District Conference 2018
Sat, Mar 17th 2018 at 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
North Lakes Hotel, Penrith
The conference is on Saturday 17/3/18 -
registration from 9 am, conference starts at 10.00 am and it concludes at 5pm.
Coffee and bacon butties on arrival (vegetarian option), buffet lunch, varied
programme of speakers.
Cost is £25per person
Venue: North Lakes Hotel, Penrith - Telephone direct: 01768 868111
Please quote “ROTARY CONFERENCE”
Friday night and/or Saturday night are available for booking through the hotel
at the special rate of £175 in total for 2 people sharing 1 room and £125 for
single occupancy per night - this includes dinner, bed and breakfast and the
following:
On Friday night there will be a Cumbria themed dinner and evening.
On Saturday night there will be dinner followed by entertainment by the
Bluebells- if numbers booked are sufficient.
Anyone not resident in the hotel can join us for dinner on Friday and/or
Saturday at a cost of £30 per person per evening.
The hotel initially held a number of rooms for us at £150 –we expect that these
will have all been allocated by 12/8/17. Thank you for your support for early
bookings.
Confirmed speakers are James Martin (formerly the "Rotary Blogger"), Judith Diment (PolioPlus); Ken Robertshaw (Rotary Peace Scholars); Susanne Rea (Founder of The Worlds’ Greatest Meal); and Marcus Hawthorn (North West Area Co-ordinator, Royal British Legion).
To book online https://form.jotformeu.com/71836578579376
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We were treated to a talk from representatives of Blood Bikes and presented them with a cheque for £250 at handover night
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