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President Margaret welcomes you to the website of Birstall Luddites The COVID-19 outbreak is having a significant impact on the daily lives of everyone in and across the country and the world. Rotary is no different. Currently our meetings are are held remotely using Zoom |
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Club President
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| Home of 3 past District 1040 Presidents Robert Jackson Keith Davison and Nigel Arthurs. ZOOM Handover Night Mon 29th June 2020 |
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| Message to all in Howden Cliugh / Birstall / Batley ROTARY SANTA SLEIGH this Christmas |
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Dear friends and supporters, during December we would normally be touring the streets of Birstall and Batley with Santa on the Rotary sleigh. Sadly, because of Covid-19 restrictions, and for the first time in more than 20 years, we are unable to carry out our usual visits and collections this year. The Santa Sleigh tours are the highlight of our Rotary  year and we'll very much miss seeing you all. Like so many charities, our fundraising efforts have been severely curtailed this year so our focus has been to support the local food share groups in both Birstall and Batley providing much needed help to those families who find themselves in financial difficulties during the pandemic. We all hope that life will return to normal during 2021 and very much look forward to seeing you all in and around town. In the meantime, we wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a Healthy New Year, from all at the Rotary Club of Birstall Luddites
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The purpose of a local Rotary Club is to connect people who then work together to help the community and promote goodwill and peace. |
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| The Rotary Club of Birstall Luddites has a current membership of 24 men and women who raise money locally from Christmas Santa Sleigh and Tesco collections, social and fund raising events through the year.
Money raised allows us to make donations locally, nationally and internationally. |
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***All meetings now on Zoom until further notice*** |
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| Live around Birstall/Batley/ Heavy Woollen District ? Come and Help us at Birstall Luddites (Contact Sec Paul 07761537811) This is some of what we do annually in the local Community and Internationally. |
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| Mon 6 July Club Zoom Speaker - Life talk
President Elect Rotarian Nigel Arthurs |
Mon 13th July Zoom Speaker Life Talk
Rotarian John MacKail |
Mon 20th July Zoom Speaker
Tom Donahue West Yorks police |
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| Mon 3rd Aug Club Zoom Speaker - Life Talk
Rotarian Ian Blamires. |
Zoom Race Night
Mon 17th Aug expertly run by Rotarian Paul Barnes |
Zoom speaker Janet Crampton
District Polio Representative |
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| Club speaker Peter Waite Wright
"talk about Grandparents" |
Mon 14th Sept
District Governor Andrew Bateman Zoom meeting |
Mon 21st Sept
Club Speaker Steve Gooder Job talk "Leeds United " |
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| Mon 28th Sept
Club Speaker Gerry "My battle with bladder cancer" |
Mon 5th Oct
Club Speaker Ian "being a landlord" |
12thOct
Club Speaker Dereck Kirby "Disability Games" |
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| Mon 26 Oct
Club Speaker Ken Robertshaw Fundraising for his Charity Theodora |
2nd Nov
Birstall Luddites 32nd Charter celebration led by President Margaret Zoom Charter 2020 |
Rotarian John Keen
Free Training for people who care more info |
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| Nov16th Lisa Holmes and John from the Birstall Community Partnership talked to the club about their food sharing in the Howderclough and Birstall area. see more |
Nov 30th Club Speaker Rotarian
Keith Davison - Office of nation Statistics |
| This is Rotary at its best giving life altering help to people who have little hope in life.
Wheelchair Foundation UK |
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Coronavirus Pandemic
Birstall Luddites are now using our WhatsApp group "Rotary" to keep Rotary business going forward and keeping social life active between Rotarians. To improve meeting capabilities the club is useing ZOOM video meetings There are a few Rotarians not up to the WhatsApp world who are still in touch via email. Members are also being "buddied to able to join Zoom meetings. |
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| Important decision from the first WhatsApp Group meeting
Birstall Luddites to support 2 local Food Banks. Due to donations from local Supermarkets drying up. Batley Food Bank and Birstall Food share will receive a Rotary grant to help them survive through the uncertain Coronavirus crisis.
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Big thanks to our NHS
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| Rotary against Polio | This is Rotary Rotary International Service above Self |
ShelterBox Syria Refugee Appeal |
AQUABOX Give the Gift of Life |
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The Rotary Club of Birstall Luddites was Chartered in 1988
Dictionaries for Life
Rotary Club of Birstall Luddites are very pleased to have presented, for the 5th year, all Year 6 Pupils at Brownhill C of E, Fieldhead, St Peters, St Patricks, Birstall County and Carlinghow Junior Schools.
Luddites 200 year Anniversaries
Luddites to be rememberd in Liversedge LINK
The Luddites History LINK
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Rotary News
Be part of a global network of volunteers, trying to make the world a better place. Please also see the 'links & news' page for information from the local district and live feeds from Rotary International and Rotary International in GB&I.
Rotary serving communities through supporting foodbanks
Diversity is part of Rotary’s core values
Meetings & Venue
Where and when:
We meet on Mondays at 19:00 for 19:15
(Not on Bank Holiday Mondays )
Gomersal Park Hotel
Moor Ln,
Gomersal, Cleckheaton
BD19 4L 01274 869386
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