On Wednesday December 17th, three members from the Rotary Youth Team met at York College to present the first Construction Awards of this academic year. We were warmly welcomed by Course leaders Ashley Stokes and Mike Burdett who expressed how well these awards were working and meant so much to the students. Six awards were presented to the winning students in the different construction areas as shown in the photographs. Vic Brookes was chief photographer with Paul Hattee and

At our meeting on 14 th  November members were treated to a truly inspirational talk by 2025 RYLA Awardee Evelyn Plowright. Evelyn was one of two Awardees our Youth Services Team supported on the course this year. She presented as a very mature, engaging young lady with a very positive attitude to life and one who takes up all challenges she meets with enthusiasm and commitment. She talked us through the five days of the course leaving no stones unturned! She had seized every

On Tuesday 9 th  December some 25 guests were hosted to tea by members of the Community Services Team at the Novotel Hotel for a Christmas afternoon tea. Members of the team, together with partners, collected our guests from their homes and hosted them at the hotel. Amongst our guests were those referred by Age UK and who are collected weekly by taxi and taken to the University of York for the Tea and Coffee project. Students spend time in informal conversation and they joine