Completed meetings and events 2024-2025

Thu 24th April 2025 Committees & Council

Thu 17th April 2025 Fellowship

Thu 10th April 2025 Friends & Family

Thu 3rd April 2025 Business - Lindsay Smith & artist Scott, Kilsyth Academy Library Mural

A proposed mural designed by pupils.

Thu 27th March 2025 Committees & Council, Kate Keter, Rotary Foundation

A talk about Rotary Foundation

Fri 21st March 2025 - Primary Schools Quiz

Local primary schools attended this year’s event at St Patrick’s Primary.

Thu 20th March 2025 Fellowship - Marlyn Somers, Building Schools in Uganda

Thu 13th March 2025 Friends & Family - Bill Duncan,The Search for the Secret Howff





Thu 6th March 2025 Fellowship - Business

Sun 2nd March 2025 EPN Afternoon Tea

Raising funds for Rotary's End Polio campaign with afternoon sandwiches and cakes. Another enjoyable and successful event raising over £2000 for the fight to end polio.

Thu 27th February 2025 Committees & Council

Thu 20th February 2025 Fellowship - Russell McGregor Job Talk

Recent member Russell gives a job talk

Thu 13th February 2025 Friends & Family - Burns Night

David Westwood addressed the haggis and Holy Willie's Prayer. Sam Peoples did the piping. Music from Remagen. Mark chaired and provided a Burns quiz.

Thu 6th February 2025 Business

Thu 30th January 2025 Committees & Council

New member Alastair Murray is welcomed to the club.

Thu 23rd January 2025 Fellowship

SVP Mark Davidson exchanged club pennants with John Strang , President of Whitburn club. A number of Whitburn members paid a visit.

Thu 16th January 2025 Fellowship - June Grindley, Creatovators

A presentation about workshops and support for youngsters on the autistic spectrum and their parents. Earlier new member Russell McGregor was inducted.

Thu 9th January 2025 Friends & Family -


Thu 2nd January 2025 No meeting

Thu 26th December 2024 No meeting

Fri 20th December 2024 Rotakids fund Aquabox

Rotakids at Patricks raised enough money to purchase an Aquabox

Thu 19th December 2024 No meeting

Thu 12th December 2024 Friends & Family - Festive Meal

Mon 9th December 2024 Santa’s Sleigh & Carol Concert

Santa was out again and the Sleigh finished at Burngreen for the Carol Concert.

Sun 8th December 2024 Santa’s Sleigh

Santa gets on his sleigh on his first night tour round Kilsyth and Barton.

Thu 5th December 2024 Business and sgm

Thu 28th November 2024 Committees & Council

Sat 23rd November 2024 Christmas Fayre & Santa's Grotto

We had stalls, a tearoom and Santa's Grotto at this year's event.

Thu 21st November 2024 Business & Planning Meeting

An account of the history of and a search for this Cairngorms' shelter.

Fri 15th November 2024 Quiz Night (Uganda Project)

A Quiz Night and wine tasting to raise funds for a school building project in Uganda organised by the Uphill Trust. Other activities, fundraising by the charity and a Rotary district helped to raise the sum of £4500.

Thu 14th November 2024 Fellowship - Robyn Bates, Challenge Enterprise

Robyn spoke about her weekend at Challenge Enterprise and the club celebrated her grandfather and member Pat Docherty's 80th birthday.

Sun 10th November 2024 Remembrance Sunday

President David laid a wreath on behalf of the club.

Thu 7th November 2024 Committees and Council

Thu 31st October 2024 Fellowship - Gordon Moulds, Kids in Action (zoom)

Thu 24th October 2024 Fellowship - Job Talk, Debra Murphy,A New Journey

Thu 24th October 2024 World Polio Day

Some familiar buildings and places are lit up in purple to mark World Polio Day and Rotary’s continuing commitment to ending polio worldwide.

Thu 24th October 2024 Paint Your Pinkie Purple

Well done Rotakids at Balmalloch who raised over £50 with a Painting Pinkie Purple event.

Thu 24th October 2024 World Polio Day - Purple Pinkie

Rotakids at St Patrick’s created posters and painted pinkies purple throughout the school during the day.

Thu 17th October 2024 Fellowship - Lend With Care

Thu 10th October 2024 Friends & Family - Ged McFaul, home2rome

Ged provided an interesting talk on her walking trip to Rome.

Fri 4th October 2024 Wrapup at St Patrick’s 2024

Pupils at St Patrick’s Primary helped sort and bag donations of coats and jackets which were then forwarded to Kilsyth Food Bank.

Thu 3rd October 2024 Business

Thu 26th September 2024 Committees & Council

Thu 19th September 2024 Fellowship

Growing Rotary follow-up

Thu 12th September 2024 Fellowship

Just fellowship

Thu 5th September 2024 Fellowship

While a number of members and partners enjoy an anniversary cruise, it’s business as usual for those at the Coachman.

Thu 29th August 2024 Fellowship - Growing Rotary

Showcasing Rotary and the work of our club.

Sat 24th August 2024 Farmers’ Market

We’ve been helping out at the Farmers’ Market at Tesco Craigmarloch organised by Spina Bifida charity.

Thu 22nd August 2024 Fellowship - Preparing for Growing Rotary

Preparing for our Growing Rotary event.

Thu 15th August 2024 Fellowship - Preparing for Growing Rotary

Growing Rotary preparation.

Thu 8th August 2024 Fellowship - Grace Mackie, Cruising

Grace Mackie gave a comprehensive talk about her career working on cruise ships as a nurse. We also welcomed new member Debra Murphy.

Thu 1st August 2024 Fellowship

First meeting after 2 week break.

Thu 25th July 2024 No Meeting

No meeting

Thu 18th July 2024 No Meeting

No meeting

Thu 11th July 2024 Friends & Family

Thu 4th July 2024 Committees and Council

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