Rotary Cluster Conference

                                             ROTARY CLUSTER CONFERENCE

The end of my District Governor Year is celebrated with a Cluster Conference – the first full Cluster Conference in RGB&I. I do hope you will be able to join me at this event.  January 2024 

District Governors from four districts welcome you to Sandy Park to share friendship, learning, service and fun with Rotarians from different areas and backgrounds. 

While this is a weekend Conference, there is always the option of just attending for one day, if you already have commitments for that weekend. 

The registration fee for the Conference is £50 per person, which includes tea/coffee at all four breaks over the weekend and a sandwich lunch on Saturday. 

This is the rate until 31 March 2024 after that date it will increase to £60 per person. 

FOUR DISTRICTS | ONE CONFERENCE - STRONGER TOGETHER 

Districts 1100, 1150, 1175 and 1200 are proud to promote this exciting weekend conference at Sandy Park, Exeter from Friday 28th June to Sunday 30th June 2024 

Register now at www.strongertogether2024.com Payment details are in the last section of the registration form. 

Optional additional items include: 

 * Friday evening supper with ceilidh - £35 pp 

 * Sandwiches for lunch on Friday - £9 pp 

 * Saturday evening three course banquet, incl. coffee and entertainment - £42.50 pp 

Accommodation needs to be booked separately. 

Please have a look at the programme schedule which includes some inspiring speakers, a focus on Youth on the Saturday morning and 60 different organisations within the Showcase. 

An opportunity not to be missed, to celebrate the success and power of Rotary. 

Register at www.strongertogether2024.com 

                                                               CONFERENCE Programme (Provisional)

We have a full programme of activities and entertainment lined up for you with lots going on all weekend. The Rotary Showcase, ‘aka’ House of Friendship, is spread over two floors with tea and coffee available during the breaks. You can join us for the whole or part of the weekend via the website www.strongertogether2024.com This draft schedule is for information only and all timings are approximate and potentially subject to change. but we will keep the Website page updated as planning progresses.

FRIDAY 28th June 2024

12:00 Registration and arrival opens

12:30 Rotary Showcase - Opened by RI Director Eve Conway and the Lord Mayor of Exeter.

13:00 Light Lunch for registered delegates (who have paid)

14:00 Session One - Welcome DG Anne Bartholomew.

14:05 Welcome to Exeter - the Lord Mayor of Exeter

14:20 Sanj Srikanthan - Chief Executive at ShelterBox

14:45 Rotary GB&I SAT Team Leads

15:15 Tea, coffee and Rotary Showcase

15:40 Presentation Luke Simon, CEO of ‘School in a Bag’

16:10 RI Representative & Foundation Trustee Aziz Memon

16:30 Packing bags for School in a Bag Charity.

16:55 Close of Afternoon Session - DG Anne Bartholomew

17:35 Rotary Showcase Closes Day One

19:00 Ceilidh with ‘Freedom Fields Ceilidh Band’

Evening Finishes 2300hrs

SATURDAY 29th June 2024

08:30 Rotary Showcase Opens Day Two

09:30 Session Two - Introduction DG David Glover

09:40 Rotary International President Gordon McInally – Video Presentation

09:50 Presentation from conference sponsor - Atkins Ferrie Wealth Management (AFWM)

10:05 RI Director Eve Conway and RGB&I Chair Robert Morris

10:30 Rotakids from District 1150

11:00 Tea, Coffee, Rotary Showcase and Breakout Rooms including: Membership, Public Image, Foundation, Humanitarian, Endowment and Major Gifts, Leadership

11:55 Speaker tbc

12:15 Speaker - Baroness Floella Benjamin

12:45 Close of Morning Session – DG David Glover

12:50 Lunch

14:00 Session Three - Introduction DG Mary Adams

14:10 Leah Charles-King, Bi-Polar Ambassador UK

14:35 Rotary GB&I General Secretary - Amanda Watkin

15:00 Tea/Coffee, showcase and breakout rooms

15:35 Steve Brown - TV Presenter/ Ambassador OK Our Kids

16:00 Close of Afternoon Session – DG Mary Adams

17:15 Close of Showcase

18:30 Assemble for evening – Black Tie Event (or Lounge Suit)

19:00 Banquet, followed by dancing to ‘The Cove Club Band’ – www.thecoveclubband.co.uk (YouTube link)

SUNDAY 30th June 2024

08:30 Showcase Opens Day Three

09:00 Session Four - Introduction DG Stuart Gilbert

09:05 Thought for the Day

09:15 Closing remarks - RI Representative Aziz Memon

09:35 Presentation - Yeoman Warder Scott Kelly

10:00 Tea, Coffee, Rotary Showcase and breakout rooms

10:40 Rotary Showcase Closes

10:40 Nigel Linacre - CEO and founder of ‘WellBoring’

11:00 Speaker tbc

11:45 District/Board Handovers

12:45 Close of Session Four - DG Stuart Gilbert

13:00 Conference Close

Anne Bartholomew DG.