Major Andrew Vertigan, Commanding Officer, at York Salvation Army, spoke to York Rotary on the 6th February informing the club of the First Christmas Annual Toy Appeal, under his leadership. He was involved at Christmas 2024 before officially being appointed in January. He made a number of changes for Christmas 2025, to streamline much of the process leading up to a record amount of families and children, having gifts at Christmas. In total, The Salvation Army provided record

On January 16 th  we were delighted and honoured to receive, as our guest, Professor Charlie Jeffery, Vice-Chancellor of the University of York. With formalities quickly dropped, Charlie, rather than Professor Jeffery, spoke to us about the past history, current ethos and future prospects of his university, which was founded in 1963, when its first Vice Chancellor, Baron (John) James of Rusholme, made it clear from the outset that things would be different here from other ‘ne

The York Rotary Christmas lunch was held at the Novotel on Friday 19 th  December.  It was a very joyous occasion attended by over 100 Rotarians, partners and friends. The lunch started with Tom Jackson’s band which this year comprised Allan Morrison and Alan Tonks, president Paul Roberts on guitar, Paul’s son Henry on violin and of course Tom Jackson, they performed in the hotel foyer before lunch. After an excellent lunch served by the Novotel team.  This was also our oppor