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June 2018
Club Meeting
Colin Sullivan from the Air Ambulance will speak about the work of this invaluable service to the community.
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This year's Annual Schools concert will take place once again in the magnificent surroundings of St. Mary's Church, Warwick on Tuesday June 19th. Starting at 6.15pm there will be ten contributions from local schools, featuring children of all ages and abilities. It is an evening of musical entertainment not to be missed and all are very welcome.
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In the penultimate meeting before the end of the Rotary Year, we have our Club Assembly. At this meeting, the chairmen of the new Rotary Year's committees present their proposals and aspirations for the year ahead, and submit their budgets. At the conclusion of the meeting the Assistant District Governor for Area 3 (Steve McConnell) sums up and adds his own views on all that he has heard. It is a very interesting way of learning how the club…
Find out more »Warwick Young People’s Midsummer Concert
Last Tuesday the 13th Midsummer Young People’s Concert was held in St Mary’s Church, Warwick. Organised by Warwick Rotary club and presented by Warwickshire Music, St Mary’s is an ideal location to make a “Big Noise”! President John Hibben welcomed Warwick Deputy Mayor, Neil Murphy, as the church filled with some 200 children and parents from 8 schools, and the Central Music Theatre Group. Newburgh Primary choir and orchestra started with “Warm Up Blues”, before singing a spirited “Zip a…
Find out more »Cub Meeting
This is the final meeting of the Rotary Year, and outgoing President, John Hibben, hands over his chain of office to the incoming President, David Smith. Other officers and committee chairmen take up their roles and, where applicable, will receive their badge of office. The outgoing President will present cheques for the money raised during his year of office to representatives of his nominated charities, which this year were The Stroke Association and Macmillan Cancer Support.
Find out more »July 2018
Club Meeting
For the first meeting of the new Rotary year, Sarah Ridgeway will talk about the Guy's Cliffe Walled Garden. The Walled Garden was originally part of the kitchen garden for Guy’s Cliffe House from at least the 1770s to the late 1940s. In recent years the garden had become totally overgrown & derelict. Clearance work on the site started in January 2014 and since then volunteers have contributed over 17,500 hours of work to bring the garden back to…
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South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust is excited that a new midwifery led birthing unit is going to be developed on site at Warwick Hospital. The Trust, that currently offers a Consultant Obstetric Unit at the hospital and community home birthing teams, are expanding their maternity services to offer women more choice on where to deliver their babies. Our speaker today, Anna Jackson, will give further details on the project and on the progress being made. Guests are very welcome…
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The majority of the population suffer some form of back, knee or foot pain during their lifetime. Whether you have just overdone it gardening, are training for a big sports event, looking to alleviate the symptoms of arthritis, or have a toddler with walking problems, the goal is often the same. Reduce pain – Increase ease of mobility – Avoid surgery – Get back to enjoying life Mr Abid Ali from The Biomechanic Clinic Ltd will talk on this relevant…
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Business Meeting
Find out more »August 2018
Club Lunchtime Meeting
The speaker at this week's meeting will be Michael Jackson of the British Post Polio Fellowship, who will talk about Poliomyelitis, particularly relating to hydrotherapy treatment. The British Post Polio Fellowship is the largest UK Charity dedicated to supporting tens of thousands of people who survived the Polio Epidemics of the first half of the 20th Century. We are sure that many will remember those polio epidemics !! There are an estimated 120,000 people living with Post Polio Syndrome which…
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