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SUMMARY:Lunchtime Speaker -Note Change of Venue
DESCRIPTION:There was no speaker this week but we had a delicious lunch at West Hall Care Home. Some of us were\nalso able to visit our friend\, fellow Rotarian Ben Flude\, who is staying there.\nOn Sunday 17th May the Club held a PSA testing session at Woking & Sam Beare Hospice. 126 men\nattended for blood tests. Carol and some of the other Rotarians who were there visited the kitchen at the\nHospice to see the new equipment for the treatment of dysphagia. This was jointly financed by the Rotary\nClub of Woking and Rotary Club of Woking District\, with the help of Foundation and District grants.\nThe Club will be sponsoring a Woking High School student to go on the RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership\nAwards) youth leadership scheme which will take place this August. The cost of £460 will be financed\nfrom the fund set up in memory of Eric Whittaker.\nFuture events this year include a dinner to commemorate Rotary Club of Woking District’s 50th anniversary\nwhich will be held on Saturday 17th October at Chobham Golf Club. The Rotary South District\nConference will be held on Saturday 10th October from 9.30am to 5pm and will be followed by a\ndinner from 5.45pm to 9pm. Carol will be attending the conference and would like to make up a table at\nthe dinner.\nA reminder about the President’s Dinner Dance at Gorse Hill. We would like more guests if possible. Please\nlet Teresa know your menu choices. Payment for the dinner can be made by BACs and should be done in\nadvance. Please see Teresa’s email.
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/lunchtime-speaker-terry-smith-david-hughes-swimathon-briefing/
LOCATION:West Hall Care Home\, Off Parvis Road\, West Byfleet\, KT14 6EY
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260517T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260517T220000
DTSTAMP:20260517T165800Z
CREATED:20260517T165800Z
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SUMMARY:CURRY CLUB - Curry Supper in Lightwater
DESCRIPTION:Cancer Testing Services are holding a Curry Evening cost £28
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/curry-club-curry-supper-in-lightwater/
LOCATION:The Cinnamon Palace\, 67 Guildford Road\, Lightwater\, GU18 5SB
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260517T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260517T170000
DTSTAMP:20260204T122400Z
CREATED:20260204T122238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260204T122400Z
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SUMMARY:Prostate Cancer Screening
DESCRIPTION:Woking and San Beare Hospice will provide the venue.\nPlease book a time slot on line
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/prostate-cancer-screening/
LOCATION:Woking San Beare Hospice\, Goldsworth Park Centre\, Woking\, GU21 3LG
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260511T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260511T143000
DTSTAMP:20260513T175828Z
CREATED:20260213T101242Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T175828Z
UID:2637-1778504400-1778509800@rotarywoking.co.uk
SUMMARY:Lunchtime Speaker - Tammy Stacey - Woking Hospice
DESCRIPTION:Waking and Sam Beare Hospice provided excellent care in the ng Notes  This week’s speaker was Tammy Stracey\, who is Clinical Director of Woking & Sam Beare Hospice (WSBH). Tammy has had 25 years experience in nursing. For most of her career she was an intensive care nurse. She was first introduced to the Hospice when her mother-in-law needed its services and she was very impressed by it.  Later she applied for the post of Clinical Director when the position became vacant. She is clearly enjoying her new role. WBSH cares for people with life-limiting and terminal illness. Currently 70% of its patients are cared for in their own homes\, but the Hospice also has 20 in-patient beds situated in individual rooms with en-suite bathrooms. Some patients come into the hospice for treatment and then go home. The emphasis is on living well and palliative care. The Hospice also provides help to families  of patients\, since caring for a person with a terminal illness can present a great many challenges. Bereavement counselling is also offered for a period after a patient has died. The hospice costs about £10m a year to run. Around £2.5m p.a is met by the NHS. The rest must be raised through fund-raising. This includes the shops\, of which there are now 19 plus an e-bay shop\, donations\, the hospice’s own lottery and fundraising events like the Dove Ball. Tammy told us about the project to help people with dysphagia where patients have difficulty in swallowing. The Head Chef recently went on a course at the Gordon Ramsey Institute where he learned about new techniques to deal with it. As a result\, WBSH has launched a project to deal with it. This will cost £8\,000 including training and equipment. The two Woking Rotary clubs are making financial contributions towards the project and additionally  there will be a Rotary Foundation grant. Next Sunday\, there will be PSA blood tests at the Hospice organised by Rotary Club of Woking with the help of the Hospice. The test helps to detect signs of prostate cancer\, which is common in older men. Volunteers are needed. Terry Smith gave the vote of thanks. He paid tribute to the valuable work that the hospice does and thanked Tammy very much for her talk
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/lunchtime-speaker-tammy-stacey-woking-hospice/
LOCATION:Hoebridge Golf Club\, Old Woking Road\, Old Woking\, Woking\, GU22 8JH
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260507T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260509T170000
DTSTAMP:20260213T101400Z
CREATED:20250509T071702Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260213T101400Z
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SUMMARY:Fellowship Weekend- Plessis Robinson visit
DESCRIPTION:Portsmouth and Isle of Wight.
