To pay tribute to Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Services fifty years of friendship with the Fire fighters of Krefeld, Lord Mayor, Dr Susan Barton, invited representatives of the team who organise current twinning events to join her for tea in the Lord Mayors parlour. A party of eight Firefighters, both serving and retired, attended the […]
University of Leicester Chamber Choir Visit Strasbourg in July 2023 The Choir approached CLETA in the latter half of 2022 enquiring as to whether the organisation could help them arrange a visit to Strasbourg. With the excellent response from the Mayor of Strasbourg’s office, in particular Juliette Kohler, contact was made with members of the […]
LEICESTER’S new Lord Mayor has been handed the chains of office at a ceremony in the city’s Town Hall and also becomes President of CLETA during her term in office. Cllr Dr Susan Barton, who has served as a city councillor since 2011, currently represents the Braunstone Park and Rowley Fields ward, having previously represented […]
16th May 2023 productive meeting this morning with over one thousand pounds handed out to groups holding twining activities in the next couple of months. When the election of the new civic mayor is confirmed later this month the secretary will arrange a date for the AGM later in June
After our first meeting in Krefeld, 1973 it was time to celebrate fifty years of this friendship and our colleagues in the Krefeld Fire Service always insisted that this would be their show. The event nearly didn’t get off the ground as our outward-bound flight to Dusseldorf was cancelled with less than 24 hours’ notice […]
LEICESTER ATHENA VOLLEYBALL CLUB VISIT STRASBOURG FOR THE FIRST TIME! – SEPTEMBER 2022 Newly promoted, Leicester Athena Women’s Volleyball team have been searching for appropriate competitive opportunities over the summer in their bid to challenge Division 1 of the Volleyball England National League next year. With many teams disbanded over the summer, favouring the beach […]
Leicestershire Voluntary Police Cadets Visit Krefeld, Germany in August 2022 to take part in the Bi-Annual Soapbox Derby On August 12th 2022, 9 Leicestershire Police Cadets and 2 leaders flew from Birmingham to Dusseldorf, where they were met by Youth Leaders from Krefeld, Germany. The purpose of the visit was to engage with local youths […]
CLETA DELEGATION VISITS STRASBOURG Following our release from Covid Restrictions, a small delegation of CLETA committee members made their way to Strasbourg via Eurostar to renew our twinning partnership. On our first full day, we had a visit to René Cassin College, which is the college that has regularly encouraged its students to come to […]
IPA LEICESTERSHIRE BRANCH VISIT KREFELD, GERMANY Friday 29th July – Monday 1st August 2022 IPA Krefeld is celebrating 65 years since becoming a member of the International Police Association and IPA Leicestershire was there to join in with the festivities. It was also the 50th anniversary of twinning between the two branches. Juliana (Local Police […]
Leicester City Ladies Football team recently hosted a tournament at their Aylestone Road ground including a team from A.S. Masau in Strasbourg The event was held on Sunday June 5th and included teams from the under 12 and under 13 categories After arriving at Stanstead airport the Lclfc mini bus collected our visiting friends from […]