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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On 19th May Greg Hill visited our club and gave us an interesting talk on the Air Ambulance Service. Photo shows President Dave presenting a cheque for £250 to Greg
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At our last meeting, we were delighted to welcome back Greg Johnson, CEO of Team Evie, to update us about the developments which they have made in the 6 years since he last talked to us.
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Our club provides ongoing support for The Foyer in Whitehaven which provides accommodation for homeless youngsters
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On Saturday, our President Glynis, plus a couple of members, visited Calderwood House in Egremont during their monthly coffee morning.
moreWe were treated to a talk from representatives of Blood Bikes and presented them with a cheque for £250 at handover night
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Our Club are very proud of our newly formed Rotakids Club at Valley Primary School in Whitehaven. Just before the end of term they were presented with their Rotakids Charter at a whole school Assembly by District Youth Lead Anthony Chick
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The Whitehaven Rotary Clubs have been painting some of the lamp posts on the harbour Purple to highlight Rotary's work to eradicate Polio in the world
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We were delighted to welcome ex member Yvonne Clarkson to be a friend of our club on Handover night
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We still have some Founder Members in the Club, so it was decided that 4 of them will share the role of President for the year!
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Visit to training apiary of the Whitehaven and District Bee Keepers Association at Westlakes Science Park
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At our meeting last week, we were delighted to have Catherine and Evie from The Foyer in Whitehaven as our guests, together with Brenda, a friend of our President, who has helped us to support The Foyer over several years.
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