The Rotary Club of Kidderminster in Worcestershire certainly welcomed a wonderful turnout to its 100th-anniversary celebrations.
Over 100 guests enjoyed a formal dinner with entertainment by the comedian, Alfie Moore of Radio Four’s “a Fair Cop”.
The event was supported by Rotary District Governor and Assistant District Governors, Presidents, and Rotarians from Lincoln, Birmingham, Bewdley, Evesham, Hagley, Stourbridge, Stourport, Kinver, and Worcester; as well as The Alcester Bretvins.
President Paul outlined a brief history of the Club and its many varied projects that the club has supported both internationally and locally.
The club has been instrumental in forming three other local clubs; Stourport-on-Severn in 1963, Hagley in 1978 and Bewdley in 1990.
Over the years many projects have received help from Kidderminster Rotary Club, from the annual sponsored walk, annual community service awards to local children and much more.
President Paul Frizzelle and long-standing Rotarian Mervyn Silcox introduced the Speaker, Alfie Moore to celebrate the club’s centenary.
Borderland Rotary in West Midlands hosted Macmillan Cancer Coffee Mornings at Oswestry Street market on Friday and was blown away by the response of the people of Oswestry.
The coffee was made by Lynda Jones from Llynclys Farm in her little hospitality van and the magnificent range of cakes was provided by Sean Evans from Sweeney Hall Hotel.
Harry Richardson, who set up the stand and coordinated the event commented on the success of the morning.
He said: “It all started very well, and it was quite sunny but funnily enough, as the weather got worse, the takings went up and I was really impressed by the generosity of all the people that stopped for a chat as the rain poured down.
“We’ve been doing the coffee morning for some years now, apart from Covid of course, but we’ve never taken so much money and I’m so grateful to everyone that gave so freely in these difficult times, and I’d like to thank Lynda and Sean for making it possible.”
The coffee morning made just over £650 and was a huge success for the club.”
Sean, from the Sweeney Hotel, said, “I always look forward to doing this event as it’s a chance for me to give something back.
“Also, to get out and meet everyone and I’m obviously thrilled to see that people seem to enjoy the cakes we make at the hotel, long may it continue.”
The coffee morning made just over £650 and was a huge success for the club.
Borderland Rotary has also recently been thanked by two local Refugee Hub volunteers for their £1,000 donation to support the resettlement programme for Ukrainian families.
One of the volunteers, Mike Isherwood, said: “We are so grateful for this donation and somewhat relieved as our funds were getting very low and although the public has been incredibly generous in both word and deed, we do need hard cash now and again.”
The New Blendworth Centre is a day provision for adults with varying degrees of learning disability.”
The Rotary Club of Portsmouth North, South-East England, has donated £8,000 raised from its charity golf day to The New Blendworth Centre in Horndean, a local charity for adults with learning disabilities.
The money was raised from The Rotary Club of Portsmouth North’s annual charity golf day, held on 9th June 2022 at Rowlands Castle Golf Club.
Twenty-one four-ball teams entered teeing off at ten-minute intervals and ending the day with a meal and prize giving.
The event was sponsored by the Portsmouth Sytner Land Rover dealership. Ian Bennett who is the head of business at the dealership commented on the sponsorship.
He said: “This is the tenth year we have sponsored these events and we are really pleased to be supporting this and the difference it makes to charities, like the New Blendworth Centre within our local community.”
The New Blendworth Centre is a day provision for adults with varying degrees of learning disability.
It offers service users a work-orientated placement within in its garden centre based in Blendworth village, Horndean.
The Centre aims to develop and support individual goals, encourage friendships, raise self-esteem, and promote confidence and independence.
From left to right: Sean Evans (the Sweeney) Sherie Soper, Harry Richardson (Borderland) & Lynda Jones (Llynclys Farm Coffee)
Andy Williams, chair of the new Blendworth Association spoke of his appreciation for the donation and how it will impact the centre.
He said: “We are truly grateful to Portsmouth North Rotary Club for this donation, which is the single biggest donation we have ever received.
“The money will make an enormous difference to our users by funding this fantastic new building on our site.
The Rotary Club of Portsmouth North has been arranging Charity Golf Days to support local charities raising over £300,000 over the past 23 years.
The cheque for £8,000.00 was presented by The Rotary Club of Portsmouth North President Keith Redford and Sytner Land Rover Head of Business Ian Bennett to Andy Williams of The New Blendworth Association.
