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Am 28. Oktober 2016 fand in der Ostermann-Kochschule bereits zum zweiten Mal unsere Kochveranstaltung „Members cook for Members“ statt.
Rezepte für Kochabend am 28. Oktober 2016
Für alle Mitglieder und Freunde, die am 28. Oktober in der Ostermann-Kochschule bei unserer Kochveranstaltung „Members cook for Members“ dabei sind, gibt es hier als Downloadservice bereits einige Rezepte des Abends. Es sind die Basis-Rezepte, bei der Realisierung kann es Abweichungen geben.
Bürgerreise vom 03. bis 07. Oktober 2014
Die Bürgerreise des Clubs in unsere Partnerstadt Barking Dagenham stiess in diesem Jahr erfreulicherweise auf ein wirklich großes Echo. Mit 47 Teilnehmern war die Reisegruppe so groß wie schon lange nicht mehr. Besonders hervorzuheben dabei war das große Interesse junger Menschen, so waren mehr als die Hälfte der Teilnehmer unter 25 Jahre. Darunter auch sechs Lateintanzpaare des Ruhrtanzclub Witten.
Höhepunkte der Reise waren am ersten Tag sicherlich die Fahrt mit der Emirates Air Line Gondelbahn zwischen Greenwich und den Royal Docks und der gemeinsame Mitgliederabend mit den englischen Freunden. Während dieser herrlich entspannt und doch so „englisch“ organisierter Veranstaltung wurden dann auch die Auftritte der Lateintanzpaare des Ruhrtanzclubs in Anwesenheit der Bürgermeisterin der Stadt Barking Dagenham enthusiastisch gefeiert.
Bei strahlendem Sonnenschein wurde dann der zweite Tag für einen ausgiebigen Spaziergang zwischen Embankment und Covent Garden genutzt. Westminster, Whitehall, St. James Park, Buckingham Palace,Trafalgar Square und Leicester Square lagen da sozusagen „ auf dem Weg“. Der dritte Tag gehörte schließlich der Erkundung der Partnerstadt. Die Bürgermeisterin der Stadt, Elisabeth Kangethe, hatte zu einem Empfang in ihre Amtsräumen geladen und beantwortete Fragen in erfrischend offener und temperamentvoller Art. Bei der anschließenden Führung im Valence House Museum gab es tiefe Einblicke in Geschichte des Ortes. Dabei kamen Besonderheiten zur Sprache die nicht nur Erstbesuchern neu waren.
Alles in allem also eine Reise die nur eine Motto zulässt: „to be continued….“.
Bericht von Werner Weis
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Grants
Grants
The Colin Pond Foundation was set up in 2001 as a Trust Fund to provide grants for young people engaged on a professional training course. The main stipulation is that the apprenticeship, training course or study programme lead to a recognised qualification.
Who is eligible for a grant?
Young adults between the age of 18 and 30 who come from Witten, Barking or Dagenham, who are on a recognised training course and who would not normally be able to complete the course without financial support.
International training
Applications with an international character – particularly if they relate to the Barking & Dagenham and Witten Twin Town Arrangement – will be preferred.
Amount of grant
As a rule, the Colin Pond Foundation may award an individual applicant a sum of up to € 2,300.00.
Application
Anyone interested in receiving a grant from the Colin Pond Foundation should apply in writing to the Trustees‘ secretary, setting out the aim and purpose of the training course. At the end of the grant period, they will be expected to submit a progress report.
Conditions
Applicants must explain what exact goal of the selected training course is.
They must give good reason that the grant is essential and that – through the grant and other financial means completion of the training course is an assured prospect.
If grant money from the Trust Fund is to be used to purchase equipment relevant to a recognised training course, then this must be made explicit in the application.
At their discretion, the Trustees may invite the applicants to attend an interview.
The grants may be paid out in instalments. If the training course is not completed as indicated, the Trustees are entitled to demand repayment or part repayment.
The Trustees reserve the right to make contact with the organisers of a training course in the event of lack of clarity as to course recognition or applicant aptitude.
The Trustees
Erich Bremm
Klaus Lohmann
Birgit Legel-Wood
Consultant
Klaus Völkel
Colin Pond – a Founding Father
Colin Pond – a Founding Father
A member of the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham Council from 1998 to 2001, Colin Pond had previously contributed to shaping municipal policy as a councillor for the then independent city of Dagenham, his hometown. He was a longstanding member of the Labour Party and an active trade unionist.
His work was governed by two main interests: education for young people on the one hand and, on the other, the town twinning arrangement between Witten and Dagenham and, subsequently, Witten and Barking & Dagenham. He had numerous friends in Witten, all of whom appreciated his unique commitment and readiness to help at all times.
Before his death in 2001, after a two-year battle against cancer, Colin bequeathed his savings to a Trust Fund with the express aim of „helping young people in Barking & Dagenham and Witten to finance their continuing studies“. The Fund can provide four bursaries a year: two in Witten and two in Barking & Dagenham.
If the Fund develops as Colin imagined, then new co-founders will come on the scene and various campaigns will be organised for the benefit of the Fund. Different groups and associations will also take part so that extra money can be raised and, hopefully, so that the number of beneficiaries and the size of grant will increase.
The partnership between Witten and Barking & Dagenham was of great importance to Colin. For this reason, it is only right and fitting that we promote training schemes that reflect this international connection. Yet there are no restrictions either way. The Colin Pond Fund Mangers are open to any suggestions of an educational nature.
A Short History of Witten
A Short History of Witten
Public records first mention Witten as a place name in 1214. However, there is also evidence going back to the year 851 for Herbede, which was to be incorporated into Witten in 1975. Awarded its own municipal rights in 1825, Witten has belonged to the Ennepe-Ruhr District since that local government reorganisation in the 1970s.
Strangers to Witten find it difficult to believe that this green town on the banks of the Ruhr also ranks as the „cradle of Ruhr industry“. Legend has it that, one day, a long time ago, a swineherd became fascinated by stones glowing in his campfire down Muttental way (Mutten Valley).
Yes, he had discovered coal, the economic significance of which was to make Witten a hub of the Ruhr mining industry by the mid 19th century. Today, Witten is a town full of contrast — topographically a little uneven, perhaps, but all the more interesting for it.
A medium-sized town which gives you a sense of the woodland countryside leading to the Bergische Land or the Sauerland but which also lies in the immediate vicinity of big cities such as Dortmund and Bochum. Either way, Witten with just under 100,000 inhabitants is the largest town in the Ennepe-Ruhr District.
Sightseeing attractions are …
Hohenstein Park with deer and boar enclosures, pets corner, sunbathing lawns, playing fields, nature trail and viewing tower high above the River Ruhr. The old hotel is currently under reconstruction, by the way. Lake Kemnade for boat trips, yacht & pedal boat hire, beach bar, places to eat and a swimming centre with open-air pool. Zeche Nachtigall (or Nightingale Colliery) and the Muttental Mining Trail (with a mine you can go down) combine as one anchor-point along the Industrial Heritage Route.
The Märkische Museum houses a unique collection of 20th century German paintings and graphic art. Plus a hoisting gear museum and other museums featuring the early history of mining in the Ruhr.
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