by Bob Shrubb | 11 Dec 2023 | News
Members and guests enjoyed a unique mix of classical choral singing and audience participation at our winter concert with the Maidstone Singers. Nearly £ 600, to be donated to local charities, was raised through ticket sales and the raffle held during the...
by Bob Shrubb | 9 Dec 2023 | News
Club members install lights to Headcorn Church’s Christmas Trees In another demonstration of our community involvement, Club members decorated 110 Christmas trees with lights at Saint Peter and Saint Paul’s Parish Church in Headcorn, yesterday, after staff...
by Bob Shrubb | 17 Nov 2023 | News
The Rotary Club of the Weald of Kent presents the Maidstone Singers A Winter Concert with a Christmas Theme 7:00 pm for 7:30 pm Sunday, 10th December at Headcorn Village Hall Church Lane Headcorn, Kent TN27 9NR Tickets £ 10.00 per person includes a glass of wine...
by Bob Shrubb | 14 Nov 2023 | News
A cheque was presented to Cancer Research UK at today’s Reunion Lunch. Honorary and retired members and friends joined current members for a convivial lunch at the Who’d a Thought it today. Following the lunch Laura Megatli-Wright of Cancer Research UK...
by Bob Shrubb | 3 Nov 2023 | News
On Tuesday evening, Rtn Sharon Stubbs of The Rotary Club of Kings Hill told us about the Butterfly Palliative Children’s Home for which they and their partners had raised $ 27,000 (£ 21,800*) and been awarded a Foundation Global Grant to expand the home and...
by Chas Bedford | 29 Oct 2023 | News
It always takes a while to collect and collate sponsorship funding from the North Downs Walk, but the results are worth waiting for – especially this year. The on-the-day rough assessment was that the Walk had raised about £21,000 for all the charities and good...
by Bob Shrubb | 28 Oct 2023 | News
RC Weald of Kent and the Mike Collingwood Memorial Fund (MCMF) would like to thank Harvey Taylor for awarding us his Gold Badge for the support given to his participation in the 2023 World Scout Jamboree. Participants in the World Scout Jamboree from Kent, were given...
by Bob Shrubb | 26 Oct 2023 | News
Weald of Kent members ‘raided’ Maidstone Riverside on World Polio Day Profits from the ‘Frugal Supper’ and a raffle run during the evening will be donated to Rotary’s End Polio Now campaign. Our donation, as with all donations to...
by Bob Shrubb | 20 Oct 2023 | News
A talk to the Club by Rotarian Cliff Grieve, on Tuesday, increased members’ awareness of the nature and extent of modern slavery in the United Kingdom and Worldwide. Cliff, a member of the Rotary Club of Ashford, is Ambassador to Kent for the Rotary Action Group...
by Bob Shrubb | 9 Oct 2023 | News
Club members helped local communities enjoy traditional apple festivals last weekend. On Saturday (7th October) Club members provided the barbecue and ran a raffle at the Headcorn and Suttons Apple Day, held at St. Peter & St Paul Parish Church at Headcorn. On...
