Exchanges
We attempt to help organisations make contact with their counterparts in our twinned cities and we can help to fund the entertaining of groups visiting Exeter. Hospitality is normally provided by the receiving organisation, but travel costs must be met by the exchanging groups.
Many successful exchanges have taken place involving such organisations as Exeter Flying Club, Exeter Camera Club, Exeter Rowing Club, Southernhay United Reformed Church, EXCEL Ladies, Exeter Festival Chorus, Alphington Combined School and Exeter Rotary Club.
If you would like to discuss the possibility of setting up an exchange, please contact our Secretary by email at:
secretary@exetertwinningcircle.org.uk
Official Exchange Visits
We are responsible for organising a regular programme of official twinning exchanges with Rennes, Bad Homburg and Terracina. These take the form of group visits lasting about a week and are open to all members, who we hope are able to reciprocate with hospitality for in-coming visitors. Payment for hosting is not given. Participants pay their own travel costs, but the Twinning Circle does its best to take advantage of group travel discounts and to arrange the cheapest method of travel for the group. Visit programmes include a mixture of formal and informal events providing a more intimate insight into the life and culture of our twinned towns than you can normally get from the usual tourist trip.
Official exchange visits have now been agreed for the next four years as follows:
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
| Rennes | Outward | Inward | Outward | |
| Bad Homburg | Inward | Outward | ||
| Terracina | Outward | Inward |
Bad Homburg visited us 13 - 20 May, 2008.
Click here to read an account of the visit by one of our visitors from Bad Homburg.
Download a copy of the full visit programme in Word format by clicking HERE
Download a copy of the full programme in PDF format by clicking HERE
Our visit to Rennes took place 18 - 21 September.
Click Here to read John Whitton's account of the trip. NEW!
Click Here to see a photo montage. NEW!If the video doesn't load on your computer, you can see a gallery of photos by clicking here.
The next visit to Exeter from Rennes is expected to be Thursday 21 - Sunday 24 May 2009.
Our next visit from Exeter to Terracina is expected to take place mid July 2009.