by Chas Bedford | 29 Mar 2023 | News
We don’t want walkers getting lost on the North Downs Walk, or while they are trying to find Harrietsham Village Hall and the car park first thing in the morning. We also need to warn traffic at the points where the route crosses roads and give other advice to...
by Chas Bedford | 15 Mar 2023 | News
One of our best-attended Tuesday evenings of the year, and also one of our best speakers. “The Air Pilot’s Tale” was presented by Flt.Lt. Charlie Brown RAF. Charlie gave us a fascinating and entertaining story of a life in aviation, in the RAF...
by Chas Bedford | 8 Mar 2023 | News
Weald of Kent welcomes our newest member, Peter Wilford, a GP doctor recently retired. Peter, already well-known to many members, was formally introduced by Chris Jesson with whom he has shared some community volunteering, and welcomed into Rotary by our president...
by Chas Bedford | 24 Feb 2023 | News
It has been a busy week for the NDW committee. With the 2022 results all in, we have been presenting the annual trophies and the main sponsorship cheque. We met Laura Megatli of Cancer Research UK to inspect part of the walk route and presented a cheque for the...
by Chas Bedford | 18 Feb 2023 | News
We are part of a global organisation, Rotary International, with some 1.4 million members and represented in almost every country. Rotary and the organisations it supports are already responding to the massive earthquakes that devastated parts of Turkey and Syria on...
by Chas Bedford | 26 Jan 2023 | News
Members of the Rotary Club of the Weald of Kent have presented five ‘Tonies’ musical storyboxes and talking books to Aspire Federation, a group of four small rural primary schools: Kingswood, Leeds & Broomfield, Platts Heath and Ulcombe. The Tonies come with...
by Chas Bedford | 18 Jan 2023 | News
In addition to the £1000 from our Fish and Chip Supper we have raised a further £700 to support Ukraine. This money has been applied, via Rotarians living in Ukraine, to the priority issues of medical supplies, rebuilding and electrical generators. (Image by Freepik...
by Neil Denbow | 1 Jan 2023 | News
As we start a New Year, it is nice to reflect on what The Rotary Club of Weald of Kent has achieved in 2022. Our main fund raising event is the North Downs Walk which is held in June. Not only did we raise £13,200 this year for our own charity Cancer Research, but...
by Chas Bedford | 10 Dec 2022 | News
Weald’s Christmas concert with the Ashford Invicta Singers had some stiff competition from the England-France World Cup match (and a very cold night) but made over £300 for our charity trust fund, to be used to support local good causes. Thank you to the Singers...
by Neil Denbow | 7 Dec 2022 | News
Good news. We are pleased to announce that Family Funeral Service will be sponsoring the 2023 North Downs Walk. This will be the sixth year that FFS will underwrite the full cost of the walk organisation and catering. That means that every penny raised by walkers for...