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/fellowship-weekend/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260504T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260504T170000
DTSTAMP:20260108T171839Z
CREATED:20260108T171827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T171839Z
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SUMMARY:May Bank Holiday  -  No meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/may-bank-holiday-no-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260428T123000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260428T143000
DTSTAMP:20260417T173714Z
CREATED:20260417T173714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260417T173714Z
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SUMMARY:Godalming Rotary Club Invitation for our members
DESCRIPTION:Talk on Ring Pulls and Purple Community Fund\nLunchtime meeting for our members.
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/godalming-rotary-club-invitation-for-our-members/
LOCATION:West Surrey Golf Club\, Enton Green\, \,Station Lanr\, Godalming\, Surrey\, GU8 5AF
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260427T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260427T230000
DTSTAMP:20260213T100956Z
CREATED:20260213T100956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260213T100956Z
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SUMMARY:Evening Partners and Friends - Beijing Restaurant
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a wonderful Chinese meal i Horsell At the Beijing Restaurant
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/evening-partners-and-friends-beijing-restaurant/
LOCATION:Beijing\, 95-99 High Street\, Horsell\, GU21 4SY
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260420T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260420T143000
DTSTAMP:20260213T100720Z
CREATED:20260212T174602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260213T100720Z
UID:2631-1776690000-1776695400@rotarywoking.co.uk
SUMMARY:Lunchtime Meeting - Street Angels - Barbara Mcmanus
DESCRIPTION:Woking Street Angels are out in Woking Town Contrite every Friday and Saturday night giving care\, support and a listening ear to anyone who has found themselves in need or vulnerable.
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/lunchtime-meeting-street-angels-barbara-mcmanus/
LOCATION:Hoebridge Golf Club\, Old Woking Road\, Old Woking\, Woking\, GU22 8JH
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260419T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260419T170000
DTSTAMP:20260212T174201Z
CREATED:20260212T174201Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260212T174201Z
UID:2629-1776589200-1776618000@rotarywoking.co.uk
SUMMARY:Ramble & Picnic Lunch - Bushey Park
DESCRIPTION:Weather permitting
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/ramble-picnic-lunch-bushey-park/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260418T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260418T133000
DTSTAMP:20260324T124437Z
CREATED:20260324T124322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260324T124437Z
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SUMMARY:District Assembly & PEPS2
DESCRIPTION:A chance to discover what we're planning for the new Rotary year and how you can help shape it.\nAssembly ends 13.15\nPEPS2 Ends 15.30 ( Inc buffet lunch)
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/district-assembly-peps2/
LOCATION:St Catherines School\, Station Road\, Bramley\, GU5 0DF
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260413T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260419T143000
DTSTAMP:20260414T173517Z
CREATED:20260114T120708Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T173517Z
UID:2596-1776085200-1776609000@rotarywoking.co.uk
SUMMARY:Lunchtime Speaker - Keith Tatlock - Runnymede.
