On approaching the marathon baggage tent at Heslington just as dawn is breaking, there is always a feeling of “the calm before the storm”. Very few people about, and very little action. However, it doesn’t take long for that to change: initially, just a trickle of runners leaving their baggage, which gradually changes to a steady stream, and at around 9:10 becomes a total flood! By the time most of the runners have headed off to the start line, we intrepid baggage handlers

Since the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine York Rotary have been providing support by the provision of aid via Hope and Aid. With the continuation of hostilities this year we are running a Christmas appeal. As indicated in the image above the appeal has already resulted in 108 boxes of aid being sent to Ukraine. The collection of aid for Ukraine will continue until the end of October. Since 2022 456 boxes of aid have been sent to Ukraine. In addition 177 sleeping bags an

By kind permission of the Lord Mayor the York Rotary Dragon Boat Challenge awards ceremony was held at the Mansion House on Wednesday 7th October. Eighty people attended the event, including the York civic party. This event is the culmination of the annual Dragon Boat Challenge. It was first an opportunity to thank our corporate sponsors, without the support from our corporate sponsors we could not stage the event. With all the fundraising concluded Brian Joscelyne, joint t