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
OPAL held it’s first face to face fundraising event on 15th October. Thank you to all who volunteered and to Jo and Juliet and the fundraising team for putting the event together. It was good to see people again and enjoy the day while at the same time raising valuable funds for OPAL.
You can read the latest updates on the reopening of OPAL Services in our September issue of OPAL Matters. Click here to read OPAL Matters Issue 12.
OPAL is delighted to announce that it has been awarded £3000 by Cheshire Community Foundation to support the most vulnerable older adults in our rural communities as covid restrictions lift. With this money OPAL will be able to support a number of people who need a more extended and gradual transition to social situations within
