23-year-old Jasmine Harrison of Thirsk, North Yorkshire, who is always pushing herself to the limit in the name of combatting climate change, has been recognised with a Rotary Young Citizen Award 2023.   In 2021, Jasmine became the youngest woman to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Not content with just one world record, Jasmine […]

An opportunity to read more: Foundation - Rotary District 1040 (ylrotary.org.uk) The Rotary Foundation | Rotary International

Perspective: mental view of the relative importance of things Image: reputation of a persona or Company etc. (or in our case Rotary) These two items are intertwined and are essential to the longevity of Rotary. Bear in mind, too, that Rotary, in and of itself, achieves little. It is individual Rotarians and their clubs that […]

Over 100 swimmers of all ages took part in the recent North Lincolnshire Rotary Swimarathon, or Swimarathon 4 as it was dubbed by the organising committee of Rotarians from Brigg, Scunthorpe and Scunthorpe Pentagon. The swimmers raised in excess of £9,000 from their sponsors, and with all costs covered through the support of 8 local businesses […]

An update from Stephen Ellis our District Foundation Lead - April 2023 We agreed to send $10,000 from our DDF fund to End Polio Now, which I have now actioned. Effective 1 July 2021, DDF donations in this category will be matched 50% for every US$1 (up to US$10 million) by The Rotary Foundation’s World […]

Access to safe water, sanitation services and hygiene education are basic human needs for health and wellbeing. Despite it being declared a human right and one of the United Nation’s sustainable development goals, there are still over 2 billion people around the world without access to safe drinking water. Almost half the world’s population (3.6 […]