The Rotary club of The City of Wolverhampton and several other clubs were delighted to host a team of visiting young people from Vechta, Germany under a programme pioneered by our District 1210, entitled Vocational Study Exchange. (VSE.) This followed a visit by our outgoing team to Vechta in the previous October.

VSE gives young people the opportunity to study their chosen career in another country for 2 weeks as well as visiting places of local interest and Rotary clubs. The participants are non Rotarians under the leadership of a Rotarian and they stay in Rotarians homes.

Rotarian Stefan Warnking the team leader said, at the conclusion of their visit “thanks to you we were able to gain many insights and vocational knowledge that a typical tourist would never experience. The VSE programme is a fantastic project and I consider these exchanges to be one of the most important development programmes within Rotary, offering maximum benefit and new friendships to everyone involved!”

Past exchanges have been held with groups from Finland, Norway and many other European countries. Plans are underway for an exchange in the next Rotary year. For further information contact John Mottram at  l_mottram@hotmail.com