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Please contact with us on:

stratforduponavonrotary@gmail.com

Tell us how you, your family and friends might get involved & contribute.

 

See  of our programme of forthcoming  meetings & events to your right.

 

 

WHAT YOUR LOCAL CLUB DOES

 

Supports King Edward School (KES) Debate

 

Rotary gets involved with different group of our community including local youth.

On October 13th we supported the KES Debate.

Images below show winners, pupils,Rotarians, the Mayor and school representatives supporting the pupils.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10th Rotary Shakespeare Charity Duck

Race 2025

 took place on Saturday, 23rd August at 2 pm in glorious sunny weather. Started by the Mayor Danni Hunter. 

Thanks to the generosity of everyone this is a record-breaking year for contributions by  Stratford Rotary Club to Shakespeare Hospice for this event.

A cheque for £5000 was presented to Hospice representative Jude Bowley on the 8th September.

On behalf of Rotary Stratford, thank you to all supporters, businesses, participants, and to the Stratford Herald for their continued coverage.

 

The Rotary team worked tirelessly throughout August selling tickets and securing many generous sponsors from local business ‘for the Corporate Duck Race, for which we are extremely grateful. All proceeds from the event will go directly to support Shakespeare Hospice.

We would like to extend our thanks to Stratford BID, Aaron Corsi and Jude Bowley, volunteer from The Shakespeare Hospice, who dedicated herself to selling tickets whenever and wherever possible. Our Rotary team were outstanding, embracing the spirit of the race and working enthusiastically to make the event a success.
The lucky winner of the £150 prize was John, a local resident, who very generously donated £50 of his winnings back to Shakespeare Hospice. 

 

The winner of the Corporate Duck Race was Barry the Butcher – a well-desrved victory after many years of sponsoring the event without success. Below a picture of Adam Lucock receiving the trophy.

 

We also thank the local businesses who supported the race by decorating their windows. This year’s joint winners, judged by the Deputy Mayor Sam McNaught -Barrow, were Trespass and Rathbone,, with Launch recognised as a strong runner-up. Their creative contributions brought colour and fun to the town centre, and we hope to see their support again next year.

 

 

Rtn. Gilly Rushton Duck Race Organiser 

Some fun moments from the day

 

 Our thanks to thanks to  NFUM HQ for permitting Rotarians Gilly Rushton & David Dudley to sell tickets for the forthcoming Charity duck race at their HQ on 13th August raising £215.

RECENT DONATION TO RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ORGANIZATION  11.8.2025

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoying being part of the local community

 

 

 

 

 

Club members and their family attend flag unfurling at the 2025 Shakespeare's Birthday Celebrations

 

 

 

Rotary Shakespeare Marathon and Half Marathon

Helped supporting this event 27th April 2025

 

ROTARY YOUTH SPEAKS 

DEBATE COMPETITION UPDATE 21^ST JANUARY 2025

 

Top marks for school teams in public speaking competition

The winning teams from the event organised by the Rotary Clubs of Alcester & Bidford and Stratford-upon-Avon at Alcester’s Greig Hall now go forward to represent the area in the district finals.

 

Students from Alcester Academy, Alcester Grammar and Stratford’s King Edward VI (KES) schools have been successful in a public speaking competition organised by Rotary. The annual Youth Speaks contest was well supported with five schools and 11 teams of three students aged between 11 and 17 participating.

Winning in the Intermediate Competition were Dev Mangipudi, Otis Green and Aarush Dayanand from KES debating whether The 11+ exam should be abolished, with the best individual performance going to Florence Seckham from Alcester Grammar who proposed the motion that Schools should encourage competitivity. 

In the Senior Competition it was a clean sweep for Alcester Academy with Faith Griffiths, Eshal Rehman and Molly Thompson-Taylor arguing that Britain is dependent on the Royal Family and Harriet Covill judged best individual for her performance in her team’s debate that Transgender people should be allowed to compete in their chosen gender sport.

 

 

 

Commenting on the event, head judge, performance coach Sharon Bott said : “Wow! Each year we are blown away by these young people. They each deserve an award simply for volunteering and their courage in taking part. Their hard work shines through and it is always an enlightening evening for all the judges.” She added this year’s competition was one of the closest yet with very strong performances by the teams from St Benedict’s in Alcester and Stratford-upon-Avon School.

 

 

DONATION FEATURE-COMPUTERS FOR AFRICA

We donate to local good causes.

 

Donated £400 to Stratford Riding for the Disabled

For more information about this organization go to

 

https://www.rda-stratford.org.uk