District Conference

April 2025 - Speaker presentations now available to view

Lancaster House Hotel

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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New school year and new Rotakids with our new banner

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A lovely evening on the bay as Members look at The Lifeboat

Members learn about Our Morecambe RNLI volunteers and see the Hovercraft and Lifeboat

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Lancaster University pool Teams Swim as many lengths as you an in 45 mins to raise money for their group or charity

Annual Swimathon event

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The winning team

Tony Kimpton PHF with his fellow Bowlers from Preston Blind Bowling Team won the National championships in Worthing

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Members take turns to collect for our projects and funds. £236 for the Turkey earthquake. £282 for local small charities Our next collection is planned for Asda on the Friday 16th August

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Top Table guests

May 8th 2018 Charter celebration

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Great venue at St Johns Hospice. Great cakes or breakfast.

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members sit and chat face to face for the first time for many months

Members met face to face for the first time for 18 months. It wa good to chat face to face after our many Zoom meetings. Our Global GRant scholar Moyu from Yokohama Japan presented members with the Japananese club flags and pens.

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At The Globe Arena Morecambe A great time was had by all who attended to join us in a 2 course meal then play poker roulette and blackjack with funny money

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Ashton memorial in Williamson Park is purple for polio 24th Oct world polio day - to 31st oct.

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A Rotary association with Galloway's Society for the Blind

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Jeans charity is One Woman at a time which helps women in Nigeria battle against FGM

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This year each Rotarian should plant at least 1 tree so the 2 Rotary clubs in Lancaster Na Morecambe joined forces to plant 140 trees on the outskirts of the town at Pony Wood near Aldcliffe Road

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Council Responsibilities

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