294 Results for author: Douglas Haddow
We were treated to a presentation from an extremely talented young Belmont Academy pupil, called Matthew McColm. He has set up his own company, DevelopX Creative, which designs and develops brands that help tell clients’ stories. DevelopmentX specialise in accessible design for create user-friendly interfaces for ...
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Our guest speaker Jim Redmond, on the challenges and work of the ‘Royal National Lifeboat Institution’ generally referred to as the ‘RNLI’. Jim was born and brought up in Ayr, initially trained as a baker before joining the rescue and fire service where he served for 19 yrs. He then medically retired from the fire ...
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One of Ayr Rotary Club’s major fundraising event was the Ayrshire Alps Challenge held on Saturday 24th June in partnership with Malawi Fruits, a Scottish charity which provides start up finance, training and support to agricultural enterprises; encouraging smallholding farmers to see their farms as businesses. Fundamen...
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Two cars packed with Ayr Rotary Club members travelled to Rosyth, over the new Forth Bridge on a bright summer’s night and joined over 150 guests on board the 65,000 tonnes HM Prince of Wales Aircraft Carrier to celebrate Reserve Forces Day.
After security checks we boarded this enormous 280 metre long ...
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The Ayrshire Hospice aspires to ensure that every adult with palliative and end of life care needs and those people most important to them will receive timely and equitable access to high quality service, delivered by appropriately trained staff and volunteers, said Ron Swanson, Assistant Fund Raising Manager at Ayr Rotary ...
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Liz was our speaker at our recent meeting. Two German exchange students accompanied her on the evening.
The Energy Agency is a charitable organisation providing free, impartial and expert advice to households, businesses and communities, covering energy efficiency, renewable energy and sustainable transport.
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At last, Mike Williams receives the prestigious Paul Harris Fellowship award for his commitment to Ayr Rotary Club both through his years of generosity to our many charities and his unstinting service as Master at Arms. We applaud Mike, forever the bright light of comedy he brings to the Club, creating that jovial, fun ...
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At last, Jim's continuous involvement in many many projects has been recognised. His positive influence can be seen in the Salvation Army Food Bank, our Charity Golf Day, the Tree of Remembrance and a steady support to the financial well being of the Club.
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Here are the numbers; 7 Primary Schools involved; 220 children in total; 32 displays
Several meetings with the head teachers were held and based on the numbers of P7 pupils at each school, they were allocated three 90 minute sessions (therefore, approx 70 to each session). The timing of the buses was organised with the ...
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The ever charismatic Major Linda Watson was the welcome guest at Ayr Rotary Club's recent weekly meeting
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