DESCRIPTION:Birthplace of Modern Democracy\nOur very own Rotarian Member.This week’s speaker was Keith Tatlock\, who gave us a talk about Runnymede. The name is derived from Old\nEnglish runig (meeting place) and mede (a meadow). Anglo-Saxon Kings sometimes used it for meetings of the\nWitan\, comprising noblemen and bishops who advised the King (a forerunner of the House of Lords). In 1215\nRunnymede was the site of the sealing of Magna Carta; it being between Windsor\, with its royal castle\, and\nStaines where the barons were encamped. The original document\, drafted by Archbishop Cardinal Stephen\nLangton was an attempt to broker a peace between the rebellious barons and King John. The 49 clauses in the\ndraft\, which still exists\, were expanded to 63 in the completed document. There were 13 copies of Magna Carta\,\nof which 4 still exist. It was condemned by Pope Innocent III. The peace broke down which led to the First\nBarons War. The barons wanted Louis son of Philip III of France to take the English throne. However\, when\nKing John died in 1216\, he was succeeded by his son Henry III who was 9. The royal government under the\nregent William Marshall reissued the charter as way of drawing support from the rebels. A revised text was\nagreed in 1217. Its most important clauses- that no-one is above the law\, people accused of a crime should be\ntried by their peers (jury trial)\, no imprisonment without just cause (habeas corpus) and no taxation without\nrepresentation- survive to this day and are also enshrined in the US constitution. The Runnymede meadows\nwere acquired and then gifted to the National Trust by Lady Fairhaven in 1929. Further land was gifted in 1963\nby Egham UDC. At the entrances to Runnymede\, at either end\, are memorials to Urban H Broughton\, Lady\nFairhaven’s late husband\, designed by Lutyens. The American Bar Association Memorial was opened in 1957; it\nwas designed by Sir Edwin Maufe. The John F Kennedy Memorial was dedicated in 1965 and opened by the\nQueen Elizabeth II and Jacqueline Kennedy. The Jurors is an array of 12 bronze chairs which was installed in\n2015 to mark the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta. It symbolises the rule of law.Writ in Water\nwas erected in 2018. It is a building with an interior pond on which is reflected extracts from Magna Carta. The\nAngerwyke Yew\, which could be 2\,500 years old\, is on the north side of the Thames near a ruined medieval\nPriory. The President gave the vote of thanks. She thanked Keith for his interesting and well-researched talk.
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/lunchtime-speaker-keith-tatlock-runnymede/
LOCATION:Hoebridge Golf Club\, Old Woking Road\, Old Woking\, Woking\, GU22 8JH
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260410T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260410T220000
DTSTAMP:20260212T173855Z
CREATED:20260212T173855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260212T173855Z
UID:2625-1775847600-1775858400@rotarywoking.co.uk
SUMMARY:Woking Youth Theatre - Little Shop of Horrors
DESCRIPTION:A musical about a flower shop with a plant that grows!\nNew Victoria Theatre/ Rhoda Mcgaw
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/woking-youth-theatre-little-shop-of-horrors/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260406T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260406T170000
DTSTAMP:20260114T120746Z
CREATED:20260114T120746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260114T120746Z
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SUMMARY:Easter - No meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/easter-no-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260404T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260404T160000
DTSTAMP:20260324T124541Z
CREATED:20260212T173644Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260324T124541Z
UID:2623-1775296800-1775318400@rotarywoking.co.uk
SUMMARY:Morrisons Charity Collection
DESCRIPTION:Help wanted to shake a bucket or dress as an Elf or even a Rabbit!!!
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/morrisons-charity-collection/
LOCATION:Morrisons Supermarket\, 82 Goldsworth Road\, Woking\, GU21 6NX
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260330T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260330T143000
DTSTAMP:20260401T082612Z
CREATED:20260114T120452Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T082612Z
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SUMMARY:Lunchtime Speaker - Rebecca Bale - Commonwealth War Graves
DESCRIPTION:This week’s speaker was Rebecca Bale a volunteer from the Commonweath War Graves Commission. It\nwas set up in 1917. At the outbreak of the First World War in 1914\, Fabian Ware\, a director of Rio Tinto\, finding\nthat he was too old at 45 to join the British Army\, but wanting to help the war effort\, obtained the position of\nCommander of a mobile unit of the British Red Cross. Once in France\, Ware was struck by the lack of any\nmechanism for documenting or marking the location of graves of those who had been killed. He thus created an\norganisation within the Red Cross for this purpose. In March 1915\, with the support of the Adjutant-General of\nthe British Expeditionary Force\, the unit was transferred to the British Army as the Graves Registration\nCommission. In 1917 this became the Imperial War Graves Commission. After the WW1\, the Commission\nconstructed a number of purpose-built military cemeteries\, Having consulted with garden designer Gertrude\nJekyll the architects created a walled cemetery with uniform headstones in a garden setting\, augmented by\nBlomfield's Cross of Sacrifice and Lutyens' Stone of Remembrance. The Forceville cemetery in France became\nthe model for the commission's building programme. The headstones were to a standard design containing\nname\, rank\, number\, age at death and a symbol denoting their religious faith. They could also have a personal\ninscription. The Commission constructed memorials to deceased servicemen and women who had no known\ngrave such as the Menin Gate in Ypres Belgium and Thiepval in France. After WW2 there was a need for more\nwar cemeteries and memorials such the Air Forces Memorial at Runnymede. The name of the commission was\nchanged to Commonwealth War Graves Commission in 1960. It has now has 5 members: Australia\, Canada\,\nIndia\, New Zealand\, South Africa and the United Kingdom\, which jointly finance it. The Commission is currently\nresponsible for the commemoration of 1.7 million deceased Commonwealth military service members in 153\ncountries and 67\,000 civilians who died as a result of enemy action during the WW2. Military service members\nare commemorated by name on either a headstone\, at a cemetery or on a memorial. There are 23\,000\nseparate burial sites including the Brookwood military cemetery. Terry Smith gave the vote of thanks. He\nthanked Rebecca for her very interesting presentation. She offered to organise a visit to Brookwood for us.
