After lunch speaker
Fri, Jul 16th 2010 at 12:00 am - 2:00 am
Alex Hastie gave the first part of a talk about North Shields Fish Quay.
We were also delighted to welcome to our Club our former mamber, Rtn Lan long, MBE, who was visiting the area.
Rotarian Jan Long is a member of the Rotary Club of Ledbury, where she lives with her husband Dr Richard Long in the home to which they moved on their retirement in 2001. Jan Long was formerly Regional Director of the British Council in the North East and an active member of the Rotary Club of Newcastle upon Tyne. She was awarded the MBE in 2001 She says of Gertrude Bell, "Her letters are in Newcastle university. My husband knew of her as he is a Middle East specialist
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The Object of Rotary was first formulated in 1910 and adapted through the years as Rotary's mission expanded. It provides a succinct definition of the organization's purpose as well as the club member's responsibilities.
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Rotary is dedicated to seven areas of focus to build international relationships, improve lives, and create a better world to support our peace efforts and end polio forever. Read this page and the connected pages to see how we go about this.
moreOne of our objectives is to make a difference in our local community. Here are some of the things we are doing and have done in the past to fulfil this objective.
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Rotarians believe in the advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service. See this page for how we have put this into practice.
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moreTHE ROTARY CLUB OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE TRUST FUND is a Registered Charity (Registered with the Charity commission of England & Wales, No. 702557)
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CLUB PROJECTS COMMITTEE. The Projects Committee of the Rotary Club of Newcastle upon Tyne is the main organising group of the Club and combines the functions of the previous Vocational Service; Community Service and International Service Committees.
moreExplanation of the Paul Harris Fellowship Award. Paul Harris is the founder of Rotary. For a brief history, follow the link on the CLUB HISTORY page
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