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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Leyland Rotary was delighted to award Leyland in Bloom funds to purchase farmyard manure and mulch to enable them to enrich the soil at the entrance to Leyland Railway Station.
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Rotary’s Youth Speaks contributes to improving young people’s oracy skills. Students competed in the final in March 2025. Click on details for more information and the results.
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Leyland Rotary is delighted to have been able to provide financial support to Infinity Cheer and Dance to assist in their work with children and young people.
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President Jim went along to meet the ‘Friday Guys’ at St Mary’s Community Centre, a group Leyland Rotary is pleased to have helped secure their future.
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A summary of the projects/organisations which have successfully bid for financial support from Leyland Rotary. If you know of any projects or good causes that could benefit, please contact us.
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We handed out lots of free books to children at Leyland Festival, all of which had been donated by the local community. This is just a small part of Leyland Rotary’s voluntary activities.
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Provision of a bingo machine, dabbers and bingo tickets to encourage greater social interaction between residents of this supported living accommodation.
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At the start of his presidential year, Rotarian Jim Costello outlined his hopes that in our 70th year we in Leyland Rotary will be able to expand our involvement with the local community.
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A sample of some of the national programmes/organisations we support.
moreAs part of an international organisation, Leyland Rotary supports the following:
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