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/lunchtime-speaker-rebecca-bale-commonwealth-war-graves/
LOCATION:Hoebridge Golf Club\, Old Woking Road\, Old Woking\, Woking\, GU22 8JH
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260327T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260327T230000
DTSTAMP:20260108T171555Z
CREATED:20260108T171555Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T171555Z
UID:2546-1774638000-1774652400@rotarywoking.co.uk
SUMMARY:Rotary Friends and Partners Quiz Night
DESCRIPTION:Sutton Green Golf Club again hosting this event.  Cost £20 Meal is lasagne and salad.
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/rotary-friends-and-partners-quiz-night/
LOCATION:Sutton Green Golf Club\, New Lane\, Sutton Green\, Guildford\, Woking\, GU4 7QF\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260323T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260323T143000
DTSTAMP:20260325T123527Z
CREATED:20260212T173350Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260325T123527Z
UID:2621-1774270800-1774276200@rotarywoking.co.uk
SUMMARY:Lunchtime Speaker - Woking Youth Theatre - Bruce & Jo Hazleton
DESCRIPTION:This week’s speaker was Bruce Hazelton from Woking Youth Theatre (WYT). The Club supports WYT; a\ngroup of us are going to WYT’s next production The Little Shop of Horrors on 10th April. Bruce gave us an\nupdate on what the group has been doing since he last spoke to us in 2024. Last April\, WYT put on a musical\ncalled Stalkers\, which a group of us went to see and greatly enjoyed. The script and the music were written and\ncomposed by Bruce Hazelton himself\, which meant that there were no royalties to pay. It was staged in the\nsmall Buzz theatre in the Peacocks\, rather than the larger Rhoda McGaw Theatre\, which the group normally\nuses. Buzz is smaller and more intimate than the Rhoda\, although its smaller stage limits the use of scenery.\nFinancially Stalkers was a success\, unlike WYT’s previous production Bonnie & Clyde\, which lost money. In\naddition to major productions\, which is usually a musical WYT puts on Showcases. They are designed to enable\nall members to participate by staging a scene from a play\, musical\, film or television programme. Last year for\nexample they did scenes from Mama Mia and from the films Crimson Peak and Clue. They are are held in small\npurpose-built studio theatre in Export House. Last year the showcase was staged as a cabaret with smaller\naudiences which meant that they could do three performances instead of the usual one. This proved to be very\nsuccessful. WYT also has an annual summer week-long film project which is held in the school summer\nholidays. Bruce showed us a scene from last year’s film\, which was called The Dead. It used the Export House\ntheatre as a studio and also had some external locations as well. In addition\, WYT holds weekly drama\nworkshops. It also holds regular masterclasses with industry professionals\, many of whom are former WYT\nmembers on different aspects of theatrical performance and production. These include singing\, dance acting for\nscreen\, props\, set design and construction\, theatre lighting and costume design. These are all skills that you\nwould need in being involved in a play\, musical or making a film as a performer\, director/producer or in a\nbackstage role. Teresa Stedman gave the vote of thanks. She thanked Bruce for his excellent presentation.
