Completed meetings and events 2015-2016

Thu 30th June 2016 Club Presidential Handover Day

Thu 23rd June 2016 Erin Fitzpatrick and Amali Aluthgamage (Rotary Global Scholars)

Thu 16th June 2016 Sophie Mallon: "Who are DEBRA and what is EB?"

Thu 9th June 2016 Club Assembly

Thu 2nd June 2016 Frances Steel: "Why give blood?"

Thu 26th May 2016 Heather Anderson: "Food, farming and climate change"

Thu 19th May 2016 Matthew McVarish: "Change the world in 48 million not-so-easy steps."

Thu 12th May 2016 Sally-Anne Huxtable: "The Art and Design of Phoebe Anna Traquair".

Thu 5th May 2016 Club Annual General Meeting

Thu 28th April 2016 James Clark (Boots on the ground): "There can be no change without contact"

Thu 21st April 2016 Stuart Housden - "Giving nature a home in Scotland"

Thu 14th April 2016 Dr Samantha Ross: "Creating great schools so teachers can really teach and children can really learn"

Thu 7th April 2016 Alison Acosta: Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland "“ Scotland"™s Health Charity

Thu 31st March 2016 Carly McKie (Rotary Global Scholar): "Precious Metals, Cheap Labour: Efforts to Improve Human Rights in Global Supply Chains and the Importance of Ethically Sourced Products"

Thu 24th March 2016 Heather McInally: "Hope and Homes for Children"

Wed 23rd March 2016 - Flavours of India Curry Tasting

Join us in the Spice Lounge Kitchen or fun, fellowship and fundraising for The Jubilee Charity Fund. read more...

Thu 17th March 2016 Business Meeting

Thu 10th March 2016 Arnold Maran: "How the Godfather movie was nearly never made"

Thu 3rd March 2016 John Fletcher: "The shortage of organs for transplanting in Scotland and what we could do about it: "“ altruistic donation?"

Thu 25th February 2016 Simon Christie: "English-Speaking Union Scotland...Giving people a voice"

Thu 18th February 2016 Cerin Richardson: "The Kings and Festival Theatres - 2 iconic Edinburgh venues"

Thu 11th February 2016 Rt Rev Dr Angus Morrison (Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland): "The year so far"

Thu 4th February 2016 Mairi Stenhouse & Jordan Pettigrew: "Our experience during RYLA 2015".

Thu 28th January 2016 David Carpenter: "The Nation's Best-kept Secret"

Thu 21st January 2016 Iain Milne: "Sir Robert Sibbald, the founder of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh"

Thu 14th January 2016 Willie Manson: "Child protection - managing the reality of risk"

Thu 7th January 2016 Abu Meron: The Beauty of Bangladesh

Thu 17th December 2015 Club Christmas Lunch

Pre-booking essential - please contact the Club Treasurer, Ewart Shields. The lunch will cost £30 per head (more than our usual lunch)

Thu 10th December 2015 District Governor's visit: Andy Ireland

Thu 3rd December 2015 Jim McDowall: "The Art of Coarse Office Life - my 43 year career in Financial Services"

Thu 26th November 2015 Special General Meeting

Thu 19th November 2015 Chris Milne: "Let's loop Edinburgh and the Lothians"

Thu 12th November 2015 PDG Bob Christie: The work and achievements of Shelterbox in the past 20 years

Thu 5th November 2015 PDG Ian Geddes: "It shouldn't happen to a guide"

Thu 29th October 2015 Wendy Doran (Inner Wheel Club): "The Secrets of the Royal Mile"

Thu 22nd October 2015 Sandy Raeburn: "Clinical Genetics in Oman"

Thu 15th October 2015 Lydia Stoddart: "The reality of International Development"

Thu 8th October 2015 Norman Harris: "A walk through Audio and Information"

Thu 1st October 2015 Ken Campbell: "Pilotlight"

Thu 24th September 2015 Club Business Meeting

Thu 17th September 2015 Amy Ferguson: "Marine Life Rescue - could you save a dolphin?"

Thu 10th September 2015 Charlotte Lemaigre: "Street Heat"

Thu 3rd September 2015 Taiwan Youth Ambassadors

Thu 27th August 2015 Dr Gary Blackwood: "Stress, Health and Balance: the chiropractor's guide to ageing well"

Thu 20th August 2015 Paco Villalvilla: "A Guide Dog as a Mobility Aid. Breeding, Training, Matching and use of a Guide Dog".

Thu 13th August 2015 Ally Vincent: 'My year abroad as a Rotary Global Grant Scholar in Edinburgh'

Thu 6th August 2015 James Cook: 'Refereeing the referendum'

Thu 30th July 2015 Mark Wilson: 'From Byre to Yurt: a vocation in international agriculture'

Thu 23rd July 2015 Eric Davidson: 'It's a wrong way to ukulele'

Thu 16th July 2015 Rotary Youth Culture Camp Students

Thu 9th July 2015 Lesley Winton: 'Fostering Compassion'

Thu 2nd July 2015 Presidential Handover Day

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