by Scott Wolstenholme | Jan 15, 2024 | Member Events, Social and Fundraising
The magic of jukeboxes. Wikepedia: A jukebox is a partially automated music-playing device, usually a coin-operated machine, that plays a patron’s selection from self-contained media. The classic jukebox has buttons with letters and numbers on them, which are...
by Scott Wolstenholme | Dec 13, 2023 | International, Speakers
A very good meeting this week. We, together with members from the Rotary Club of Leeds, were hosted by the excellent CATCH youth centre in Harehills, where we were shown round the impressive building, afterwards well fed, and generally...
by Scott Wolstenholme | Nov 30, 2023 | Speakers
This week David Donaldson came to talk to us about PEER SUPPORT PLUS CIO, a charity which supports adults in Leeds with their mental health. David describes his role as ‘Peer-facilitator, Process and Systems, Treasurer and Trustee’. Most of us are happy to talk openly...
by Scott Wolstenholme | Nov 21, 2023 | International, Speakers
Tonight we met for a talk about the work that Alla Bredik, a Ukrainian teacher, has been doing in Leeds schools helping refugee children from the Russian invasion settle in and adapt. Alla arrived in Leeds in May 2022 with her teenage daughter and was accommodated by...
by Scott Wolstenholme | Nov 21, 2023 | Social and Fundraising
How does the Rotary Club of Roundhay raise £2,315 for charity in one night? By having fun. Read on… Enticed by the promise of tasting seven different wines, [accompanied by a selection of cheeses, biscuits, bread, tomatoes, grapes and figs], you part with £20.00. You...