by Scott Wolstenholme | Oct 21, 2023 | International, Speakers
On Monday 9 October, Valerie Taylor came to talk to the club. She is not a stranger to us as she has been to the club before. She gave us a glimpse into her life and work in Bangladesh. Valerie Taylor PhD, OBE and recipient of many other honours, is a remarkable...
by Scott Wolstenholme | Oct 11, 2023 | Speakers, Young People
This week we enjoyed a presentation from Sarah Turner, co-leader of Kidz Klub, a charity which for over 24 years has supported disadvantaged and marginalised children and families across Leeds. Sarah explained to us that Kidz Club grew out of the experience of the...
by Scott Wolstenholme | Sep 11, 2023 | Speakers
This week we were visited by Mark Lister, Chair of the trustees of the Charity Emmaus Leeds. He explained that Emmaus Leeds is an independent charity, but part of a worldwide movement founded by a French Catholic Priest Abbe Pierre, a member of the Resistance in Paris...
by admin | Sep 4, 2023 | Speakers
This week we were visited by Eve Haynes, a community and events fundraiser for the charity Children’s Heart Surgery fund [CHSF]. Eve told us that congenital heart disease is the most common birth defect and cause of infant mortality across the world. In the UK, each...
by Scott Wolstenholme | Aug 22, 2023 | Speakers
Philip Ashe, a historian with 41 years teaching experience and now retired from his post at Leeds Grammar School, came to the club tonight and delivered us a lecture on the topic The English Reformation: the first BREXIT. I say ‘lecture’ rather than ‘talk’, to pay...
by Scott Wolstenholme | Aug 21, 2023 | Speakers
Tonight we were pleased to welcome Ben Buddy Slack back to the Club. Ben is well known to us as the lead singer/guitarist in the dynamic blues band Blind Dead McJones, which has generously donated its services to our Charity Beer Festival ever since we started in...