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This is a vote of thanks to GBC and the Castle grounds team for looking after the plants around our HexB tiles. Despite the current run of heatwaves the plants are surviving and flowering. Hopefully their pollination will be assisted by the resident solitary bees in our HexB tiles.
The Rotary Club of Guildford Wey was pleased to be able to assist in the setting up of stalls and Gazebos for the Wood Street annual fair and their re-adjustment on the 20th July to accommodate the Wood Street Jazz Festival held in aid of Guildford Challengers. Of course we also assisted in the dismantling of the event and are pleased to report that some £17,000 was raised for Challengers. We were pleased to be able to assist in some way to the success of the event. Many thanks to our President Elect, Steve Johnson, for organising & directing our efforts
On the 7th July some 13 members of The Rotary Club of Guildford Wey held mock interviews with pupils from year 11 of Kings College. This is done to help pupils with cv writing and the interview process where one can be confronted with sometimes quite obscure questions.
The President of the Rotary Club of Guildford Wey was privileged to have been invited by the Mayor of Guildford, Jane Tyson, to attend the celebration of Armed Forces day in Guildford, beneath the Guildhall Clock.
The start of the new Rotary year 2026-27
Andy Bowen Ashwin, past President congratulates incoming President Chris Shorter who in turn presents the office of President Elect for 2027-28, Steve Johnson, with his jewel of office.
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Being involved the Guildford Repair Café we were pleased to be able to show our Green credentials at the Big Green Day in Guildford High Street on Sunday the 14th of June. A really well supported day with a lot of interested in the Repair Café
Such a lot of work by the Guildford in Bloom committee (GIB), Sallie Barker, Sian Davies and many others, to set up the event in the Castle grounds on Saturday the 6th June and Rotary Guildford Wey were only too delighted to assist with marshalling on the day.
Unfortunately it turned out to be not quite the Summer’s day the organisers were hoping for ! A grey start turned into a very soggy afternoon so due credit to the musical performers attending in the afternoon and to the Guildford Fringe for organising the entertainment.
An early dry spell allowed our Mayor, Jane Tyson, to open the event and also gave the opportunity for the Mayor and past Mayor Sallie Barker to visit our HexB project which was the brainchild of our Rotary member Andrew Day. The installation has been very well received by members of the public and local councillors who were very impressed and seen nothing like it – all said well-done Rotary for our contribution to the town.
We welcomed people at the entrance, encouraged people to go to see our HexB tiles, helped the flower stilts girl with her visit to Tunsgate, ran various errands, ran the raffle card reader and so helped collect most of the money on the day, plus generally chatting to people from the various organisations and the public. We also helped with some of the packing up at the close down such as with gazebos for Guildford Fringe and GIB
Managing to brighten the day a little was the lovely flower girl on stilts !
At the opening L-R:
Guildford Mayor Jane Tyson, GIB Committee member Shirley West, GIB Chairman Sallie Barker & Sima Rostami Club Captain of the Castle Green Bowling Club
Following on from this year’s successful GLive ‘Schools Got Talent’ production on the 10th March, we were very pleased to be able to pass cheques to our four schools that entertained us. The monies were for each individual school’s ticket sales. Overall a total of £3,145 was distributed to the schools
A little light on children to read to today but it is 32c so perhaps a town centre is not the place to be. We did have some visitors though.
We are at the Bee Aware Week at the Tunsgate Quarter also on Thursday 27th May for the Bee Brave Story for the young and to meet our Brave Bees. Afterwards visit our HexB homes for solitary bees in the Castle Grounds opposite the Tunsgate.
https://rotaryinguildford.org/hexb-tiles/
As a supporter of Global Sight Solutions the Rotary Club of Gridih India with A Rotary Foundation Grant inaugarated a mobile eye clinic to tour their district.