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/lunchtime-speaker-woking-youth-theatre-bruce-jo-hazleton/
LOCATION:Hoebridge Golf Club\, Old Woking Road\, Old Woking\, Woking\, GU22 8JH
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260316T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260316T150000
DTSTAMP:20260324T120429Z
CREATED:20250509T072140Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260324T120429Z
UID:1500-1773666000-1773673200@rotarywoking.co.uk
SUMMARY:AGM Business meeting
DESCRIPTION:Rotary Club of Woking Founded 1922 “Serve to change lives”www.rotarywoking.co.uk Events27th March 7pmInternational Quiz\, Sutton Green GC If you are unable to fulfil your duty\, it is your   responsibility to find a replacement.  Please  let Carol Cheesman (Tel: 07836 274801) know who will be replacing you.   Any requests to vary meals must be  submitted to Keith Tatlock (Tel: 01932 349803) by no later than 3pm on the preceding Friday.  16th March 2026       Meeting Notes  Our meeting this week was our AGM and Business meeting at which officers and Committee chairs presented their annual reports. These will be reported in the minutes of the meeting. As the Bradley Ward refurbishment project has been delayed\, this has freed up the funds that had been earmarked for it by Woking Rotary Club and Woking District Rotary Club. Some of the money is going to a fund the IDDSI project at Woking & Sam Beare Hospice\, which will preserve the Foundation grant. The project is intended to help inpatients with dysphagia (swallowing difficulties).  But we have also decided to increase our contribution to the Cut Out Cancer project at the Royal Surrey Hospital from £2\,000 to £4\,000. Carol asked that someone represent the Club at the District Assembly at Bramley to go the Foundation
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/agm-business-meeting/
LOCATION:Hoebridge Golf Club\, Old Woking Road\, Old Woking\, Woking\, GU22 8JH
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260309T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260309T143000
DTSTAMP:20260324T120908Z
CREATED:20260108T171334Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260324T120908Z
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SUMMARY:Lunchtime Speaker - Dr Gareth Holsgrove - Guide Dogs
DESCRIPTION:his week a talk by Gareth Holsgrave and Anica Zeyen about Guide Dogs for the Blind. Anica is blind.\nShe has a guide dog called Maisie\, a black Labrador cross\, who came to our meeting. Anica is a Professor at\nRoyal Holloway and does a lot of travelling for work\, often by plane with Maisie. She has had two guide dogs\nand told us about her experience with them. Both have worked well with her. She said that on one occasion\nwhen crossing the road her dog wouldn’t move because it could see a motorist jumping the traffic lights.\nGareth spoke about his experience as a volunteer puppy raiser. The application process is quite lengthy. It\nincludes an interview\, a home visit and a DBS check. If accepted\, the puppy raiser has to sign a legal\nagreement. Both Gareth and his wife applied and were both approved and then put on a waiting list. They\nfinally acquired a black Labrador puppy called May. The rules of puppy training are called PREP (puppy raising\nfor excellent partnership). Raisers use reward/encouragement rather than scolding to train the puppy. The basic\ntraining is carried out by the puppy raiser\, but includes puppy raising classes at which raisers will often swap\npuppies. The puppies are trained to be with children and other adults\, to learn how to travel in cars\, on public\ntransport and planes\, to cross roads safely\, to take directions to places where their owner wants to go. Most\nimportantly\, a guide dog needs to be able to recognise and obey commands by their owner. The basic training\ntakes 14 months\, after which the dogs are given intensive formal training at a training centre. This lasts for at\nleast 20 weeks. Assuming that the dog passes its training\, it is then matched with an owner. The potential guide\ndog owner is also given training and assessed to see if they can work with a dog. The owner is then matched\nwith a potential canine partner. Guide Dogs will then assess whether the dog and owner are a good match.\nThey work with the owner to design a training programme to build a trusting partnership beween the dog and\nowner. Normally a guide dog has a working life of 8-10 years and which point they are retired. They are usually\nrehomed\, although some can be retrained into less intensive roles or stay with their owner. Guide Dogs raises\nmoney through legacies\, individual and corporate donations and fundraising.Teresa Stedman gave the
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/lunchtime-speaker-dr-gareth-holsgrove-guide-dogs/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260307T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260307T233000
DTSTAMP:20260217T222735Z
