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Friends of Rotary

Friends of Rotary

Do you love volunteering and making a difference in your community ?

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Hampshire & IOW Air Ambulance

Hampshire & IOW Air Ambulance

Following our recent donation, we were invited to the Air Ambulance base at Thruxton

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BCoT Business Challenge

BCoT Business Challenge

Students at BCoT turned our £200 seed money to £800 donated to the 2 supporting charities St Michaels Hospice and Hampshire Hospitals Charity.

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Basingstoke Festival of Transport

Basingstoke Festival of Transport

Sunday 11th May 2025 - Always a great day out for all the family, whether you're a keen motor buff or you just want an interesting and enjoyable Sunday. Bookings for exhibitors now open

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Breath Easy - Respiratory Equipment Campaign

Breath Easy - Respiratory Equipment Campaign

A fund-raising initiative between us and the Hampshire Hospitals Charity to fund essential Respiratory Equipment for Basingstoke & Noth Hants Hospital - See details for Just Giving page

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Belgian Exchange

Belgian Exchange

Every year we run an exchange with a Rotary Club in our Twin Town of Braine L'Alleud where we stay in each other's houses, visit places of interest and generally have a wonderful time. This year we were in Basingstoke!

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About us

Basingstoke Deane Rotary supports many local charities, particularly those that have no fundraising capacity for themselves. Please get in touch if you think we can help!




Club President 2024 – 2025 - Mike Lakin




Born in Coventry, spending his pre-teens there, Oxford and Nuneaton. His father worked in local government for various councils in the Midlands before moving the family to South Bucks in the mid 1970’s resulting in his secondary education at Slough Grammer School.
 
Prior to his retirement, Mike’s career was in Information Technology as a technical specialist working for a variety of large/corporate companies. His more recent roles were as an IT Manager within financial applications and database technologies for a corporate software company based in Reading.
 
Mike is married to Ann and they have a daughter called Jodie. Mike enjoys spending his time with his10 year old Grandson, Ted.
 
For pleasure, Mike enjoys playing snooker (not very well) and the casual riding of his collection of bicycles with the secondary benefit of fitness, but in reality, just getting some fresh air in the lovely Hampshire countryside. He also enjoys repair and fixing up bikes, was meant to be just his own but does seem to be a hobby that his friends and family benefit from.
 
Alongside various Rotary club activities, Mike is also a trustee at the Loddon School, Sherfield-on-Loddon, a residential school, home for children aged 8 – 19 with profound autism, who are non-verbal and have severe learning difficulties, resulting in highly challenging behaviours. 


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Rotary meeting : Speaker - Basingstoke member of Parliament Luke Murphy : Club Host: Martin Fielder, Speakers Host: Tony Pickering

Tue, Feb 18th 2025 7:00 pm

Rotary meeting : Speaker - Basingstoke member of Parliament Luke Murphy : Club Host: Martin Fielder, Speakers Host: Tony Pickering

Rotary meeting

Rotary meeting : Speaker - Piers Rochford (South East Cyber Crime Unit): Club Host: Rod Clark, Speakers Host: Lindy Richardson

Tue, Feb 25th 2025 7:00 pm

Rotary meeting : Speaker - Piers Rochford (South East Cyber Crime Unit): Club Host: Rod Clark, Speakers Host: Lindy Richardson

Rotary meeting

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Charter Night

Sat, Mar 1st 2025 7:00 pm

Charter Night

40th Charter Night - Black Tie Dinner

Tue, Mar 4th 2025 7:00 pm

Rotary meeting : Speaker - David Hopkins (County Archaeologist): Club Host - : Speakers Host -

Rotary meeting

Tue, Mar 11th 2025 7:00 pm

Rotary meeting : Speaker -Dennis Vystavkin Ukraine Project update: Club Host - : Speakers Host -

Rotary meeting

Tue, Mar 18th 2025 7:00 pm

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Meetings & Venue

Where and when:

We meet on Tuesdays at 1900 for 1930hrs

(No meeting following a Bank Holiday) Micheldever Rd.

Overton
RG25 3DS  01256 771737

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