Ray Hagger Chairman of Bognor Twinning Association is honoured to recently been appointed as the British German Associations Regional Representative for West Sussex.

The BGA is the civil-society hub for British-German relations in the UK, promoting mutual understanding and friendship between the UK and German. They enjoy Royal Patronage of HRH the Duke of Kent, and there work is endorsed by the German Embassy in London and the British Embassy in Berlin. The BGA are British sister organisation of the Deutsch-Britische Gesellschaft in Germany.

Their activities include guidance and support to British German Twinning Association's and support to Schools Teaching German through their Youthbridge Programme.

The BGA is a UK registered charity and receives no regular financial support from any Government, so rely primarily on philanthropic donations and legacies.

More information can be found on their website: Home - British-German Association (britishgermanassociation.org)