Disbursements To Local Charities
Every December, Farnborough Rotary members and friends walk the streets of Farnborough with the Christmas float to raise funds for local charities. Then all of the money is given to some of the local charities who have applied. On Thursday 30th March 2017 we invited those charities to lunch at the Holiday Inn Farnborough and presented cheques. In this video, member John Grenham explains the process of disbursements and we hear from some of those charities who received cheques on the...
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Last night our club joined forces with the Blackwater Valley Rotary club at the Holiday Inn Farnborough, to hear a very motivating and inspirational talk given by Helene Raynsford, the young paralympian who has achieved so much in the last 8 years. Helene spoke about her illness that left her disabled whilst at university, the challenges she faced up to, on the way to becoming a gold medal winner and she gave us a blow by blow account of how she was feeling as she won the gold medal race. ...
Read MoreSpecial Guest Author Jack Sheffield
Today author and former school teacher came to our rotary club lunch and gave a talk on his experiences as a teacher and now published author. He has published 3 books and two of them have been turned into audio books. He hails from Yorkshire originally, but now lives in Surrey. Currently he is on a tour of Waterstones Bookstores. His books are nostalgic and based on his own experiences. You can visit his website is here. Link Sean Usher met up with him after he gave his talk and had a...
Read MoreRotarians To Visit York
Over 25 rotarians from our club along with partners are taking a 3 day trip to York in April. It is one of the many events that the Rotary club gets involved in each year. Organised by rotarian Roy Sharpe who joined the club in 1970 and regularly organises trips for members. We also have active snooker and golf teams who play together regularly and there are also dart matches, trips to the theatre and many other social events, giving members a chance to get together and get to know each other...
Read MoreYoung Citizen Winner
Rotary Young Citizen Winner receives Diana Award Rotary Young Citizen Award winner Nicole Dryburgh received a Diana Award during a reception at 11 Downing Street earlier this week. Nicole, who celebrated her 20th birthday on Monday (9th February), has been left blind, profoundly deaf and unable to walk due to spinal cancer but despite this has written a book, runs her own website, writes a column for her weekly newspaper in Kent and has raised tens of thousands of pounds for her favourite...
Read MoreMusic In The Park
Our bi-annual event takes place this year 11-12 July You can find out all the details below, but please get your tickets early.
Read MoreOur 50th Year
This year Farnborough Rotary Club are celebrating our 50th anniversary. We have a number of things planned privately and for the general public. We have a 50th anniversary dinner planned for the 8th of May and we are planning an anniversary week from the 4th May. More details to follow.
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