Knaresborough Rotary Club’s Immediate Past President is at it again! Helen Westmancoat completed her 49th tandem skydive in 2021 in aid of RAF Charities, including the RAF Benevolent Fund, the Jonnie Egging Trust and the Lincoln Food bank. The special charity skydive was arranged by Skydive Hibaldstow as part of the RAF Scampton Family Day on 6 […]
After a COVID-19 lockdown break in 2020, Louth Rotary welcomed the return of their Memory Walk in 2021 and ran the event and partnership with Magna Vitae Trust for Leisure and Culture, who are one of their corporate members. The seventh Memory Walk took place on 15 May 2022 which was again a lovely warm […]
The Rotary Club of Cleckheaton & District report: At a time when there are concerns that school children may be spending more time 'writing' on computers, laptops, mobile phones etc. rather than with pen and paper, The Rotary Club of Cleckheaton & District has yet again organised its annual handwriting competition for year 4 pupils […]
On Saturday 26 March 2022 Judy Hazlehurst hosted The Rotary Club of Keighley’s annual Young Musician Competition in Keighley Shared Church. In Jan 2021 the Rotary Club of Keighley held the competition virtually and last Saturday was the first time in two years that the competition was held in person and it was a joy […]
I received an e-mail via the Rotary portal from a Sven Struman in Iceland requesting help in identifying the owner of a lost camera. It transpires that Sven is a professional photographer and has a shop in Reykjavik and during recent refurbishment work being carried out by his daughter she found the camara under a shelf. […]
The week before the first COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020 saw a group of Grimsby Rotarians once again helping with a cleanup of the River Freshney and surrounds. Two years on, Grimsby Rotarians are back demonstrating they are people of action as they participated in the river clean with a local charity Grimsby in Bloom. […]
Headingley Rotary Club and Leeds Rotaract Club collaborated on a tree planting project on 16t March 2022. In total, seven trees were planted at West Park Playing Fields along a public footpath. The project was co-ordinated by one of the Rangers from Leeds City Council. Many Rotarians and Rotaractors were surprised by the number of […]
As spring arrives, we celebrate how our Rotary Clubs have been actively tree planting in partnership with other each other and wider community organisations. Harrogate Rotary report: The last couple of weeks has seen a considerable amount of activity by ‘Trees for Nidderdale’, the charitable group run by Rotary Club of Harrogate organising tree planting […]
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free, high-quality books to children from birth until they begin school, no matter their family’s income. After launching in 1995, the program grew quickly. First books were only distributed to children living in Sevier County, Tennessee where Dolly grew up. It became such a […]
A fine example of partnership working in our Rotary District of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Enthusiastic children and parents from Harden Primary School came along on Saturday 12th February to plant 500 trees in a field in Harden. Caroline Hall, Assistant Head Teacher at Harden Primary was delighted with the turnout and said "Thank you all so […]