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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260105T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260105T143000
DTSTAMP:20250815T133810Z
CREATED:20250814T175020Z
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SUMMARY:Lunchtime Speaker - Kevin Mack - Rotary training
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/lunchtime-speaker-kevin-mack/
LOCATION:Hoebridge Golf Club\, Old Woking Road\, Old Woking\, Woking\, GU22 8JH
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251229T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251229T143000
DTSTAMP:20251106T114259Z
CREATED:20251106T114259Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251106T114259Z
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SUMMARY:No Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/no-meeting-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251222T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251222T143000
DTSTAMP:20251113T173517Z
CREATED:20241215T085204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251113T173517Z
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SUMMARY:Christmas Lunch and Business Meeting SGM
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Christmas Style Meal £20.
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/christmas-party/
LOCATION:Hoebridge Golf Club\, Old Woking Road\, Old Woking\, Woking\, GU22 8JH
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251221T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251221T170000
DTSTAMP:20250526T092540Z
CREATED:20250301T112000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250526T092540Z
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SUMMARY:Town Square Christmas Collection
DESCRIPTION:Woking Town Square
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/christmas-sleigh-collections-2/
LOCATION:Woking Town Centre\, Jubilee Square\, Church Street East\, Woking
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251220T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251220T170000
DTSTAMP:20251113T173429Z
CREATED:20250301T111911Z
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SUMMARY:Town Square Christmas Collection. Supported by Woking Football Club
DESCRIPTION:Woking Town Square
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/christmas-sleigh-collections/
LOCATION:Woking Town Centre\, Jubilee Square\, Church Street East\, Woking
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251218T163000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251218T190000
DTSTAMP:20251111T175659Z
CREATED:20250509T071213Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251111T175659Z
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SUMMARY:Christmas Street Collection - Kingfield
DESCRIPTION:Supported by Woking Football Club\nStart Shacklefoed Rd\, Rydens Way\, Farm Rd\, Ford Rd\, Winston Way\, Fairfax Rd\, Coniston Rd\, Rydens Way\, Gloster Rd\, returning to Kingfield School
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/christmas-street-collection-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251217T163000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251217T190000
DTSTAMP:20251111T175408Z
CREATED:20250509T071130Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251111T175408Z
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SUMMARY:Christmas Street Collection - Hermitage
DESCRIPTION:Supported by Woking Street Angels\nBegins at Hermitage School.\nGorsewood Rd\, Sutton Ave\, Okay\, Batten Ave\, Lakeside\, Hermitage Woods\, Hermitage Woods crescent\, Limewood Cl\, Briarwood Rd\, Elmwood Rd\, Brackenwood Rd\, Gorsewood Rd.
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/christmas-street-collection-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251216T163000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251216T190000
DTSTAMP:20251111T175115Z
CREATED:20250301T111756Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251111T175115Z
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SUMMARY:Christmas Street Collection - Horsell
DESCRIPTION:Supported by Horsell Care\nSleigh starts at Horsell Village Hall\nBury Lane\, Waldens Park Road\, Kirby Road\, St Mary's Road\, Well Lane\, Ormonde Rd\, Horsell Way\, Nursery Close\, Thornash Rd\, Russell Rd\, High St. Back to Horsell Village Hall.
