1.Chess tournaments in Primary and Secondary schools in Wensleydale
2.Schools Technology Tournament
3.Practice Interviews at Wensleydale School
4.Funding for Wensleydale School and all its feeder Primary Schools to enable disadvantaged pupils to attend extra-curricular activities/courses etc, which would otherwise be denied them.
5.Listening to young readers in primary schools- Members regularly visit four Primary Schools in the Dale to hear children reading and help them progress. Much valued by the children, teachers, and Rotarians!
6.Kids Out- taking disabled children to join others from all over Yorkshire for a day out at Lightwater Valley
7. Young Citizens Award- recommending local young people for this National Rotary award.
8 Sponsorship for a local young person to attend RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards); the following video was created by a RYLA awardee as thanks for the RYLA experience;
more As part of the Rotary National Young Musician of Year competition, Wensleydale Rotary Club joined with BlueBoxt Creative and Performing Arts in Leyburn to hold the Wensleydale Area heat of the competition held on the 2nd December. (1 page below this)
more Wensleydale Rotary Club members helped steward and judge the efforts of students at the Rotary Technology Challenge 2023
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more Wensleydale Rotary Club members David Spashett and Howard Binks judge the efforts of students at the 2022 Rotary Technology Challenge.
more Wensleydale Rotary sponsored a local student to attend the annual RYLA residential week at Hebden Bridge
more Rotarians are donating laptops and other IT equipment to Wensleydale School
more This is a national writing competition for young people, sponsored by Rotary to add value to the literacy curriculum in schools and colleges.
more Wensleydale Rotarians, along with colleagues from Thirsk and Northallerton, hosted this year's School Technology Tournament at Catterick Garrison
more Wensleydale Rotarians, along with colleagues from Thirsk and Northallerton, hosted this year's School Technology Tournament at Catterick
more Wensleydale Rotarians, along with colleagues from Thirsk and Northallerton, hosted this year's School Technology Tournament at Catterick
more This year's Tournament was attended by some 80 students
more Eighty eight young people in teams of four students from seven schools across North Yorkshire attended this year’s Rotary Club Technology Tournament at Catterick Garrison. This was organised by several local Rotary Clubs including Wensleydale.
more Sally Lane and Lucy Porter described their experiences with Camping International in Ecuador. Wensleydale Rotary had given a donation to Sally to help her fundraising efforts to enable her to go.
more Teams of four students from seven schools across North Yorkshire attended this year’s Rotary Club Technology Tournament at Catterick Garrison. This was organised by several local Rotary Clubs including Wensleydale
more Wensleydale Rotary gives illustrated dictionaries to pupils about to leave primary school.
more Wensleydale Rotary club is organising a local heat for the Rotary Young Photographer Competition
more The Rotary Club of Wensleydale recommended Sam Blackburn for this year's Rotary Young Citizen Awards. He did not quite make the national final, but did receive a commendation.
more Rotary Club of Wensleydale joined with Clubs from Richmond, Northallerton, and Thirsk to organise a techology tournament for schhols in our area.
more Pupils planted crocuses as part of the nation wide Rotary "Focus on the Crocus" initiative.
more The Rotary Clubs of Wensleydale, Richmond, Northallerton and Thirsk joined to organise a schools technology tournament