Completed meetings and events 2014-2015
Fri 26th June 2015 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
This is the final meeting of President Len's year of office. He will be handing over his chain of office to incoming President, Peter Tracey.Fri 19th June 2015 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
There is no after lunch speaker today. We will take the opportunity to enjoty a time of fellowship.Fri 12th June 2015 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
There was no lunchtime meeting today. Members were invited to join a trip to Kielder to see the work of the Calvert Trust. read more...Fri 5th June 2015 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
We have no formal after lunch speaker. Instead the time after lunch will be used for another Club Forum. This will be an opportunity to discuss matters affecting our Club and our plans for the future.Fri 29th May 2015 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
After lunch our speaker will be Hazel Ditchburn, fundraiser for the Calvert Trust, Keider. Hazel will be speaking about their Golf Day, with which we will be invoilved as part of our club centenary celebrations. read more...Fri 22nd May 2015 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
We held our Club Assembly on 22nd May. This is an opportunity for our incoming President for the Rotary Year 2015-16, which is the Club Centenary Year, to launch his programmme and introduce his team. We were also pleased to have Ass. Dist. Governor, Cynt read more...Fri 15th May 2015 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
The 99th Annual General Meeting of the Club took place after Club Lunch read more...Fri 8th May 2015 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
Though there was no formal after lunch speaker today, as it was be the 70th anniversary of VE Day, some of our older members shared their memories of the day. read more...Fri 1st May 2015 President's Night
Please support President Len by coming to his President's Night Celebration. The programme will include Dinner, entertainment and good fellowship. Please bring guests. read more...Fri 24th April 2015 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
There is no after-lunch speaker. We will be having another Club Forum - a chance to have your say about what we are doing in our Rotary Club.
Fri 17th April 2015 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
Today we welcome members of the Durham Rotary Club, who will be visiting our Club. Our after-lunch speaker will be Mike Tilley, of the Newcastle Arts Centre, who will be talking on the subject "Westgate - a forgotten City Centre". Guests are welcome.read more...
Fri 10th April 2015 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
Fellowship Day: There is no formal after-lunch speaker today. Instead it is a chance to talk to each other!The Projects Committee will meet in the lounge after lunch.
Fri 3rd April 2015 GOOD FRIDAY
There will be no club lunch meeting todayFri 27th March 2015 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
After lunch we will have another Club Forum. News of planned events and ideas for future development.
Fri 20th March 2015 Songs from the Shows
We arranged for Jane Kitson and Derek Minto, who gave us a very enjoyable "Geordie Evening" last May, to come back and entertain us with their presentation of "Songs from the shows". read more...Fri 13th March 2015 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
There will be no after lunch speaker today - a time for Rotary fellowship.The Club Projects Committee will meet after lunch
Fri 6th March 2015 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
Our after-lunch speaker will be Rotarian Tony Urwin, who will speak about Syria. Tony is president-elect of the Rotary Club of Altringham and has, in the past, made frequent visits to Syria both on busines and on holiday.
Fri 27th February 2015 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
After Lunch, Rtn Geoff Brindle give talk about the Club Banner of the Rotary Club of Conception in ChileFri 20th February 2015 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
We have no after lunch speaker booked for today so we will take the opportunity of holding another "Club Forum". Please take the opportunity to come and have your say.Fri 13th February 2015 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
Our after lunch speaker will be Liza Wood, a Rotary Global Ambassadorial Scholar from Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Liza is studying for a masters degree in sustainable agriculture at Newcastle university.The Projects Committee will meet after lunc
Fri 6th February 2015 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
Our after-lunch speaker today is Shona Alexander Chief Executive of the Citizens Advice Bureau in Newcastle. This should be an interesting talk so this will be ba "Guests Day" - please invite wives, husbands, partners, friends etc.Fri 30th January 2015 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
After lunch, Rtn. Janet Fay will present her "Banner" talk - a slightly extended version - on Gelsenkirchen - twin town of Newcastle.Fri 23rd January 2015 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
No speaker today. There will be a Club Forum after lunch.Fri 16th January 2015 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
We had hoped to have Mike Tilley who is the owner of the Newcastle Arts Centre on Westgate Road, speak to us after lunch. Mike couldn't make it but Peter Tracey gave a banner presentation instead on one of the Brazilian Clubs he had visited while on GSE.read more...
Fri 9th January 2015 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
Our first meeting of the New year will be on 9th January. This will be a time for Fellowship. The Projects Committee will meet after lunch.
Thu 18th December 2014 Christmas Lunch
We held our Christmas Celebration Lunch on 18th December.The programme included the Christmas Message, given by Jaeuk Park, and presentations of cheques in relation to our Christmas Collection and Appeal. read more...
Fri 12th December 2014 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
NB. At the request of the NKH, who have another booking in the afternoon, we will begin our meeting at 12.30pm today rather than the usual time.The SGM of the Club will be held and if space is available Projects Committee will meet afterwards. read more...
Mon 8th December 2014 - Thu 11th December 2014 Christmas Charity Collection- Eldon Square
We held our annual charity collection in Eldon Square Shopping Centre from 8th to 11th December this year. The Beneficiaries are CHUFF and the Percy Hedley Foundation, including the Northern Counties School read more...Fri 5th December 2014 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
Our After lunch speaker will be Hazel Ditchburn, who will be speaking about the Calvert Trust. The Calvert Trust is an organisation that will be hosting a Golf Day next year in which we will be involved as part of our Centenary celebrations. read more...
