OPAL Newsletter – OPAL Matters – September 2020
Category:NewsTo read all the latest OPAL news, including our response to the coronavirus pandemic, click on the link and download our latest newsletter.
OPAL Newsletter – OPAL Matters – September 2020
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Sep 20
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Sep 20
OPAL receives Marjory Boddy Charitable Trust award.
Category:NewsOPAL Services would like to thank the Marjory Boddy Charitable Trust http://marjoryboddy.co.uk/ and CWVA for recognising the work we are doing amid the Covid-19 pandemic in reducing social isolation and loneliness in older people in the rural communities of west Cheshire. The Marjory Boddy Charitable Trust helps registered charities in Chester, West Cheshire or immediate
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Jul 20
OPAL is awarded INEOS funding
Category:NewsOPAL Services is delighted to announce that we have been awarded £10,000 in funding from the INEOS Community Fund. The money will be put to good use and will help us continue to support older people in rural west Cheshire through the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic and plan new developments to ensure our recovery
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Jun 20
OPAL Newsletter – OPAL Matters – June 2020
Category:NewsNewsletter 7 – OPAL Matters June 2020 To read all the latest news at OPAL click on the link to download our latest newsletter.
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Jun 20
Carers Week 8th to 14th June 2020
Category:NewsThis Carers Week, is about Making Caring Visible for unpaid carers, that are looking after a family member or friend who has a disability, mental or physical illness, or who needs extra help as they grow older. In the last survey of carers (2011) there were over 37,000 unpaid carers living in Cheshire West. Often carers
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Jun 20
Volunteers Week celebrations
Category:NewsVolunteers Week 2020 ends today but this year has been a Volunteer’s Week to remember. Our celebrations were restricted due to coronavirus but we managed to deliver over 200 goody bags to volunteers in and around rural West Cheshire. This was our Thank You to all our amazing OPAL volunteers, who between them have given
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Jun 20
Queen’s Award for OPAL Services
Category:NewsOPAL is delighted to announce that on 2nd June 2020 we were awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Services. The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service is the highest award given to local volunteergroups across the UK to recognise outstanding work done in their own communities. It was created in 2002 to celebrate the anniversary of The Queen’s coronation. It is the MBE for volunteer groups. Jane Colville,
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May 20
Marshes Community Benefit Fund award
Category:NewsThe Marshes Community Benefit Fund has once again granted funding to OPAL Services. The funding is for the OPAL Branching Out service which operates in the Frodsham and Helsby areas. Over the next year this funding will assist in the recovery phase of COVID – 19 and also going forward. Our thanks go to the
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Apr 20
OPAL Newsletter – OPAL Matters – April 2020
Category:NewsNewsletter 6 – OPAL Matters April 2020 To read all the latest news at OPAL click on the link to download our latest newsletter.
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Apr 20
Community Response Fund application success
Category:NewsOPAL has received news from Cheshire West and Chester Council that our Community Response Fund application has been successful. This very welcome funding will help us to continue our work through the Covid19 pandemic. This is great news because it means we can continue delivering all our befriending and support services to existing members and