Club Handover Meeting

Rtn Liz Lynagh installed as Club President for 2025-26

Ossett Rotary sponsers Ossett Ladies Football Team Shirts

Donation received from Santa Grant used for new team shirts

Donation to Yorkshire Air Ambulance 10 March 2020

IPP Rtn Peter Williams presents a cheque for £450 to Jenny Jones, Regional Fundraiser for Yorkshire Air Ambulance

Weekly Meeting 11 December 2018

Speaker: Bernard Bailey, introduced by Rtn D Woolley

Rotary Tree Planting Challenge : 24 March 2018

You've got to be in it, to win it!

Weekly Meeting 22nd May 2018

C.A.P. Care (Community Awareness Programme, Wakefield) Kevin Dobson, Project Manager, gave us an update of the amazing work being done by this local charity.

Visitors from Ukraine 10th October 2017

Rtns Frank Milner and Robert Deakin introduce 14 students from Uzhhorod School No.3 in the Ukraine

Meeting 7 Nov 2017: Donation to Admiral Nurses Charity

Rtn Sheila Wainwright, representing Admiral Nurses for Dementia UK, was presented with a cheque for £1000 by Immediate Past President June Drysdale.

70th Anniversary Charter Dinner - 30th January 2018

Venue: National Mining Museum

President's Handover Meeting : 4 July 2017

Immediate Past-President, June Drysdale, hands over the reins to our new President for 2017/18, Paul Tinker

Ossett Scarecrow Festival 30 September 2017

Ossett Rotary Club's entry, 'Major Tom' : Spaceman, came a credtable second in the 16+ Age Group (out of two enties in this category!)

Rotary Youth Development Under Sail

Yorkshire Day: August 2016: All Aboard the good ship 'Ocean Venture'

Brickhouse Youth Club Day Out

22 August 2016: Youngsters ready for setting off on their day out to Blackpool Zoo & Lytham St Annes

Weekly Meeting

Speaker: Rtn Keith Lister introduced Tom Donohoe from West Yorkshire Police, who gave us an excellent talk on the workings of the Police Communication Centre and the challenges presented by modern social media.

Weekly Meeting

International Speaker: John Miles - Guildford Rotary Eye Project

National Memorial Arboretum Trip

Club visit 1 September 2016

Donation to the Forget-Me-Not Trust Hospice

President Graham, on behalf of Past-President Peter Westwood, presents a cheque for £2100 to Lisa Culvert representing the Forget-Me-Not Trust Hospice

Visit to West Yorkshire Police Training HQ Wed 8 June 2016

Vocational Trip

Ossett Scarecrow Festival 26 September 2015

The Ossett Rotary entry (spot the scarecrow !)

Visit to Leeds Hindu Temple Monday 2 November 2015

Joint visit at the invitation of the Rotary Club of Leeds. Special thanks to Rtn Niranjan Vakharia for hosting the visit, and to his wife and army of helpers for preparing a wonderful supper for us all. A most enlightening and enjoyable evening!

Visit to Yorkshire Gliding Club - 5 June 2015

A days outing to North Yorkshire, visiting Helmsley Market Day, Rievaulx Abbey and the Yorkshire Gliding Club at Sutton Bank, Thirsk

Visit to Yorkshire Air Ambulance HQ - December 2014

Venue: Nostell YAA HQ Two vists were arranged on Sat 6 December and Thurs 11 Dec

MARSDEN CUCKOO TRIP 24 Oct 2014

Outing to Marsden to include Lunch at the Riverhead Tap (Ossett Micro-brewery pub) Canalside Walk to Tunnel End Visitor Centre Short boat trip into the Standedge Tunnel with commentary

Vulcan &. Lancaster Rendezvous 21 August 2014

Meeting of the three Avro sisters at RAF Waddington

St Nicholas Market, York

29 Nov 2013: A visit to the St Nicholas Christmas Fair, to include a tour of York Minster and its Undercroft.

Day Outing to Warwick

9 April 2014: A trip to Warwick and (optional) visit to the Heritage Motor Centre at Gaydon

Visit to Ripon & Markenfield Hall

23 July 2014: A days outing to Ripon, to include a guided tour of Fountains Abbey and Markenfield Hall

'Operation Overlord' Tour

10 June 2014: To commemerate the 70th anniversary of D-Day, a 5-day tour of the Normandy Beach Landings and Battlefield sites

Dictionaries for Life!

July 2013: Once again, the Club presented Dictionaries to final year students at local junior schools

The Vulcan Experience - Thurs 27 June 2013

Visit to Robin Hood Airport (ex-RAF Finningley), Doncaster, to see the last-flying Vulcan Bomber XH558

Visit to Morgan Motor Company, Great Malvern, Worcestershire - 11 March 3013

Who says they don't make 'em like they used to ....?

Brewery Visit 20 March 2013

An evening visit to Ossett Brewing Company Ltd Brewery tour, followed by 'sampling' in the hospitality bar, and pie-and-peas supper(including a pint!)at the 'Old Vic' pub on Manor Road.

Jodrell Bank Visit

Outing to Chester and Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre 18 Oct 2012

The Black Pudding Trip - Oct 2012

A visit to Bury Market, and trip on the East Lancashire Steam Railway to Rawtenstall

Visit to WW1 Battlefields of N France and Flanders - May 2012

Trip to Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, RAF East Kirkby

Memorabilia

5th Charter Anniversary Dinner Menu Card, 1953