Roger Pritchard talks about the 12th Gloucesters Army Battalion
Wednesday 26th February 2025
The 12th Battalion (Bristol's Own) of the Gloucestershire Regiment (the 'Glosters') was a 'Pals battalion' of 'Kitchener's Army' raised immediately after the outbreak of World War I through the initiative of the City of Bristol. It saw action at the Somme, Arras and Ypres, before moving to the Italian Front.
Roger will enthrall us with details of the 'Glosters' brave battles.
Venue: Redland Green Club
Time: 12.45pm
Contact: Tony Richards
Zoe Lindsey and Amanda Wilkinson present Motivation, a Bristol based Charity
Wednesday 5th March 2025
Access to assistive technology (AT), such as wheelchairs, is a right not a privilege.
Products such as glasses, hearing aids and the services that provide them are essential for healthy, productive, independent and dignified lives.So much so that they are a right enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. But, in countries like Kenya, India, Malawi and Uganda, less than 10% of the people who are entitled to a wheelchair actually have one.
Statistics like this drive the work we do at Motivation.
Venue: Redland Green Club
Time: 12.45pm
Contact: Tony Richards
Clifton Rotary Club Annual Swimarathon
Sunday 9th March 2025
The Rotary Club of Clifton (Bristol) hosts a Charity Swimarathon each year and the 2025 event is on 9th March at the Clifton High School Swimming Pool, BS8 3HL. You are warmly invited to come along and swim at a leisurely pace to raise funds for your chosen charity/school project or for Rotary charities.
The Rotary Club provides the swimming pool and qualified lifeguards. There are no costs to you so all funds raised go directly to your chosen charity/ project (some teams kindly donate a small percentage of funds raised to Rotary charities and this is always gratefully received.)
Teams of swimmers (number up to you but usually between two and eight) swim for an hour and team members encourage people to sponsor the team per length or for some total amount. A variety of teams take part annually, including schools (pupil, staff and parent teams), clubs, charities, work colleagues, families, groups of friends and individual swimmers.
This is a wonderful opportunity to raise funds and have fun.
For details, please contact Tony Richards at: arichards5@hotmail.com