Completed meetings and events 2020-2021
Thu 24th June 2021 Online Club Handover
For a second time our Club Handover will be held in a Zoom meeting, Pres. Katrina Gibbons will pass the baton to P.E. Charles Keeper who will then induct other Office Bearers and convenorsVoT: S.V.P. Peter McCrossan read more...
Thu 17th June 2021 Edward Docherty - Exec. Dir. for Nurses, Midwives and A.H.P.s
Mr. Docherty, Executive Director for Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals of Lanarkshire Health Board will talk to the members on his role from the perspective of a male nurse.VoT: John McDonald read more...
Thu 10th June 2021 Principal Officer Ellen Wong, US Consulate General, Edinburgh
Ms Wong will address the members on her role in Scotland and recent events, here and in her country.VoT: Callan Dick read more...
Thu 3rd June 2021 Online Club Assembly - P.E. Charles Keeper
President Elect Charles and the Committee Convenors will give the members their plans for the coming Rotary yearVoT: Hugh Graham
Thu 27th May 2021 Jeff Zycinski – Author and BBC producer
Jeff Zycinski, with speak of some of the books he has written and about his experience working at BBC Scotland of 20 yearsVoT: James Gibbons read more...
Thu 20th May 2021 Evening of online chat - speaker cancelled due to illness
Join in with an evening of online socialising in various breakout groups. An excellent opportunity to catch up!!VoT: N/A read more...
Thu 13th May 2021 Evening of online chat
Join in with an evening of online socialising in various breakout groups. An excellent opportunity to catch up!!VoT: N/A read more...
Thu 6th May 2021 Pres. Katrina Gibbons – Club A.G.M.
Annual General Meeting of the Club including election of Office Bearers and ConvenersVoT: TBC
Thu 29th April 2021 Evening of online chat
Join in with an evening of online socialising in various breakout groups. An excellent opportunity to catch up!!VoT: N/A read more...
Thu 22nd April 2021 Michal Zawisza - Vice-Consul, Consulate General of the Republic of Poland
Michal Zawisza, Vice-Consul in the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland, in Edinburgh, will provide an overview of the work of the Consulate and current projectsVoT: Jane Allan read more...
Thu 15th April 2021 George English – 400th Anniversary of the Mayflower
George, director of family history service Research Through People, will talk on the 400th Anniversary of the voyage of the Mayflower from England to MassachusettsVoT: Tom Agnew read more...
Thu 8th April 2021 Group Commander Sandy Gillespie – Scottish Fire and Rescue
Sandy Gillespie will speak to the members on today’s Scottish Fire and Rescue ServiceVoT: Willie Talbot read more...
Thu 1st April 2021 Evening of online chat
Join in with an evening of online socialising in various breakout groups. An excellent opportunity to catch up!!!VoT: N/A read more...
Thu 25th March 2021 Karen Campbell - My Journey to Becoming an Author
Karen will talk on her experiences, to date, of developing her writing skills to become an authorVoT: Allan Scott read more...
Thu 18th March 2021 D.G. Calum Thomson - D.G.'s Visit
District Governor Calum Thomson will make his official visit to the Club on ZoomVoT: Charles Keeper read more...
Thu 11th March 2021 Dave King - Telling Rotary's Story
Dave, the editor of the Rotary Magazine, will talk to the membersVoT: Des Donnelly
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Thu 4th March 2021 Steven Jaffe – Jewish Communities in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Steven, an advocate and public affairs consultant to the UK Jewish community, will talk on Jewish communities in Scotland and Northern IrelandVoT: Andrew Murray read more...
Thu 25th February 2021 David Fisher – Musical Director
David, a well-known Musical Director in the West of Scotland, will give a talk to the membersVoT: Jim Robertson read more...
Thu 18th February 2021 Evening of online chat
Join in with an evening of online socialising in various breakout groups. An excellent opportunity to catch up!VoT: N/A
Thu 11th February 2021 Michael McCrossan – Clinical Simulation in Health Care Education
Michael, who works for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde at NHS Louisa Jordan, will talk about modern methods of training of Health Care professionalsVoT: Jim Peat read more...
Thu 4th February 2021 Malcolm Baldwin – The Wrap Up Project
Malcolm will speak on the Wrap Up Project, run by various Rotary Clubs working in partnership with Hands on London, with the aim of providing coats to people, across the UK, who struggle to keep warm during the winter monthsVoT: Jean Murray read more...
Thu 28th January 2021 Sabah Moran – My Journey to the Jail
Psychologist, Sabah, will talk about her experiences working in the prison service, in London, dealing with various cases, but, in particular, sex offendersVoT: David McLeod read more...
Thu 21st January 2021 Evening of online chat
Join in with an evening of online socialising in various breakout groups. An excellent opportunity to catch up!!VoT: N/A read more...
Thu 14th January 2021 Lesley Thomson, Q.C. - My Life of Crime
Former Area Procurator Fiscal for Glasgow and Solicitor General for Scotland, Lesley will talk to the members on her many experiences in these positionsVoT: John McGeary read more...
Thu 7th January 2021 James Innes – Bitten by the Black Dog
Member of the Rotary Club of London, entrepreneur, author and broadcaster, James will speak of his 25-year fight against depressionVoT: Bill McCallum read more...
