District Conference
April 2025 - Speaker presentations now available to view
2025 District Conference
Rotarians Care – People and Places
Held on Saturday 12 April 2025 @ Lancaster House Hotel
Presentations of some speakes available below.
Keynote Speakers included :
Lee Birkhill – the Garden Ninja. Lee has been a presenter on Garden Rescue since 2020. Before that he had a career in IT. Presentation not available.
Alastair Richards – CEO NW Cancer Research. Alastair is passionate about advancing the fight against Cancer. His priority is research, information and education to make our region healthier. He shared an amazing new break through in the quest for solutions to cancer diagnosis. Presentation.
Rebecca Batstone – Growing Well. Rebecca is the Partnerships Manager for this developing organization that supports people with mental health wellbeing through growing activities in 4 different locations in our District. Presentation
Eden Project – Morecambe. Morecambe will shortly host the second Eden project. Conference heard first hand about the latest concepts and developments from a local project team member. Presentation
Val Ayre - Cockermouth Rotary, Community Resilence. Presentation
Anuyha - Aspirations of a Youth Volunteer Presentation
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'What We Do' Main Pages:
We currently have 4 primary schools with active Rotakids' clubs. St Andrews, St Pauls, Hippings and White Ash specialist school
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Our main local environment project is the improvement of Tinker Brook woodland. We also have the Purple Garden project, (Purple 4Polio) set in Rhyddings Park. Plus environmental work with our Rotakids clubs. Regular litter-picks.
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Community; some projects are within the local area, involving support for our senior citizens, and some involve primary school-aged children with our Rotakids clubs.
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Projects initiated or supported by members to provide opportunities for young people in our local area.
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