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/christmas-street-collection/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251215T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251215T143000
DTSTAMP:20251231T114147Z
CREATED:20250909T083649Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251231T114147Z
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SUMMARY:Lunchtime Speaker - Joy Poulter - The Purple Community Fund
DESCRIPTION:This week Joy Poulter from the Rotary Club of Godalming gave us a presentation on\nthe Purple Community Fund (PCF). PCF was set up by Jane Walker MBE. Jane had had a difficult start in\nlife. She was thrown out of her home when she left school at the age of 16. She initially went into the\nhospitality industry\, working first as a chamber maid\, but later working her way up into management. She then\njoined the magazine sector\, where she did very well. In the 1990's\, while on sabbatical leave from her job\, she\nvisited the Philippines. Jane had heard of the terrible living conditions of the families who were living and\nworking in Manila's rubbish dumps. She asked a taxi driver to take her to the worst slum areas. It was a pivotal\nmoment for her and the start of a campaign to help to try to break the cycle of poverty in that area. She\nsecured the funding to build a new school using recycled shipping containers. She set up an after-school club\nand gave food parcels to the children who attended the school to try keep them off the rubbish tip. Children\nfrom the school have gone on to achieve great things. One of them joined the Philippine National Ballet and\nothers have gone to university. The Philipinne government also agreed to let the charity take over another\nbuilding so that it could create a second school. In 2002 Jane set up the Purple Community Fund as a UK\nregistered charity. PCF\, understanding well the negative impact that high levels of poverty have on children\nand families and its detrimental effects on all aspects of their lives\, has developed a holistic approach to combat\nit. Its centres provide education\, livelihood workshops\, skills training\, healthcare\, nutrition\, clean water\, social\nwelfare and also emergency and disaster relief. This ensures that the families continue to see improvements in\nthe quality of their lives. PCF has also set up businesses locally to make recycled waste into useful products that\ncan be sold in developed countries. One of these projects is making handbags from aluminium ringpulls\, which\nare sold in the UK and elsewhere; our Club collect ringpulls for them. Another project recycles old aircraft tyres\nto make boots and shoes. From 2013\, PCF has been supported by Rotary\, notably the two Godalming Rotary\nClubs: Goldalming and Godalming Woolsack and also by Rotary International. Joy and colleagues brought some\nhandbags and jewellery\, all made from recycled materials to sell to our members. Carol thanked Joy for her very interesting talk
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/lunchtime-speaker-joy-poulter-the-purple-community-fund/
LOCATION:Hoebridge Golf Club\, Old Woking Road\, Old Woking\, Woking\, GU22 8JH
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251214T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251214T170000
DTSTAMP:20250301T111631Z
CREATED:20250301T111631Z
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SUMMARY:Morrisons Christmas Collections
DESCRIPTION:Morrisons Christmas Sleigh collections
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/morrisons-christmas-collections-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251213T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251213T170000
DTSTAMP:20250301T111522Z
CREATED:20250301T111522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250301T111522Z
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SUMMARY:Morrisons Christmas Collections
DESCRIPTION:Christmas Sleigh Collections
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/morrisons-christmas-collections/
LOCATION:Morrisons Supermarket\, 82 Goldsworth Road\, Woking\, GU21 6NX
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251208T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251208T143000
DTSTAMP:20251231T114420Z
CREATED:20250509T074559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251231T114420Z
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SUMMARY:Lunchtime Speaker - School Prize Lunch
DESCRIPTION:Meeting Notes This year the Swimathon collected £18\,000. This is the highest amount that we have ever\nraised from this event. Many of the swimmers are school pupils. On Monday\, we invited the schools and\nindividual pupils who had raised the most money through sponsorship to our lunch meeting and presented them\nwith awards to thank them for their efforts in raising this money. The awards were presented by Richard\nRoberts the Managing Director of Trident Honda\, the main sponsor of the Swimathon. The school that raised\nthe most money this year was Woking High School. Two of its outstanding swimmers\, Amy Liddell and\nPolly Bridger\, collected the trophy on the school's behalf. Meath School collected the most money per\nparticipant. Rudy E and William T collected a trophy on its behalf. Two pupils at Hoe Bridge School also\ncollected awards. Samuel Woodroffe collected the School Team Fundraisers of the year award and Aayan\nKatyra was the Student Fundraiser of the Year raising a magnicent and amazing £415 in sponsorship. Well\ndone to all the swimmers!\nWe held our Christmas celebrations this year at West Byfleet Golf Club. The event was very enjoyable with a\nthree course dinner\, live music and dancing. Our special guest was Eric Lundquist from the Rotary Club of\nClamart\, Le Plessis Robinson and Vélizy. Le Plessis Robinson is one of Woking two twin towns and is near Paris.\nA highlight of the evening was conferring a Paul Harris Fellowship on our Club President Carol Cheesman.\nTerry Smith said “Carol joined Rotary in 2016\, becoming Club Treasurer in 2019\, she was Senior Vice President\nin 2022/23 and 2023/24 and was elected President in July 2024. She has continued as President for a second\nyear in 2025/26. She has made the Club stronger and has recruited eight new members\, with another one\njoining us shortly. She has introduced corporate members into the Club for the first time. Carol makes things\nhappen.” The Paul Harris Fellowship certificate was presented to Carol\, on the Club’s behalf\, by Eric Lundquist\nfrom the French Rotary club. He congratulated Carol on her receiving this prestigious and very well-deserved\naward. At our lunch Terry Smith presented her with the medallion which had just arrived.