Thu 4th December 2014 Coffee Morning
Join us for a coffee morning at Hagg Hill Farm and enjoy fellowship over coffee in front of a log fire. Glassware, made by Rena Holford and other locally made items would make ideal Christmas presents and Rena is willing to talk about her glassmaking. read more...Fri 28th November 2014 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
There will be no after-lunch speaker today. It is a Fellowship Day. Please note that the Special General Meeting which was originally in the programme for today will now be held on Friday 12th December, after lunch.
Fri 21st November 2014 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
Our speaker will Rtn Peter Tracey. He will be speaking about the anniversary of the "Velvet Revolution", the peaceful end of Communism in Czechoslovakia in 1989. We also welcome members of the Rotary Club of Ponteland, This is a GUEST'S DAY read more...Fri 14th November 2014 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
This will be an informal meeting. Rotarian Jo Robertson will give a presentation of one of the Rotary Club banners in our collection.NB The Diwali night which was to have been held today has been postponed until the New Year. read more...
Fri 7th November 2014 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
After lunch Rotarian Catherine Bush, District Rotary Foundation Chairman, will address the club and give us some information about Rotary Foundation - what it does and how we can be more involved. Members of Seaburn Club will be selling Christmas Cards. read more...Fri 31st October 2014 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
After Lunch we will be holding our next "Club Forum" - an update on developments , activites and plans for the future and a chance to have your say. The Forum will incorporate an open meeting of the Club Projects Committee.Tue 28th October 2014 Outgoing Club Visit
We will be making an official visit to Ponteland Rotary Club. Members are invited to support President Len and to enjoy fellowship with our fellow Rotarrian at Ponteland.This is a Guests Day so wives, husbands, partners and friends will be welcome.
Fri 24th October 2014 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
The Format today will be different from normal. The Rotary "Visioning" team will be visiting and over an extended buffet lunch, will be helping us to define our vision and discuss ways in which that vision may be realised.PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF TIME read more...
Fri 17th October 2014 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
Our after lunch speaker will be our own member, Rtn Josephine Robertson read more...Fri 10th October 2014 - Fri 17th October 2014 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
After lunch we will have a brief presentation, prepared by President Len and delivered by Rtn Peter Firth, giving an introduction to the "Club Visioning" session we are due to have in two weeks time, on 24th OctoberFri 3rd October 2014 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
Our after-lunch talk with be Freda Thompson. Freda is a City Guide will give a talk on the history of Jesmond, following whch she will lead a group on a walk of the area. read more...Fri 26th September 2014 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
After lunch we will be holdinga another Club Forum when we will discuss the latest plans for expanding our membership and developments concerning our coming centenary year.Fri 19th September 2014 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
Our speaker after lunch will be Sir Peter Vardy, who will be talking about the charity, "Safe Familes for Children", with which he is involved.This is an "Open Guests Day": please feel free to invite friends and family to join us. read more...
Fri 12th September 2014 NO Club Lunch Meeting
PLEASE NOTE that, due to the unavailability of the New Kent Hotel today, there will be no Club Meeting at our usual venue.Members are encourages to take the opportunity to visit other Clubs in the District this week. read more...
Fri 5th September 2014 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
After lunch Rtn John Gillespie will talk on the subject "Ground Zero". read more...
Fri 5th September 2014 Visit to Scotswood Natural Community Garden
Join us to visit the Scotswood Natural Community Garden - a project working with young people in the West End of Newcastle. read more...Thu 4th September 2014 Visit to Alnwick Rotary Club
We made an official visit to the Rotary Club of Alnwick. Eighteen members and guests made upparty and we dined in the Olympic Suite. This room is famous for its panelling, which is from the SS Olympic, which was the sister shipog the ill-fated "Titanic" read more...Fri 29th August 2014 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
We will meet as usual for lunch. We have no farmal after lunch speaker so this has been designated as a "Fellowship Day", giving time for informed conversation and discussion.Fri 22nd August 2014 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
We will meet as usual for lunch. Our after lunch speaker si Peregrine Solly who will talk about the Chidren's Foundation, of which he is the Chief Execcutive. read more...Fri 15th August 2014 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
Our after-lunch speaker today will be Keith Suddaby, whose subject will be "Co-operation" read more...Fri 8th August 2014 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
Detail of any after lunch speaker will be advised if we are to have one. The Club Projects Committee will meet in the lounge after the lunchtime meeting.
Fri 1st August 2014 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
Our District Governor, Jean Thompson, will make her official visit to oir Club today and will address the Club after lunch.Fri 25th July 2014 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
After lunch we will be holding another Club Forum, with information and discussion about future plans of the Club.Fri 18th July 2014 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting: LORD MAYOR'S VISIT
The Lord Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne, Councillor George Pattison, will be making his official visit to out Club today. He will be our after lunch speakerFri 11th July 2014 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
Presidential handover: After Lunch, outgoing President, Surinder Puri will formally hand over his chain of office to incoming President, Len Burns.Fri 4th July 2014 - Fri 11th July 2014 Rotary Club Lunch Meeting
Our after Lunch speaker will be Rtn. the Rev. Malcome Jones, Honorary Cirate of Newcurn Parish Church and incoming President of the Rotary Club of Killingworth and Longbenton. Malcom will be talking about a possible joint project with Shieldfield School.