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Club News from Dronfield Rotary Club
Rifle shoot for club members
Members of the club visited the shooting range at Renishaw to experience a morning of air rifle shooting with members of the local shooting club. - read more
Welcome for a new member
The club is delighted to welcome Rob Barron as our latest new member. - read more
Ashgate Hospice Fancy Drag Race
Two club members, Andy Mackay and Andy Ledbetter donned their best frocks to run in the Ashgate Hospice Fancy Drag Race with the club providing £250 in sponsorship for their efforts. - read more
Stroke Awareness Day 17th April 2013
The Rotary Club of Dronfield are committed supporters of our Know Your Blood Pressure campaign. The Know Your Blood Pressure campaign helps people of all ages to understand the link between high blood pressure and stroke. - read more
Rotary Village in India
Val Leivers, past District Governor of Rotary district 1220 along with her husband Terry decided to build a village in a deprived and poverty-stricken region of India, with support from clubs in Rotary district 1220. This followed Val and Terry's previous remarkable achievement in raising funds to sink a large number of wells in India. - read more
Swinging Sixties Night
The closing strains of "Hey Jude" hung in the air as the crowd headed home from Dronfield and Drone Valley Rotary Clubs' first joint Swinging Sixties Night.
- read more
Dronfield pupils linking to Nepalese school children
Pupils at a Dronfield junior school have taken the opportunity to link up with school children in Nepal. - read more
Wishes Granted
Once again the Rotary Club of Dronfield invite applications for their popular "Grant A Wish" scheme. If you know someone who deserves a special treat or a little extra help, or perhaps you have a secret dream we might be able to make come true, then we would love to hear from you. - read more
Local student to teach English in Nepal
Emma Whitelaw is being part sponsored by the Rotary and Inner Wheel Clubs of Dronfield to travel to Nepal during her gap year and is to teach English in schools in the Pokhara area. - read more
Santas Sleigh
This year the sleigh raised £3224.80. It is all in a good cause. The donations collected by the sleigh help to support a wide range of community projects in Dronfield, and international projects world wide. - read more
Citizens of Year 2012
This years Rotary Club of Dronfield Citizen of the Year award has been awarded jointly to Mike and Joyce Emmens. - read more
Christmas Hampers Delivered
On Wednesday 19th December 2012 Six of our club members delivered about fifty hampers to elderly folk in Dronfield. - read more
Music and Magic Spectacular
Music and Magic - a spectacular show for Christmas was held at Dronfield Civic Theatre on Sunday December 16th at 2.30pm. The concert raised nearly £1100 in support of the Rotary Club of Dronfields - Fishtail Fund - read more
Support for Uganda
We are once again supporting the Balikyewunya Foundation in Uganda by providing funding for their new centre in Balikyewunya. - read more
Christmas at the Barn
On Friday December 7th the Dronfield Christmas Tree and Christmas Lights situated in front of the library were turned on. - read more
Garden Tidy
The first Saturday in December was a cold and frosty morning but bright sunshine was on hand to warm the members of Dronfield Rotary club who tackled an over grown garden in the town. - read more
Schools Photographic Competition
During 2012 the club decided to offer each Dronfield school a fixed sum of £250, to spend in any designated way they chose. - read more
Masters of Mirth
The recent evening meeting of the club featured the presentation of 'Masters of Mirth' by Rotarian Mike Storr from Rotary Club of Carlton. - read more
Nepali vocational team visit Dronfield
A vocational Rotary Group Study Exchange team from Nepal recently visited Dronfield. They spent 4 days in the town hosted jointly by the Rotary Clubs of Dronfield and Drone Valley. - read more
Music in the Gardens success
The local Rotary Clubs of South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire proudly presented the summer Music in the Gardens concerts on the 4th to the 7th July this year. Four evenings of wonderfully talented artists in the perfect setting of the Sheffield Botanical Gardens. - read more
Canal Cruise
A Canal outing was enjoyed by 22 members and friends of the club on Sunday September 17th. Fine weather accompanied the cruise on the Peak Forest Canal which included Sunday lunch. - read more
Nepali visitors to Dronfield Rotary club
The Nepali trustees from the Fishtail Fund were recent visitors in the UK as guests of Dronfield Rotary Club. - read more
Rifle shoot for club members
Members of the club visited the shooting range at Renishaw to experience a morning of air rifle shooting with members of the local shooting club. - read more
Welcome for a new member
The club is delighted to welcome Rob Barron as our latest new member. - read more
Ashgate Hospice Fancy Drag Race
Two club members, Andy Mackay and Andy Ledbetter donned their best frocks to run in the Ashgate Hospice Fancy Drag Race with the club providing £250 in sponsorship for their efforts. - read more
Stroke Awareness Day 17th April 2013
The Rotary Club of Dronfield are committed supporters of our Know Your Blood Pressure campaign. The Know Your Blood Pressure campaign helps people of all ages to understand the link between high blood pressure and stroke. - read more
Rotary Village in India
Val Leivers, past District Governor of Rotary district 1220 along with her husband Terry decided to build a village in a deprived and poverty-stricken region of India, with support from clubs in Rotary district 1220. This followed Val and Terry's previous remarkable achievement in raising funds to sink a large number of wells in India. - read more
Swinging Sixties Night
The closing strains of "Hey Jude" hung in the air as the crowd headed home from Dronfield and Drone Valley Rotary Clubs' first joint Swinging Sixties Night.
