPAL provided the refreshments at the National Garden Scheme event at Manley Knoll. Manley Knoll opens its gardens as part of the scheme every year. It is an Arts & Crafts garden created in the early 1900s. At this time of year, there is stunning colour provided by rhododendron and azaleas.
Wednesday 18th May was a wonderful day for Mary Thompson and Lesley Duggan, two OPAL Volunteers who were chosen to represent OPAL at the Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace to mark the fact that OPAL Volunteers have attained the prestigeous Queen’s Award for Volunteering. The weather was perfect – blue sky and sunshine, but not
Our April 2022 issue of OPAL Matters has been distributed with recent exciting news of services reopening. In what has been a busy period for OPAL we also welcome 2 new trustees and 2 new members of staff to the OPAL Team. Catch up with OPAL News here.
Join us at the Soup Lunch Fundraising Event on 18th March, 12.30 to 14.30 at Frodsham Community Centre. Come along and enjoy a light lunch of soup followed by cake and a hot drink while at the same time supporting OPAL £5 per person + Raffle For tickets contact Jo on 01928 787899
Very reluctantly OPAL has decided to temporarily suspend our meetings of Clubs, Carers’ Groups, Branching Out and GoOnLine sessions due to take place in January 2022. This is not the beginning OPAL had hoped for in 2022 but this decision is due to concerns that we will be unable to run services safely while the
Our Christmas 2021 Issue of OPAL Matters was distributed in December 2021 with stories of our Christmas activities and news of when our Chair Jane Colville and Malpas Club Organiser Brenda Platt went to Chester Town Hall and joined other representatives of local charities and organisations to meet with PrinceEdward, Earl of Wessex and also
The next OPAL Annual General Meeting will take place on 10th November 2021 at 5pm via Zoom. For more information please contact Moe Hutson at morag.hutson@opalservices.org.uk Please confirm or decline your attendance to Moe Hutson at morag.hutson@opalservices.org.uk.
OPAL is organising a Soup Lunch fundraiser at KELSALL COMMUNITY CENTRE, Chester Rd, Kelsall, Tarporley CW6 0SB FRIDAY 15th OCTOBER, 12.30pm – 2.30pm Come along and enjoy a light lunch of soup followed by cake and a hot drink, while at the same time supporting OPAL Cost: £5 per person + Raffle For tickets please contact Jo on 01928
