Gosden House School 25 January 2025

Once a month Rotary members give 2 hours of their Saturday morning time to assist Gosden House School in clearing and recovering some of their lost 45 acres to enable the use of the land to the benefit of the pupils.
This Saturday we cleared an area of mountains of garden waste so that it could be re-purposed for a new chicken run. This will add to the area that presently houses pigs, goats and bees to provide additional outdoor experiences for the pupils and one of many possible career paths.

A challenging area to clear

After 2 hours of work a new cleared area to the left of the goat enclosure had been created for the planned new chicken run.

Mayor’s Christmas Concert 15th December 2024

On Sunday the 15th Rotary in Guildford, together with the amazing Vivace Chorus presented the annual Mayor’s Christmas Concert at Holy Trinity Church in Guildford.

The event was again a sell out so apologies to those who were unable to obtain tickets.
Hopefully you can book early for next year’s Concert. (Usually on line in October)

Vivace Chorus gave a stunning performance of Christmas carols with audience participation on the more well known and popular carols all conducted by Jeremy Backhouse.

The Mayor’s theme for the year is ‘Making Connections for the Wellbeing of our Communities’. The Mayor’s wish is to work with as many small, local charities as possible and for the Christmas Concert selected two excellent local charities, the Guildford’s Veterans Hub to support serving and ex service personnel and Matrix making a difference to young people’s lives, especially those who are vulnerable and at-risk. [Details of monies raised will be published once all accounts are settled]

Freiburg Rotary visit 1st September 2024

Guildford is twinned with the German town of  Freiburg im Breisgau

On the 1st September the representatives of Rotary Club of Freiburg visited Guildford together with the Freiburg Boys’ Choir that sang in Holy Trinity on Sunday the 1st September. This was followed by a reception in the Guildhall hosted by our Mayor Sallie Barker

(L-R) Rotary President of Guildford, Michael Ramcharan, Mayor Sallie Barker and Rotary President of Frieburg Gerhard Schneider

Gosden House Gardening31st Aug 2024

Following the very successful Gosdenberry event our Rotarians returned for their monthly stint of gardening, repairing the old cider house, hedge trimming and welcoming the latest animals, goats, to the children’s small farm holding; joining the pigs, guinea pigs, chickens and bees

Gosdenberry

On the 26th August we held our first event at Gosden House School in their amazing walled garden.

Many thanks to our Guildford Mayor Sallie Barker for opening the event and the groups Uke Rythmics and Men in Sheds for amazing performances

The weather was warm and sunny which helped it becoming a successful event making over £1,000 for charity distribution. Definitely an event to look out for next year following so many positive comments saying how much people enjoyed it.

New President for 2024-2025

On the 22nd of June Peter & Pat O’keefe hosted an amazing BBQ at which our 2023-24 President ,Andrew Day handed over the Presidency for 2024-25 to our new President Michael Ramcharan