OPAL Matters Issue 17 December 2022
Category:NewsFind our all the latest OPAL News in the last OPAL Matters Newsletter of the year. Opal Matters December 2022 Issue 17
OPAL Matters Issue 17 December 2022
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Dec 22
OPAL receives valued support from MCBF
Category:NewsOPAL is once again fortunate to receive grant funding from the Marshes Community Benefit Fund. This funding award will see us linking up two of our successful services: OPAL Branching Out and OPAL GoOnLine and providing services across Frodsham, Helsby and Elton. For more information please contact us on 07512 632 515 or 07779 283
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Nov 22
OPAL Christmas Lottery
Category:NewsHave you heard about our OPAL Lottery? Feeling lucky?! Do you have tickets? Join today for your chance to win! Every week one of our players wins a cash prize of around £12 plus the chance of winning up to £25,000 Since July 2021, our supporters have raised £2010 for OPAL. 50% of all tickets sold will be used to
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Oct 22
Annual General Meeting 2022
Category:NewsThe next OPAL Annual General Meeting will take place on Wednesday 9th November 2022 at Cheshire View, Plough Lane, Christleton, Chester, CH3 7PT (01244 332 442) Tea and coffee served from 5pm for a 5.30pm start. Click here to register
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Jul 22
Vacancy – Communications Officer – (post now closed)
Category:NewsOPAL Services is looking for a Communications Officer for 5 hours a week, to be responsible for the production and maintenance of newsletters, the website and other OPAL communications. Working mainly from home, you will be working alongside staff and trustees in a small rural charity that delivers services for older people in rural west
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Jul 22
OPAL Launches a newsletter for Carers
Category:NewsIn July OPAL launched a new monthly newsletter for carers called Breaktime. Check it out! OPAL Breaktime Newsletter January 2023 OPAL Breaktime Newsletter October 2022 OPAL Breaktime Newsletter September 2022 OPAL Breaktime Newsletter August 2022 OPAL Breaktime Newsletter July 2022
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Jun 22
OPAL Matters June 2022 – Volunteers’ edition
Category:NewsOur 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
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Jun 22
‘Making caring visible, valued and supported’
Category:NewsAfternoon 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,
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May 22
National Garden Scheme event, Manley Knoll, 22nd May
Category:NewsOn 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.
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May 22
OPAL Volunteers go to Buckingham Palace
Category:NewsWednesday 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