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Costing of the project to renew the pitch is expected to total £133,000. Through the amazing efforts of the school, they have managed to secure over £125,000 from ‘Your Fund Surrey’, PTA fund raising, The Football Foundation, Governors’ Fund and Corporate sponsorship. Recognising the efforts already made, and to help get the project to its completion, Rotary Club of Guildford Wey were pleased to be able to help with a donation of £500 towards the completion of the new all weather pitch.

Ancillary facilities are yet to be completed, however it has been possible to get the actual pitch installed in advance of the next phase which is to install toilets and portable floodlights.  It will be open for use for local community hire and access as well as for school use.

Mrs Dormer has written to the Club to express her “… heartfelt thanks for your extremely generous donation of £500 towards our All Weather Pitch project.  It is very much appreciated and has helped enormously with our fundraising. “

Bank Holiday Monday 25th August was an amazing day for a British Bank Holiday. 26°C under sunny skies.
This of course brought its own problem which required shade. Fortunately our members came to the rescue with numerous gazebos and the extensive walled garden of Gosden House School offering its own shady areas for picnics under the trees.

Four hours of a variety of music was thoroughly enjoyed by all those that attended with refreshment by way of Rotary cream teas and a Pimm’s bar run by the School’s Parent Association.

A great deal of thanks goes to the School for allowing us to use the Grounds, the Parents’ Association, all the members of “Rotary Club of Guildford Wey” and Guildford’s Mayor, Howard Smith, for opening the event

Proceeds for the Raffle went to the Mayor’s charity for the year, The Cheryl King Trust,
Pimm’s Bar to the Parents’ Association, and Rotary donated sums to the Schools and their local charities fund.

For more Photographs CLICK HERE

On Sunday the 10th August we were pleased to able to help the Guildford Fringe Festival with marshalling duties in Guildford High St. The Guildford Fringe Co. had given invaluable help to facilitate the Diversity Concert held earlier in the year so we were pleased to be able to assist them on this occasion.

For Video images and full Photo Gallery Click HERE

Rotary Club of Guildford Wey has donated £250 to the Shelterbox initiative supported by Rotary international. The monies were specifically to be used for relief required as a result of the Myanmar earthquakes of the 28th March & the 13th April

That the process for importing material aid into Myanmar has its challenges. There are few organisations set up to do it, and those that are don’t necessarily have the capacity or experience to cover large volumes.

We are working with Rotary colleagues and partners to overcome this, and we are exploring all avenues.

It appears that most organisations here are in a similar position. There is a great deal of collaboration, and information sharing taking place to enable all actors to implement projects.

for more information on Shelterbox CLICK HERE

Schools Got Talent 
Was held this year on the 13th March 2025

This year’s schools were Christ’s College, Prior’s Field School Duke of Kent School and for the first time  Ash Manor School joined us,

It was a great evening of musical entertainment provided by the extremely talented young people from all four schools.   
The schools rehearsed during the day and then each performed for half an hour in the evening. 

This was a brilliant event of which we are very proud and if you would like to be involved in any way, in our next event on  10th March 2026, including advertising in the programme, please contact: Jane Hindley on 07979933363 or janesjh@hotmail.com.

Now that final accounting has taken place the schools are receiving the monies resulting from their ticket sales as noted below

President Michael Ramcharan presents a cheque to Head of music at Christ’s College, Liam Forrister. Toby & Layla represented the pupils

President Michael Ramcharan presents a cheque to the Head of performing arts at Prior’s Field School,Ian Maynard together with L-R Zoe Ireland (Head Teacher), Zhanna and Bibi

FB extract : We were delighted to welcome Michael Ramcharan, President of the Rotary Club of Guildford Wey, to School so he could officially hand over the cheque for the proceeds from last term’s GLive concert. Michael was hosted by our head girl Daisy R and head boy Isaac P and caught up with Mr Rye about next year’s concert! #TheDoKWay #GLive #RotaryClubofGuildfordWey #SurreySchool

See here for original Post & Pictured of event at Schools Got Talent 

The Rotary Children’s Fun Day is a National annual event aimed at providing disadvantaged children with a day of joy and adventure. Rotary Clubs representing the towns and villages covering Aldershot, Camberley, Farnborough, Farnham, Fleet, Guildford, Hook, Odiham and Woking entertain over 850 disadvantaged children and approximately 680 teachers, carers and parents. This year’s event was held on 11 June 2025 at the Army Rugby Football Stadium, Aldershot. Attractions free to attendees included a fairground, birds of prey, face painting and transfers, animal petting zoo, inflatable slides, circus activities, a balloon race plus burgers, hot dogs, sandwiches and snacks followed by the visit of three ice cream vans.   Rotary Club of Guildford Wey are part of the team helping to run the event. This included running the “splat the rat” sideshow.  A great time was had by all!

Just to make it all worthwhile this is an extract from a Parent of one of the children who enjoyed the day.
” I would like to share my appreciation and to say thankyou for giving Luke, Benji and I the opportunity to go to the children’s fun day.

It was a thoroughly enjoyable day with just the boys and a nice experience to be with parents and children all unique in their own way with m a safe space full of people alike who “get it”.

The group who organise and help were all amazing, kind, tolerant and accommodating. We met tinkerbel, peppa pig and a funny clown- who Luke really took a dislike to, HA!

We spent lots of time with a petting farm please take a look at the photos attached where Benji was very zen with a ginormous cockerel – who knew big birds like the fuss?! Luke spent alot of time with the goats which was lovely to see him so comfortable with them and seeking them the best blades of grass and happily fed them. I have to say my favourite were the five week old piglets – super cute and grunty! They also had ducks, chickens and donkeys. We have been to a farm many a times however yesterday really sat differently.

The boys had so much fun but the highlight has to be seeing them both hold an OWL called Luke.

Wouldn’t have ever imagined I would see the day and I am so proud of them that they did. Luke the owl even allowed us to stroke him, he was very soft.

There was so much to do, fair rides, inflatables, activities, circus acts, Punch and Judy, disco, sensory play, crockery smash, crazy gold, tattoos and a team of fire fighters brought their fire engine to show off.

Squash stations were all around, picnic bags or bbq were the lunch options with 2 ice cream vans for the afternoon, smashing day, very grateful to have the opportunity for a 2nd year and as a family we experienced crossing new boundaries and having a fabulous day together so thankyou very much. ….“

Once again the weather was kind and we had a good representation from local and national Charities who entered sponsored teams for our annual Big Charity Walk.

President Michael Ramcharan invited Guildford Mayor, Howard Smith, to start the enthusiastic walkers on a warm and sunny day.

All monies raised went to the Charities involved.

Should you have a Charity that you would like to raise funds for, please look out for our event in 2026 and register you interest now. To do this now please contact peterj.okeefe@btinternet.com

For more photographs of the event CLICK HERE

Rotary in Guildford funded a VE DAY Lunch at Wood Street Village School for villagers who had lived during WW11
The children sat around small tables eating fish and chips as the old folk shared their experiences. Member Ali arranged for the fish and chip van to come and he cooked up the lunches .. our donation covered the cost of the meal.