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/business-meeting-sgm/
LOCATION:Hoebridge Golf Club\, Old Woking Road\, Old Woking\, Woking\, GU22 8JH
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251202T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251202T230000
DTSTAMP:20250707T074841Z
CREATED:20250509T074502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250707T074841Z
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SUMMARY:Christmas Celebration Dinner Dance
DESCRIPTION:Family and Friends welcome
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/christmas-celebration-dinner-dance/
LOCATION:West Byfleet Golf Club\, Sheerwater Road\, West Byfleet\, KT14 6AA
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251201T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251201T143000
DTSTAMP:20251231T114635Z
CREATED:20250818T145106Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251231T114635Z
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SUMMARY:Lunchtime Speaker - Keith Tatlock - Woodingdean Well
DESCRIPTION:Our speaker this week was Keith Tatlock. In the absence of our scheduled speaker\, Keith gave us a talk on\nthe Woodingdean Well\, which is the deepest hand-dug well in the world. Woodingdean is a village to the\neast of Brighton. In the 1850’s\, the local authority decided to build a new workhouse in Woodingdean to\nreplace the old dilapidated one and also build a new industrial school for poor children. It was decided that\nbecause the cost of mains water would be prohibitive\, it would build its own well using a local labour force\,\naugmented by paupers\, to build it. The labourers were to work 24 hours per day on a shift system 7 days\nper week. Construction started in 1858 on a 6ft diameter shaft which was lined with bricks. By 1860\, the\ndepth of the shaft had reached 438 ft and some side tunnels were dug\, but no water had been found. It was\nthen decided to continue digging\, but the diameter of the shaft was reduced to 4ft\, which meant that only\ntwo men could work in the shaft at one time. After another two years the depth of the shaft had reached\n1285 ft\, making it the deepest hand-dug well in the world. It was also 850 ft below sea level. On 16th March\n1862\, the ground started to bulge upwards. The two men working there quickly climbed up the shaft\, taking\n45 minutes\, to escape the water\, which had started to gush out. In one hour the water had reached 400 ft\nand by the end of the month had risen to 945 ft. A steam driven pump was used to extract the water. But\nthe well was only used for 4 years\, after which it was decided to connect the the workhouse up to mains\nwater and sewerage. The top of the well can be seen today in the grounds of the Nuffield Hospital. The\ndeepest mine in the UK is at Boulby in North Yorkshire. This is 4\,600ft deep and mines polyhalite\, a\nnaturally occuring inorganic fertiliser of which it is currently the only producer in the world. But a new\npolyhalite mine is planned in the same area\, which will be even deeper at 4\,900ft (1.5km). The mine is home\nto the Boulby Underground Laboratory. Because of its depth it has extremely low background radiation and is\nused for research into space and into dark matter. It also researches extremophile organisms – that is\nmicrobes that thrive under the most extreme conditions. Richard Sanderson congratulated Keith on his very\ninteresting talk.
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/lunchtime-speaker-mark-aldridge-tax-care-and-toy-boys/
LOCATION:Hoebridge Golf Club\, Old Woking Road\, Old Woking\, Woking\, GU22 8JH
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251124T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251124T143000
DTSTAMP:20251127T152927Z
CREATED:20250818T144855Z
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SUMMARY:Lunchtime Speaker -Steph Bleach - Zero Carbon
DESCRIPTION:Our speakers this week were Steph Bleach and Maddie Evans from Zero Carbon Guildford (ZCG). ZCG\nis a charity which carries out environmental projects\, mainly in the Guildford area\, although some of them\nare Surrey-wide. It always tries to involve the local community in its projects and has 215 active volunteers.