Completed meetings and events 2023-2024
Tue 25th June 2024 Meeting at Colchester Rugby Club
Our speaker is a Rotary Global Scholar, Ashlyn Anderson from Tennessee in the USA
Tue 11th June 2024 Review of the Year
Outgoing president, Peter Rutland, will give his review of the year
Tue 4th June 2024 Meeting at Colchester Rugby Club
Come along and meet a Rotary Global Scholar. There will be a collection of foodstuffs and toiletries for Colchester Foodbank at this meeting
Tue 28th May 2024 No meeting this week
We have decided not to meet on the Tuesay following a bank holiday Monday, as attendance tends to be quite low
Tue 21st May 2024 Annual General Meeting
At our AGM, we hear reports of the year just past, approve the annual accounts and elect the officers and Council for the coming year
Tue 14th May 2024 Speaker meeting
City councillor and Rotarian, Dennis Willetts is our speaker, as the Mayor is indisposed
Tue 7th May 2024 Projects report
We look forward to future projects, and make a tubs collection for Next Chapter (the Colchester women's refuge)
Tue 30th April 2024 No meeting this week
April 30th is one of four fifth Tuesdays in the month in 2024, when we do not have a regular meeting
Tue 23rd April 2024 Meeting at Colchester Rugby Club
Our speaker is Alan Martin, Principal Examiner, French Orals. Venez écouter!
Tue 16th April 2024 Business Meeting
There's a lot going on at the moment. This meeting is an opportunity to catch up with team reports and the latest Club Council news
Tue 9th April 2024 Meeting at Colchester Rugby Club
Our speaker is Jeff Mason, an ex major general in the Royal Marines Commando
Tue 2nd April 2024 No meeting on 2nd April 2024
The next meeting of the Rotary Club of Colchester will be on Tuesday, 9th April in Colchester Rugby Club
Tue 26th March 2024 Guest speaker
Our guest speaker is the Ven James Ridge, Chaplain-General of HM Prison Service since 2018
Tue 19th March 2024 Business meeting
We will hear reports from the most recent Club Council meeting, and from our Teams
Tue 27th February 2024 Meeting at Colchester Institute
Cllr Dave King will be back with us for the next part of his talk
Tue 20th February 2024 Meeting at Colchester Rugby Club
We will begin with an ECG to elect our president-elect and junior president; followed by a report on Council and two compliance videos
Tue 13th February 2024 Counter Terrorism
Our speaker this week is Alex Hayman CBE – former Head of Counter Terrorism/Royal Protection
Tue 30th January 2024 Cllr. David King
Cllr. King will speak to us as leader of Colchester City Council
Tue 16th January 2024 Business Meeting
President Peter will update us on the latest Club Council meeting
Tue 9th January 2024 Happy New Year!
We have a speaker at our first meeting of 2024, Rev Dr Amanda Elmes Forensic dentist. We will also have a tubs collection for Beacon House
Tue 12th December 2023 An RAF medical career
Air Vice Marshall Dr Simon Dougherty MBE, RAF medical career which included being HM the Queen’s physician
Tue 28th November 2023 Watching the birds
Our speaker is Richard Peile on birdwatching; we will also have the Good-News-Kitty and the 100 Club draw
Tue 21st November 2023 Special General Meeting
An SGM to receive and approve annual accounts, and to elect officers for the next Rotary year
Tue 14th November 2023 Business Meeting
We meet for fellowship and to hear reports of the latest Club Council and our teams
Tue 7th November 2023 Table Talk
We meet back in Colchester Institute for a club operations review. There will also be a tubs collection for Next Chapter
Tue 31st October 2023 No meeting this week
Since October 31st is the fifth Tuesday of the month, there will be no meeting of the club; but members are invited to go on a scatter week
Tue 24th October 2023 Meeting at Colchester Rugby Club
Our fellowship meeting at the Rugby Club includes the 100 club monthly draw and the Good-News-Kitty
Tue 17th October 2023 No meeting this week
We are not meeting on October 17th because Roy Chapman, one of our long-standing members has died, and his service is at 12.30pm in St James' church, Nayland
Tue 10th October 2023 An 'About Me' talk
Peter Jones gives his 'About Me' talk. This is a talk that all new members are asked to give, so that we can find out a bit about them
Tue 3rd October 2023 Abandoned children
May Caplin will talk to us about her incredible charity in Uganda working with abandoned children. There will also be a tubs collection for Beacon House (homeless shelter); and the 'Good News Kitty'
Tue 26th September 2023 Meeting at Colchester Rugby Club
Our guest is Jazz Taylor, Telemark skier. We look forward to hearing from her
Tue 19th September 2023 We meet at Colchester Institute
We will hear reports from Club Council and our teams
Tue 12th September 2023 Meeting at Colchester Officers Club
Our speaker is Tony Friedlander, giving a talk entitled "My Family"
Tue 5th September 2023 Meeting at Colchester Rugby Club
District Governor, David Willis, is visiting our club. (There will be a tubs collection for Next Chapter)
Tue 29th August 2023 There is NO meeting on 29th August 2023
Because August 29th is the fifth Tuesday of the month, a fellowship event has been arranged elsewhere at a different date
Tue 8th August 2023 Meeting at Colchester Officers Club
John Lochore will talk about changes to farming in the last 5 years
Tue 1st August 2023 Meeting at Colchester Rugby Club
Ann Hardy will give a Project talk on clean water in Mongolia
Tue 25th July 2023 The meeting on July 25th has been cancelled
A low take up has led to the meeting on July 25th, 2023 to be cancelled
Tue 18th July 2023 Meeting at Colchester Officers Club
President Peter will update us on the latest Club Council meeting, and tell us about accessing the members' handbook electronically
Tue 11th July 2023 Meeting at Colchester Officers' Club
We hear the next installment of TOOLS WITH A mission
Tue 4th July 2023 Meeting at Colchester Rugby Club
Outgoing President Nigel Hildreth will handover to incoming President Peter Rutland along with the officers and team leaders for 2023-24