Lights, wetlands, action! Aireborough and Skipton Craven Rotary connect with arts, nature and volunteer organisations Central to Rotary in Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire are the relationships with local communities. To best serve our communities, Rotary clubs are looking to partnership working opportunities with other link-minded organisations. This month, we are looking at how Aireborough and […]
Making Mental Health and Wellbeing a Rotary Priority RI President Gordon McInally has proposed that Rotary makes mental health a priority, He argues that Rotarians and clubs are ideally placed to erase the stigma around caring about emotional wellbeing; raising awareness of mental health needs and working to improve access to mental health services. But […]
Occupational therapist Rtn. Alicia Ridout of Aireborough Rotary (District 1040) is working on her Ph.D. dissertation looking at how occupational therapists can work with older people to use smart (AI) technology safely. The aim is to create new occupational therapy practice tools and to improve conversations about AI safety. She is conducting a survey and […]
14 September 2023 update. A D1040 conference booking update: bookings for the Saturday 7 October charity lunch and black-tie dinner will close on Friday 29 September 2023. Day registration bookings will remain open to allow for a ‘turn up and pay on the day’ option. A message from David Phillips, District Governor 2023-24, posted 27 […]
By the time this item is published in Sharing Rotary Stories, my year as DG will be very firmly closing. From Judith and me, thank you sincerely for allowing us the opportunity to have what has been a supremely enjoyable year. I never held any ambition to be a District Officer, let alone DG. I […]
Harry Murray. who has died aged 88, was a much-loved father, grandfather and great grandfather. A respected member of Gracious Street Methodist Church, Harrogate Male Voice Choir and Knaresborough Rotary Club, Harry’s life was one of service to the community he loved. Always ready with a joke and a witty remark, his dry sense of […]
In September 2020, Northallerton Rotary formed their first Publicity Committee. Their goal was to coordinate better and presence in local media and on the club’s website, Facebook and Instagram. What they didn’t realise at the time is that the club, and the actions of the Publicity Committee, would play a role in keeping local independent […]