\nIts guiding principles are Reducing Waste\, Protecting the Countryside and Protecting Health. Steph described\nfive of the many projects which ZCG is leading. The Community Fridge collects surplus food from grocery\nstores and supermarkets which are still in date but near the end of their shelf life. People can collect these\nitems free of charge. Unlike a food bank\, anyone is free to take them. The object is to divert them from\nlandfill. Since it was set up\, the Fridge has saved 25 tonnes of food from landfill and saved residents almost\n£74\,000. It operates from a warehouse in The Riverside Business Centre. The Library of Things is based at\nGuildford Library. It rents out items to local residents\, which include tools\, DIY equipment\, carpet cleaners\nand other items which are useful but used occasionally rather than every day. Potential borrowers have to\nregister using photo ID and a bank card to create an account - similar a conventional library account- and\nthen they can borrow items free of charge. River Testing ZCG and partners test the water in Guildford’s\ntwo local rivers\, the Wey and the Tillingbourne. They test weekly for e-coli and monthly for other pollutants.\nZCG works jountly with the Wey River Trust and Water Rangers. The Sustainable Business Network is\nSurrey-wide and consists of 300 SMEs. It offers advice to small businesses on energy saving. ZCG has\nrecently obtained funding for an energy surveyor from Surrey County Council. It also offers guidance on\ncreating a sustainability plan and case studies and peer to peer knowledge from Surrey businesses leading\non formulating net zero plans. ZCG’s HEAT service offers free home energy surveys to all Surrey residents.\nThe survey highlights where energy is is leaking out and offer advice on how to improve energy efficiency.\nMaddie spoke about air sourced heat pumps and said that by using off-peak electricity they can be made\neconomic and save money compared with gas boilers. After questions\, Sue Jackson gave the vote of thanks
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/lunchtime-speaker-district-govenor-2/
LOCATION:Hoebridge Golf Club\, Old Woking Road\, Old Woking\, Woking\, GU22 8JH
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251117T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251117T143000
DTSTAMP:20250804T173607Z
CREATED:20250804T173607Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250804T173607Z
UID:2016-1763384400-1763389800@rotarywoking.co.uk
SUMMARY:Lunchtime Speaker - Colin Simmons - Cut out Cancer
DESCRIPTION:The Cut Out Cancer Campaign is raising money to purchase high-tech equipment needed by the surgeons at Royal Surrey County Hospital.\nThe Royal Surrey is the 4th largest regional cancer centre in the UK.
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/lunchtime-speaker-colin-simmons-cut-out-cancer/
LOCATION:Hoebridge Golf Club\, Old Woking Road\, Old Woking\, Woking\, GU22 8JH
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251110T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251110T143000
DTSTAMP:20251120T120318Z
CREATED:20250818T144634Z
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SUMMARY:Lunchtime Speaker - Internet Training - Mobile phones required
DESCRIPTION:David and Teresa. Bring your mobiles with you.Meeting Notes\nThis week Teresa Stedman and David Hughes were talking about the Internet resources that our\nmembers can use. We have our own website called Woking Rotary Club (rotarywoking.co.uk) which has\ninformation about the Club. This includes a very useful calendar of events\, which you can import into your\nown electronic calendar. There is also a Facebook page which anyone can look at and subscribe to. If you get\nyour friends to follow the page\, this is helpful to the Club. The Facebook page has photos and posts about\nClub events. Members can register with with Rotary’s MyRotary website on which you can get access to\ninformation on the Club and the District. This login should also give you access to Rotary View which has\nfurther information including the on-line version of the Club handbook. There is a Rotary Club Locator app on\nGoogle Play and Apple’s App store which enables you to find local rotary clubs wherever you are in the\nworld. There will be a further presentation on Workspace at a later meeting. Carol congratulated Teresa and\nDavid on their very interesting presentation.\nAt the lunch\, the President inducted a new member Susan Beesley. We also had a guest from The Rotary\nClub of Arbroath\, Mrs Alison Stedman\, who is Teresa Stedman’s mother-in-law. The Club has 35 members\nand meets weekly. Alison told us about the Club’s activities\, which includes its work with HIV infected\norphans in Nyumbani\, Kenya. She is a very active member of her Club. In 2018 she received the prestigious\nRotary International Champions of Change award\, for which was congratulated by the Scottish\nParliament. Alison's charitable efforts in Kenya saw her team supply five houses\, a block of bedsits\, two\nclassrooms\, irrigation\, solar pumping\, wells\, cooking shelters and a literacy project in Nyumbani village.
