Mercy Ships

Mercy Ships

Weald of Kent Rotary heard a fascinating presentation tonight, on behalf of Mercy Ships by Don Cockrill MBE. Mercy Ships is an international charity which operates hospital ships which provide free healthcare, training and surgery to some of the neediest communities...
Tweaking the Route

Tweaking the Route

The North Downs Walk may be some months away (save the date – 11th June 2023) but route planning starts early. Most of the route will be the same as this year, but regular walkers know that there is a notorious steep climb in the section between the Greenway...
Thinking green for the North Downs Walk

Thinking green for the North Downs Walk

A sponsored walk is a healthy and environmentally-friendly way of raising money for good causes and our North Downs Walk (save the date – 11th June 2023) enables walkers to raise money for their own charities as well as for Cancer Research UK. With growing...
A new home for old tools and cycles

A new home for old tools and cycles

Many of us have old bicycles and old tools cluttering up the garage or garden shed. Weald of Kent Rotary teamed up with two charities, Re-Cycle and Tools With a Mission to collect bikes and tools from people in and around Headcorn, which the charities will recondition...
Madginford Primary School fayre

Madginford Primary School fayre

We were delighted to be asked to help out the Madginford Primary School fayre staffing the coconut shy and the tombola. It also gave us the opportunity to tell passers by about Rotary and attract new members and volunteers.
Annual Fish & Chip Supper

Annual Fish & Chip Supper

Every year we hold a fish and chip supper for charity. Being a few months in to Russia’s war on Ukraine we decided to support Ukrainian families arriving in the weald of Kent and also medical and housing supplies to those still at home. Our guest speaker was...
Checking the Northdown walk

Checking the Northdown walk

In preparation for the North Downs walk on Sunday 12th June the team have been out checking the routes and clearing overgrown vegetation. The North Downs Walk is our biggest event of the year that raises thousands of pounds for Cancer Research and other charities. On...