CREATED:20260212T173057Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260217T222735Z
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SUMMARY:The Mayor of Woking's Spring Gala Ball
DESCRIPTION:3 Course meal.  Live band being held to support Citizens Advice Woking\nCost £99 per head
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/the-mayor-of-workings-spring-gala-ball/
LOCATION:Hilton Hotel\, Church Street\, Woking\, GU21 6AX
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260302T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260302T143000
DTSTAMP:20260324T121045Z
CREATED:20260108T171144Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260324T121045Z
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SUMMARY:Lunchtime Speaker - Swimathon Charities Presentation
DESCRIPTION:his week we had a special lunch meeting at which we presented cheques to local charities from the proceeds\nof the Swimathon. Last October’s Swimathon was the best in the Club’s history and raised £18\,000. Thanks are\ndue to the swimmers and volunteers and also our sponsor Trident Honda. Over the 19 years that the\nSwimathon has been held\, we have raised over £200\,000. David Hughes outlined plans to make it even more\nsuccessful. Terry Smith thanked David for computerising the admin side of Swimathon\, which has greatly\nreduced the workload of volunteers. He also thanked Richard Roberts of Trident Honda for being the sponsor\nsince its commencement\, which has greatly reduced the Club’s risks in running it and has also contributed\ngreatly to the amount raised. Representatives of all the charities to which we are making donations were\npresent at the lunch. The charities were Freemantles School (a school for children with autism)\, Meath\nSchool (a special school for children with severe and complex communication needs)\, Woking Community\nFirst Responders (provides a backup to ambulance service by responding to 999 emergency calls)\, SERV\nSurrey and London (transports blood and other products to hospitals)\, Woking Snorkel & Scuba (teaches\nsnorkelling and scuba diving to children)\, Woking & Sam Beare Hospice (hospice/end of life care). The\ncheques were presented to the charities by Richard Roberts of Trident Honda.
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/lunchtime-speaker-swimathon-charities-presentation/
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260223T143000
DTSTAMP:20260303T171235Z
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SUMMARY:Lunchtime Speaker - Keith Holland - Shelterbox
DESCRIPTION:This week our speaker was Keith Holland who is a member of Farnborough Rotary Club and an\nAmbassador for Shelter Box. Shelter Box was founded in 2001 by Helston-Lizard Rotary Club in Cornwall. Its\naim is to work with disaster-affected communities to provide emergency relief and shelter and support families\nin rebuilding their lives. Since 2001\, Shelter Box has expanded greatly. In 2012 it entered into a international\nproject partnership with Rotary International. It is now an international charitable organisation with\nheadquarters in Truro\, Cornwall (UK)\, but with staff\, volunteers and partners in locations all around the world. It\nnow has bases with supplies and equipment in Belgium\, Panama\, Barbados\, Ghana\, Kenya\, United Arab\nEmirates\, Pakistan and the Philippines\, which are closer to potential disaster areas. It also has 13 international\nfundraising teams\, which are all independent non-profit organisations that raise funds to support its work in\ndisaster relief. These are based in the US\, Canada\, Australia\, New Zealand\, Germany and some other European\ncountries. Rotary International and individual Rotary clubs and districts contribute about 20% of the\norganisation’s funds. Shelter Box deals with many types of disaster including hurricanes\, typhoons and other\nsevere weather events\, earthquakes\, tsunamis\, drought\, floods and avalanches. Since 2001\, it has helped 3\nmillion people and last year it helped 270\,000. Earlier in its history it helped with the 2004 Tsunami in the Indian\nOcean. Recent disasters that it has helped with include Hurricane Beryl and Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean\nand earthquakes in Myanmar and Afghanistan. Originally Shelter Box provided large green boxes with a tent\nand emergency supplies\, which were shipped from the UK. This all changed with the establishment of the\noverseas bases. The variety and volume of supplies and equipment that it deploys has also expanded greatly.\nTents\, which are vitally important in disaster relief\, are now of many different types including Sahelian tents and\nbespoke shelters. Shelter kits to repair homes are also supplied. Supplies and equipment are tailored to supply\nthe type of help that is required. Terry Smith\, in giving the vote of thanks thanked Keith for his excellent\npresentation. Woking Rotary Club strongly supports Shelter Box and has contributed £1\,500 to it over the years.
