ROTARY BAKEWELL
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At the evening meeting on 26th November at the Rutland Arms, Bakewell members were delighted to welcome speaker, David Ensor. He had travelled from the Cotswolds to be at the meeting and tell more of his fundraising for Alzheimer’s Research UK with several walks and over £70k raised so far – and he’s off to do the via Francigena camino from Lucca to Rome next year. The club had donated some £500 to his recent John O’Groats to Lands End 1,200mile trek.
Rotary members were also delighted to learn that one of a former president’s grandsons, Timothy Birkle, an AtsraZeneca funded PhD, is now a research fellow at the UK Dementia Research Institute, University College London.
Rotarians Ann Esders and Peter Huxtable were invited to very informative presentations by Alzheimer’s Research UK funded project teams at Yorkshire Universities held at the Sheffield Medical School on 4th December.
Another successful Repair Café at the Methodist Church on 29th November including a darning workshop!
The annual Xmas lunch was held at the Cavendish Club, Edensor on 4th December and some 30 members, partners and supporters attended a very social and hospitable event.
Looking ahead
Santa will be joining some of the Rotary Christmas collections at the Bakewell ALDI store raising funds for the community grant scheme on Saturday 13th, Monday 15th, Saturday 20th and Monday 22nd December – and a proportion of the collection will be for the Ashgate Hospice Save a precious Bed fighting fund where reduced central funding has currently limited the number of available care beds from 15 to 6.
The annual Community Tea Party for Seniors’ (by invitation) at the Methodist Hall on Tuesday, 16th, and their pilgrimage to the Youlgreave pantomime on 7th February 2026.
The club will be co-sponsoring a Burns Night Supper on Saturday 24th January at the Cupola, Stoney Middleton.
If you would like to find out more about Rotary and its work in Bakewell and surrounding areas, contact membership chair, Ann Esders: aesders@aol.com or (M) 07967 665580.