- read more
Dronfield pupils linking to Nepalese school children
Pupils at a Dronfield junior school have taken the opportunity to link up with school children in Nepal. - read more
Wishes Granted
Once again the Rotary Club of Dronfield invite applications for their popular "Grant A Wish" scheme. If you know someone who deserves a special treat or a little extra help, or perhaps you have a secret dream we might be able to make come true, then we would love to hear from you. - read more
Local student to teach English in Nepal
Emma Whitelaw is being part sponsored by the Rotary and Inner Wheel Clubs of Dronfield to travel to Nepal during her gap year and is to teach English in schools in the Pokhara area. - read more
Santas Sleigh
This year the sleigh raised £3224.80. It is all in a good cause. The donations collected by the sleigh help to support a wide range of community projects in Dronfield, and international projects world wide. - read more
Citizens of Year 2012
This years Rotary Club of Dronfield Citizen of the Year award has been awarded jointly to Mike and Joyce Emmens. - read more
Christmas Hampers Delivered
On Wednesday 19th December 2012 Six of our club members delivered about fifty hampers to elderly folk in Dronfield. - read more
Music and Magic Spectacular
Music and Magic - a spectacular show for Christmas was held at Dronfield Civic Theatre on Sunday December 16th at 2.30pm. The concert raised nearly £1100 in support of the Rotary Club of Dronfields - Fishtail Fund - read more
Support for Uganda
We are once again supporting the Balikyewunya Foundation in Uganda by providing funding for their new centre in Balikyewunya. - read more
Christmas at the Barn
On Friday December 7th the Dronfield Christmas Tree and Christmas Lights situated in front of the library were turned on. - read more
Garden Tidy
The first Saturday in December was a cold and frosty morning but bright sunshine was on hand to warm the members of Dronfield Rotary club who tackled an over grown garden in the town. - read more
Schools Photographic Competition
During 2012 the club decided to offer each Dronfield school a fixed sum of £250, to spend in any designated way they chose. - read more
Masters of Mirth
The recent evening meeting of the club featured the presentation of 'Masters of Mirth' by Rotarian Mike Storr from Rotary Club of Carlton. - read more
Nepali vocational team visit Dronfield
A vocational Rotary Group Study Exchange team from Nepal recently visited Dronfield. They spent 4 days in the town hosted jointly by the Rotary Clubs of Dronfield and Drone Valley. - read more
Music in the Gardens success
The local Rotary Clubs of South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire proudly presented the summer Music in the Gardens concerts on the 4th to the 7th July this year. Four evenings of wonderfully talented artists in the perfect setting of the Sheffield Botanical Gardens. - read more
Canal Cruise
A Canal outing was enjoyed by 22 members and friends of the club on Sunday September 17th. Fine weather accompanied the cruise on the Peak Forest Canal which included Sunday lunch. - read more
Nepali visitors to Dronfield Rotary club
The Nepali trustees from the Fishtail Fund were recent visitors in the UK as guests of Dronfield Rotary Club. - read more