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/lunchtime-speaker-district-govenor/
LOCATION:Hoebridge Golf Club\, Old Woking Road\, Old Woking\, Woking\, GU22 8JH
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251109T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251109T120000
DTSTAMP:20250509T074302Z
CREATED:20250509T074302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250509T074302Z
UID:1520-1762684200-1762689600@rotarywoking.co.uk
SUMMARY:Remembrance Sunday - Wreath laying
DESCRIPTION:Woking Town Square
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/remembrance-sunday-wreath-laying/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251108T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251108T220000
DTSTAMP:20250509T074755Z
CREATED:20250509T074755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250509T074755Z
UID:1526-1762621200-1762639200@rotarywoking.co.uk
SUMMARY:Woking District Fireworks
DESCRIPTION:Volunteers needed
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/woking-district-fireworks/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251103T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251103T223000
DTSTAMP:20250509T141343Z
CREATED:20250509T072654Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250509T141343Z
UID:1506-1762196400-1762209000@rotarywoking.co.uk
SUMMARY:Partners and Friends Evening
DESCRIPTION:Woking Football Club
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/partners-and-friends-evening-2/
LOCATION:Woking Football Club\, Laithwaite Community Stadium\, Woking\, GU22 9AA
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251027T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251027T143000
DTSTAMP:20251105T124609Z
CREATED:20250818T144248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251105T124609Z
UID:2056-1761570000-1761575400@rotarywoking.co.uk
SUMMARY:Lunchtime Speaker - George - Pearly King of Peckham
DESCRIPTION:George has been a Pearly\nKing since 1958\, when he was 20. He is now 86. His maternal grandfather\, from whom he inherited the title\,\nwas the Pearly King of Mile End\, but when George was a year old\, the family moved to Peckham. His suit\,\nwhich he wore to the meeting\, has 22\,000 buttons\, that he sewed on himself. He has appeared as a Pearly\nKing on Eastenders. It is also said that the character “Del Boy” in Only Fools and Horses was partly based on\nhim. Pearly Kings and Queens are part of London’s Cockney tradition. Cockneys are traditionally those born\nwithin the sound of Bow Church bells\, which are in Cheapside in the City of London. The word “cockney”\ndates back to 1362\, but was first used in its modern sense\, as an inhabitant of London\, in the 16th and 17th\ncenturies. The first Pearly King was Henry Croft (1861-1930). He was an orphan street sweeper\, who\ncollected money for charity. At the time London street traders often wore trousers decorated with mother of\npearl. Croft adapted this costume to create a sequin suit to help his fundraising activities. There are Pearly\nKings and Queens in different parts of inner London\, but sadly there are only 12 left now as opposed to 400\nwhen George first became a Pearly King. The title is usually inherited from their parents or grandparents. A\nparade of Pearly Kings and Queens was held at the opening ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games\nat Stratford. Henry Croft's founding Pearly organisation was called the Original London Pearly Kings and\nQueens Association. It still exists\, although it was reformed in 1975\, and it holds the majority of Pearly\ntitles. Other organisations were set up later\, such as the Pearly Guild in 1902 and the London Pearly Kings &\nQueens Society in 2001. These organisations mainly raise money for charity\, but they also help preserve\nPearly traditions. In 2020\, George set up the Cockney Museum. It is based in Stoneleigh near Epsom in\nSurrey\, rather than inner London because property is much cheaper there. The museum has a many\nexamples of Pearly costumes and information about Cockney and Pearly traditions and culture\, which George\nhopes to preserve. Tony Usher gave the vote of thanks. He thanked George for his most interesting talk.
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/lunchtime-speaker-george-pearly-king-of-peckham/
LOCATION:Hoebridge Golf Club\, Old Woking Road\, Old Woking\, Woking\, GU22 8JH
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251024T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251024T223000
DTSTAMP:20250509T072856Z
CREATED:20250509T072856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250509T072856Z
UID:1508-1761332400-1761345000@rotarywoking.co.uk
SUMMARY:Race Night
DESCRIPTION:A fun evening watching your horses win!
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/race-night-3/
LOCATION:Sutton Green Golf Club\, New Lane\, Sutton Green\, Guildford\, Woking\, GU4 7QF\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251020T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251020T143000
DTSTAMP:20250818T143934Z
CREATED:20250818T143658Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250818T143934Z
UID:2054-1760965200-1760970600@rotarywoking.co.uk
SUMMARY:Lunchtime Speaker - Judith Dandy - Planning a funeral
DESCRIPTION:Dandelion Farewells offers personalised funeral services\, guiding families with care and compassion through every step. Honour your loved one's memory.
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/lunchtime-speaker-judith-dandy-planning-a-funeral/
LOCATION:Hoebridge Golf Club\, Old Woking Road\, Old Woking\, Woking\, GU22 8JH
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251019T123000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251019T170000
DTSTAMP:20251021T084456Z
CREATED:20250509T072515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T084456Z
UID:1504-1760877000-1760893200@rotarywoking.co.uk
SUMMARY:Progressive Lunch - Cancelled
DESCRIPTION:To be advised\nWoking Rotary Club\, friends and Partners.
URL:https://rotarywoking.co.uk/club-schedule/progressive-lunch/
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