On Friday June 26th we had our annual President’s Lunch and Handover event. The main purpose of the lunch is to celebrate and thank all those who help us in our endeavours: spouses, partners and friends, who get roped into helping out, or who support Rotarians in less obvious ways. The lunch started with drinks and plenty of conversation on Novotel’s riverside terrace, in searing heat. Ladies sporting racegoing hats added a delightfully formal touch. Following a thought for

This annual event was held on Tuesday 16th June at the beautiful village of Nunnington. As has proved popular in past years there were options for either a 4.5 mile or a shorter 2 mile walk and/or a 1 mile Treasure Trail around the village, all followed by a Cream Tea in the listed village hall. Twenty walkers, ably led by David Fotheringham, gathered at 12.00noon sharp to set off on a circular walk starting from the village hall. Starting by walking gently uphill through t

Steve Burton attended his final Dragon Boat Team meeting on Monday 22nd June before retiring from the Dragon Boat team. Steve was one of the 9 Founder Members of the Dragon Boat Com (including the then Pres and Pres Elect) and has played a major part in the arrangements ever since Having said that it was an inauspicious start as at the first 2 meetings in April and May 2002, he sent his apologies – those were the days when we met in Com Members homes at 9.00am in the morni

GoodGym is a unique and dynamic charity that encourages people of all ages to combine fitness training with doing good in the community. On June 19th Ed Woollard and Vicky Hearson gave us an insight into their work. Set up in York in 2017 (by Egg Cameron, who was for many years also a “Friend of York Rotary” before she moved away from the area) they meet up regularly for a run, walk or cycle, ending up at a location where help has been requested in the community – President

It was a new event for York Rotary putting us firmly on the map for helping and encouraging Fashion Students in the City. It was a well attended exhibition at the Spurriergate Centre with four award presentations, and an excellent end to the academic year York Rotary have spent with the students. When the York Rotary Fashion Award was announced we were welcomed with a great big cheer from both Lecturers and Students who really appreciated our year visiting the York Art school

Mags Godderidge CEO of Survive talked to York Rotary on 12th June. Survive are the York Rotary nominated charity for the 2026 Dragon Boat Challenge. Mags started with thanks, not just for the anticipated support, but for getting her out of the office for a couple of hours where enabling to avoid having to plate spinning and fire fighting for a couple of hours. Mags shared powerful imagery from an Art Installation called Shame Ends Here Make Your Mark - which really brought

York Pride was an exciting move for York Rotary. Daring to be different, Mary Lumley and Jane Albon took the Tea Tent to a grass plot with no services at all. York Pride is now the biggest event in North Yorkshire and as an External Relationship exercise we had a stall at this years event. It was a three team event to try this out. External Relations funded the stall and Pride decorations, Fundraising provided set up and staff and Community Service provided funds to support a