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/lunchtime-speaker-keith-holland-shelterbox/
LOCATION:Hoebridge Golf Club\, Old Woking Road\, Old Woking\, Woking\, GU22 8JH
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260216T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260216T233000
DTSTAMP:20260212T172648Z
CREATED:20251113T174003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260212T172648Z
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SUMMARY:Partners and Friends Evening  -Prime Turkish Kitchen
DESCRIPTION:Partners and Friends cost is £40 per head.\nCome and help a worthwhile cause.  CUT OUT CANCER A partnership between Rotary Clubs across the South and the Royal Surrey Hospital.  Funds raised will go towards the purchase of high-tech specialised medical equipment and the care of cancer patients.\nThere will be a serving of delicious a spread of Turkish Favourites.  Of course finishing with Baklava!
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/partners-and-friends-evening-beijing-horsell/
LOCATION:Prime Turkish Kitchen\, 69-71 Goldsworth Road. GU21 6LJ\, Woking\, GU21 6LJ
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260209T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260209T143000
DTSTAMP:20260213T111746Z
CREATED:20251106T114641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260213T111746Z
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SUMMARY:Lunchtime Speakers - KSS Air Ambulance- Nigel Baxter
DESCRIPTION:his week our speaker was Nigel Baxter who is a volunteer from Kent\, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance\n(KSS). It was founded in 1989 in Kent and later expanded to Surrey and Sussex. It is one of the largest HEMS\n(helicopter emergency medical services) in the UK in terms of area and population. Its service area has a\npopulation of 4.8m\, but because it hosts a major airport (Gatwick)\, several motorways\, the channel tunnel and\nferries\, the service area is estimated to have a transient population of 90 million. KSS is a registered charity. It\ncosts £20.8m per year to run. It raises 90% of its revenue from donations and fundraising and 10% from the\nNHS. It operates 24/7 every day of the year and deals with an average of 3\,300 incidents per year. They are\ndivided 42% in Kent\, 25% in Surrey and 29% East and West Sussex. The aircraft are called out by a dispatcher\nworking at the 999 emergency centre. The dispatcher picks out the ambulance call-outs that involve major\ntrauma. These are divided between road traffic accidents (28%)\, medical emergencies such as heart attacks\nand strokes (28%)\, accidental injuries (20%)\, assault (9%) and self-harm (8%). KSS has three AW 169\nhelicopters based in Redhill\, of which two are in use all the time. Each helicopter has a crew of one doctor\, one\nparamedic and two pilots. The doctors and paramedics are highly trained and experienced in dealing with major\ntrauma. The doctors are usually seconded to the service for a period of 6 months. They are typically consultant\nlevel anaesthetists who are experienced in emergency medicine. The helicopters are fully equipped and are like\na flying emergency department with 360 degree access throughout the flight. The doctors can administer\nanaesthetics if necessary. The helicopters can reach most parts of area within around 15 minutes and would\ntake around 15 minutes to get to a hospital. The main hospitals that they go to are St Georges (Tooting) in SW\nLondon\, Kings College in SE London or University College Hospital in Brighton. KSS also has four Volvo XC90\nemergency vehicles stationed in different parts of the area\, which act as a backup to the helicopters. Their\ncrews are blue-light trained. Richard Sanderson gave the vote of thanks. He thanked Nigel for his interesting\nand inspiring presentation and praised the extremely valuable service that KSS provides in our area.
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/lunchtime-speakers-kss-air-ambulance/
LOCATION:Hoebridge Golf Club\, Old Woking Road\, Old Woking\, Woking\, GU22 8JH
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260202T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260202T143000
DTSTAMP:20260204T121716Z
CREATED:20250909T084247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260204T121716Z
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SUMMARY:Lunchtime Speaker - District Governor - T J Olaleye
DESCRIPTION:Our speaker this week was Olatunji Olaleye our District Governor\, otherwise known as TJ. TJ was\nborn in Nigeria\, but now has Irish citizenship. He is a qualified Anaesthetist and he also has Masters\nDegree in Healthcare Informatics and a Law degree. He currently works in the Healthcare sector. TJ is the\nfirst person of Black African descent to be a Governor of District 1145 (Rotary South). In 1984 he joined\nRotaract which laid the foundation for his commitment to Rotary. In 2007\, he joined the Rotary Club of\nNavan\, Ireland\, where he made history as the club’s first African and non-Irish Vice President and\nPresident-Elect. He later relocated to the United Kingdom\, becoming a member of the Rotary Club of\nWallington. He served as the club’s first African and non-British President. He has volunteered in Rotary\nmedical outreach programmes across multiple countries and has championed gender equality. Outside\nRotary\, he advocates for regulatory improvements in transnational fertility access\, particularly concerning\npatients from Africa and the Global South seeking advanced treatments abroad. TJ thanked our Club for\neverything that it does. He said that in general Rotarians do not thank themselves enough for what they\ndo. He stressed the importance and value of Rotary fellowship. He also stressed the importance of\ndiversity. The latter is not without its challenges for some clubs\, where it has caused internal differences.\nTJ said that there are lots of different membership models for clubs. For example Weybridge & Byfleet\nRotary Club has many younger members. TJ said while we invite many charities to talk at our meetings\,\nwe rarely send speakers to other organisations to tell them about what Rotary does. He suggested that\nwe should do more of this. Carol gave the vote of thanks and thanked TJ for his very interesting and\ninspiring speech. At the meeting we agreed a budget of up to £1\,000 to finance equipment and other\nthings that help with fundraising activities such as cash machines.
