Youth Activities 2025

Youth Activities in Rotary North East 2024-25

Youth Competitions

Please note that entries for the 2025 Youth Competitions are now closed.

Here are the results:

9 Clubs submitted entries this year and 8 of these (Hexham. Alnwick, Morpeth, Chester-le-Street, Cleveland, Blyth, Middlesbrough Erimus and Newcastle Gosforth)  had winners at Distict level: 

District 1030 Results of Rotary Young Writer Competition 2025

District 1030 Results of Rotary Young Artist Competition 2025

District 1030 Results of Young Photographer Competition 2025

District 1030 Results of Young Chef Competition 2025

District 1030 Results of Young Musician Competition 2025

RYLA 2025

Entries for RYLA 2025 are now open and Registration Forms can be downloaded below. All registrations MUST be sponsored by a Rotary Club and each Club can sponsor up to 4 applicants (2 in each week).

Week 1 is Mon 4th-Fri 8th August 2025

Week 2 is Mon 11th-Fri 15th August 2025

RYLA Registration Form (Printable)

Programme Details:  Adventure, Adventure, Adventure in 2025 - Applications are now open

What Is RYLA?

Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) is a leadership development programme run by Rotary for young people. The RYLA programme will provide you with the opportunity to experience and learn things about yourself, about working in a team, but more importantly about leading and supervising other people. These are skills employers look for in the workplace.

What's Involved in RYLA?

The selected activities on the RYLA programme are all based on elements of problem solving, communication, organisation, delegation and teamwork. Whilst many of the activities take place outside, alongside The Pennine Way, it is not an outward bound course! We use a variety of activities to develop you as an individual, as a team member and as a leader of a team, in a safe and enjoyable environment. There is no assessment, and no pass or fail, on this course. There are no limits on your development and we aim to help you realise your potential.

The courses are open to young people who are between16 and 21 years old and take place at Wilderness Outdoor Education Centre, Low Birk Hatt Farm, Baldersdale, near Barnard Castle and alongside Hannah’s Meadow. This has been the centre for our District RYLA camps since 2023 and is a purpose-built outdoor activity centre ideally located for watersports and outdoor activities.

The first camp commences on Monday 4^th August 2025 and the second on Monday 11^th August  2025 with each week able to take up to 20 young people.

There is a selection process run by local Rotary Clubs and applications are open, so make sure of your place now.

Registration Form:

RYLA Registration Form (PDF)

We hope to run the Technology Tournament in Spring next year, if resources permit, after taking time out because of COVID restrictions. We are always looking for volunteers to help us to run this very popoular event. AG Terry Bolton has agreed to lead on this event.

Please visit the pages below to find out more about Rotakids, Interact, Rotaract, Youth Competitions, RYLA, and Rotary Youth Exchange (STEP and Long-term programmes).

 Speakers available:

I am available to speak face-to-face (or on Zoom) to Clubs or Club Groups about Youth Competitions and RYLA. 

Jean and Keith Best are happy to do Zoom presentations on the Peace Project they have developed. Please let me know if you would like Jean and Keith to do a presentation at your club meeting.

Peter Chandler - District Youth Services Chair