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Headcorn clean-up
Headcorn is now a bit tidier than it was on Saturday morning. Three teams of Rotarians and local residents, working the area north of the village centre, picked up ten full sacks of litter (and a mattress). To be involved in the next one, keep an eye on our...
North Downs Walk – what a day!
We held our 39th annual North Downs Walk on Sunday 9th June. We enjoyed ideal walking weather, probably the best turnout ever, and one of the best results in recent years. As ever, the variety of routes, from 1 mile to 9 miles including a climb up the North Downs,...
Preparation for North Downs Walk
Our members and volunteers have been out this week in preparation for the North Downs Walk Route marshals have been out checking the route and doing some clearance where it is needed. They will be starting early on Sunday morning, way-marking the routes with direction...
Headcorn May Fair
Success at the Headcorn May Fair Despite inclement weather, the local community turned out for the Headcorn PTFA May Fair on Monday. We raised £ 160 from our pegboard for the charities we support. Shirley and Graham picked one of the prizewinning tickets and selected...
MCMF grant buys tent
Elena needed an especially lightweight tent for her expedition She applied to the Mike Collingwood Memorial Fund for support in the purchase of a tent to meet her needs, for her Gold Duke of Edinburgh / King's Scout Award expedition. Following the award of the grant,...
64 bikes collected in Staplehurst
Weald Rotary’s recent collection of old bikes and tools in Staplehurst brought us 64 bikes and three carloads of used tools. They have been delivered to our partner charities, ReCycle and Tools with a Mission (TWAM) who will refurbish and ship them to developing...
An evening with Cancer Research UK
Cancer Research UK is Weald Rotary’s main charity for the North Downs Walk. Last year, 350+ walkers meant that we could donate £17,300 to CRUK. Last week our Walk chairman, Chas Bedford, met CRUK staff and fundraisers at Barts Cancer Institute (itself part-funded by...
North Downs Walk registration opens
Online registration for the North Downs Walk opened on 1st March, and will remain open until a week before the walk date (9th June). The link on the walk page directs walkers to a form where they can enter their details, following which they can download a sponsor...
Used bicycle and tool collection for Africa – Staplehurst, 13th April
If you live near Staplehurst, and your garage, shed or attic are cluttered with old bikes or tools, we have good news for you. Weald Rotary works with charity organisations who collect, clean and recondition tools and bikes and send them out to a new working life in...
What an erudite bunch we are!
Part of the Rotary tradition is our after-dinner speakers, a mix of the entertaining, informative or thought-provoking. At Weald, our members take turns as 'speaker finder' with the twist that, if you can't find a speaker, you have to do a talk yourself. During 2023,...
Winter Concert success
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 evening....
Club members light up 110 Headcorn Christmas Trees
Club members decorated 110 Christmas trees with lights at Saint Peter and Saint Paul’s Parish Church in Headcorn
Winter Concert 2023 with the Maidstone Singers
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...
Walk cheque presented at Reunion Lunch
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 (CRUK) was...
RC Kings Hill support for Butterfly Palliative Children’s Home
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 provide...
North Downs Walk final figures and awards
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 causes...
Jamboree Gold Badge
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...
Frugal Supper shared to End Polio
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 Rotary's End Polio Now, will be...
Help to stop Modern Slavery
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...
Joining local communities at apple festivals
Club members helped local communities enjoy traditional apple festivals last weekend.