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/lunchtime-speaker-district-governor-t-j-olaleye/
LOCATION:Hoebridge Golf Club\, Old Woking Road\, Old Woking\, Woking\, GU22 8JH
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260126T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260126T143000
DTSTAMP:20260204T122450Z
CREATED:20251106T114528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260204T122450Z
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SUMMARY:Lunchtime Speaker - Woking High School Carers
DESCRIPTION:This week we invited a group of Young Carers from Woking High School to our lunch. They were accompanied\nby staff from the school. Most of the young carers look after or help to look after a parent who is disabled. The\nClub presented the school with a cheque for £250 to help with the Young Carers programme. This came from\nthe proceeds of our Christmas collections which school pupils and staff had helped with. Penny Kramer\npresented Zoe\, one of the young carers\, with the Colin Kramer Award. This is awarded annually to a young\nperson who has shown resilience. Sarah Bannister\, who leads on Home-School links at Woking High School\nand is in charge of the programme\, spoke about young carers at the school and what the school does to help\nthem. There are 120 young carers at the school and 1\,400 across Surrey. Every month the school has a special\nlunch for them to which they are invited. The school also provides snacks for them. They recently took a group\nof 90 of them to the pantomime at the New Victoria Theatre\, which they greatly enjoyed. Some young carers\nattend a meeting in Goldsworth Park for young carers across Woking. The school can help with school uniforms\,\nschool trips and other things that children might need on an ad-hoc basis. For example it paid for coatings on\nglasses for one young carer. The parents of young carers are often unable to work full time and often have\nconstrained budgets. The school raises money for this programme separately from charities and other donors.\nIn total the Young Carers programme costs around £2\,500-£3\,000 per year. Carol Cheesman thanked Sarah for\nher speech
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/lunchtime-speaker-woking-high-school-carers/
LOCATION:Hoebridge Golf Club\, Old Woking Road\, Old Woking\, Woking\, GU22 8JH
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260125T123000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260125T163000
DTSTAMP:20251218T120311Z
CREATED:20250509T071419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251218T120311Z
UID:1492-1769344200-1769358600@rotarywoking.co.uk
SUMMARY:Woking District Founders Lunch
DESCRIPTION:West Byfleet Golf Club\nOrganised by Woking District Rotary Club
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/woking-district-founders-lunch/
LOCATION:West Byfleet Golf Club\, Sheerwater Road\, West Byfleet\, KT14 6AA
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260122T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260122T223000
DTSTAMP:20260108T170531Z
CREATED:20260108T170511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T170531Z
UID:2536-1769110200-1769121000@rotarywoking.co.uk
SUMMARY:Pantomime  Robin Hood  Pyrford Little Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Pyrford Village Hall.\n7.45 Cost is £15 per ticket
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/pantomime-robin-hood/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260112T123000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260112T143000
DTSTAMP:20260107T193623Z
CREATED:20251106T114415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260107T193623Z
UID:2473-1768221000-1768228200@rotarywoking.co.uk
SUMMARY:Lunchtime Speaker - Postponed.  Beware Venue changed!
DESCRIPTION:Today's meeting will be held at West Hall Care Home.  Thanks to the generosity of the Care Home.\nParvis Road\nWest Byfleet  KT14 6EY\nPlease note also time is 12.30 of 1 o'clock.
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/lunchtime-speaker-dr-gareth-holsgrave-guide-dogs/
LOCATION:Wesrt Hall Care Home\, off Parvis Road\, West Byfleet\, KT14 6EY\, United Kingdom
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