Completed meetings and events 2025-2026

Bradford A&E designed to accept 250 people a day, the new norm is 375 to 500 daily, it is a 24/7 emergency service. She talked about the negatives such as burn out for staff, the long waiting times, difficulties finding appropriate beds but also the pos

Thu 11th December 2025 Insight into Bradford's A&E Department

We were honoured to have Dr Farzana Khan, a consultant in Emergency Medicine at Bradford Teaching Hospital talk to us about what it is like in the Accident & Emergency Department.

He wants to return to Kenya and hopefully become a trainer as he sees that as one of the ways he could bring about change.

Thu 4th December 2025 Peace Fellow, Jacques

Jacques Okoth, born in Nairobi Kenya, talked about his life and his decision to apply for a Rotary Peace Fellowship to do an MA in Peace Conflict and Development.

Thu 27th November 2025 Visit to Leeds Bradford Airport

Nathan,Travel Trade & Community Engagement Executive invited us to the Airport where we spent a fascinating hour asking him a myriad of questions about the running of the airport.

This morning we welcomed Tracey, Outreach Team Leader for Bradford and Leeds and some of her team. Simon on the Streets is a charity, it gets no Government funding, has no targets and so, as an independent organisation, it can work and help where most nee

Thu 20th November 2025 Simon on the Streets

A very small team work in Leeds and Bradford to provide practical and emotional help to homeless people. As a charity with no targets they are very flexible

Thu 13th November 2025 Orange the World

A global campaign to raise awareness and end violence against women and girls. Part of the UN's annual 16 days of activism, running from Nov 25th to Dec 10th, during which iconic buildings will be lit up in orange to symbolize a brighter future.

When the Commonwealth War Memorial was unveiled for the first time last year it caused a lot of interest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loG6iimMGYM do watch this BBC clip.

Thu 6th November 2025 Commonwealth War Memorial - Bradford

Rotarian Nassrat (Nas) has striven to create a memorial for the Commonwealth to recognise every bodies contributions to both World Wars, to give everyone a sense of belonging.

Asghar described the way his up bringing as influenced his life and his business acumen.

Thu 23rd October 2025 MyLahore

It was great to welcome Asghar Ali co-founder and Chief Executive of MyLahore to our breakfast meeting.

Thu 23rd October 2025 MyLahore

It was great to welcome Asghar Ali co-founder and Chief Executive of MyLahore to our breakfast meeting. So inspirational to hear about his life and the creation of MyLahore a Very British Asian Kitchen.

Graham is a very caring man and is passionate about the work he does. Thank you so much for your talk Graham, very insightful and inspirational.

Thu 16th October 2025 Graham Swain the Gravedigger

Graham and a group of volunteers restore dangerous and unstable graves for free, retaining their Victorian heritage for which he has received awards. You can find him on YouTube describing what he does. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7D2ToXqTKc

He applied for a Rotary Peace Scholarship after seeing children receiving the polio vaccine and finding out about Rotary. Thank you Shakeel for your story it was very inspirational.

Thu 2nd October 2025 My Journey: From Killa Abdullah to Rotary Peace Fellow

Amazing presentation from Rotary Peace Fellow Shakeel Ahmed. He was brought up in Killa Abdullah in the province of Balochistan is one of the poorest areas of Pakistan and a buffer zone to Afghanistan and Iran..

Their mission at Shape-UK is to provide resources, mentoring, guidance in education, skills, and careers to young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) and with the Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee Community (BAMER).

Thu 18th September 2025 Shape-UK

Nassrat (Nas) has recently been inducted into our Rotary Club. He talked about his background and the Charity Shape-UK of which he is the Founder and Chair.

They work with people in prison and on release help them adjust, equip them skills needed to get a job, a roof over their head and lead a productive life. They use a holistic approach to working with their clients, all of which is free.

Thu 11th September 2025 St Giles Trust

Mike Clifton who came to tell us about the St Giles Trust. Mike works on the Rise to Thrive programme and with a number of partner organisations supports people to get into work.

Working with powerful communication, multi media and music he aims to empower young people with the tools they need to overcome challenges and unlock their potential. https://soundofchange.co.uk/

Thu 4th September 2025 Sound of Change

Mark Stevens founder of Sound of Change came to talk to us about his passion to help young people make the decisions which will positively influence their life. Turning Up The Volume on Mental Health and Wellbeing is the strap line of his organisation.

Thu 21st August 2025 New Member

President Saleem was delighted to induct another new member. Welcome Nussrat (Naz) Hussain, we really hope you enjoy being part of the the Rotary family.

Thu 21st August 2025 Speaker

Talk by Naveeda Ikram, a former councillor and ex Lord Mayor of Bradford in 2011-12. Naveeda was the first female Muslin to be Lord Mayor. She talked about the amazing things she learnt, the places she visited during that time.

Thu 14th August 2025 Yorkshire Business Champions

It was very humbling to hear from Gill Arnold, Deputy Lieutenant, our speaker this morning at Rotary. Gill is the founder of Yorkshire Business Champions.

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