Thu 31st December 2020 THERE IS NO CLUB MEETING
Christmas and New Year Break
Thu 24th December 2020 THERE IS NO CLUB MEETING
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Thu 17th December 2020 Online Evening of Christmas Fun and Chat (Partners' Night)
An evening of Christmas Fun and Chat, in breakout groups, with partners invited. Please note the 7.30 pm startVoT: John McDonald
Thu 10th December 2020 Online Club S.G.M. and Business Meeting
President Katrina Gibbons will chair our annual Special General Meeting, followed by a Business MeetingVoT: Hugh Graham
Thu 3rd December 2020 Richard Green – Rotary Jaipur Limb Project
Richard Green will talk on the work of this projectVoT: James Gibbons read more...
Thu 26th November 2020 Evening of online chat
Join in with an evening of online socialising in various breakout groups. An excellent opportunity to catch up!!VoT: N/A read more...
Thu 19th November 2020 Dr Gillian Mulholland – Some information to Digest!
Gillian Mulholland, Consultant Gastroenterologist, will give us some information to digest!VoT: Paul Begley read more...
Thu 12th November 2020 Blake Milteer – The Mackinnon Photographic Collection
Blake Milteer, curator of photography for the National Galleries of Scotland, will tell us about the historic Mackinnon Photographic CollectionVoT: Callan Dick read more...
Sat 7th November 2020 Christmas Market 2020
Our Christmas Market, organised in conjunction with Dalziel High School P.T.A., will raise funds for our Furniture for Families project read more...
Thu 5th November 2020 George Ritchie – “North to 60 North”
George Ritchie, a member of the Westminster Rotary Club, will talk on A Flying Rotarians adventure to Turku, Finland.VoT: Jane Allan read more...
Thu 29th October 2020 Richard Melvin – A Comedy of Errors
Richard Melvin, of Dabster Productions, will talk to the members on Life as a Comedy Producer for the BBC.VoT: Tom Agnew read more...
Thu 22nd October 2020 Evening of online chat
Join in with an evening of online socialising in various breakout groups. An excellent opportunity to catch up!!VoT: N/A read more...
Thu 15th October 2020 Vanessa Cook – Modern 20th Century History
Vanessa Cook, a PhD student at Glasgow University, will speak on aspects of recent 20th Century history.VoT: Willie Talbot read more...
Thu 8th October 2020 David Kay – The Crazy Life of a Hotelier
David Kay, a hotelier in Edinburgh, will talk about his experiences of the crazy things that happen in hotels.VoT: Tom Sleith read more...
Thu 1st October 2020 Prof. Stuart K Munro, OBE – Our Dynamic Planet
Prof Munro, former Director of Dynamic Earth, will speak to the members on Our Dynamic Planet and other, geology related, topics.VoT: Allan Scott read more...
Thu 24th September 2020 Ryan Forbes - Ear Care and Hearing Issues
Ryan Forbes, Director of Hearing Services with Specsavers, will talk about hearing services and recent developments.VoT: Jim Robertson read more...
Thu 17th September 2020 Online Talk – Nicholas McCrossan – Why Speed 2?
Nicholas McCrossan, a senior civil engineer, speak to the Club on “Why Speed 2?”, High Speed Rail ProjectVoT: Jim Peat read more...
Thu 10th September 2020 Online Talk – Sandra Brown – Moira Anderson Foundation
Sandra Brown, founder of the Moira Anderson Foundation, will inform the members of their work in supporting those affected by childhood sexual abuseVoT: Jean Murray read more...
Thu 3rd September 2020 President Katrina Gibbons - Presidential Address
President Katrina will give her address for the Rotary Year 2020-21VoT: Andrew Murray read more...
Thu 27th August 2020 Evening of online chat
Join in with an evening of online socialising in various small groups. An excellent way to catch up.VoT: N/A
Thu 20th August 2020 Summer Club Speaker Online – Willie Talbot
Willie Talbot will give a talk under the Club's Summer Speaker ProgrammeVoT: N/A
Thu 13th August 2020 Summer Club Speaker Online – Tom Sleith
Tom Sleith will give a talk under the Club’s Summer Speaker ProgrammeVoT: N/A
Thu 6th August 2020 Evening of online chat
Join in with an evening of online socialising in various small groups. An excellent opportunity to catch up!!VoT: N/A
Thu 30th July 2020 Summer Club Speaker Online – Jim Robertson
Jim Robertson will give a talk under the Club’s Summer Speaker ProgrammeVoT: N/A read more...
Thu 23rd July 2020 Summer Club Speaker Online – John McGeary
John McGeary will give a talk under the Club’s Summer Speaker ProgrammeVoT: N/A read more...
Thu 16th July 2020 Summer Club Speaker Online – Andrew Murray
I.P.P. Andrew Murray will give a talk under the Club’s Summer Speaker ProgrammeVoT: N/A read more...
Thu 9th July 2020 Summer Club Speaker Online – Jim Peat
Jim Peat will give a talk under the Club’s Summer Speaker ProgrammeVoT: N/A read more...
Thu 9th July 2020 Pre-meeting Chat Online
Join our Zoom meeting early to enjoy chat in smaller groups
Thu 2nd July 2020 Summer Club Speaker Online – David Crichton
David Crichton will give his ‘Job Talk’ under the Club’s Summer Speaker ProgrammeVoT: N/A read more...