On 2nd October Captain Don Cockerill, MBE, gave a fascinating talk on his 14-year life as a Thames Pilot and showed us a fascinating film, of doing his job in mountainous seas and unpiloted ships causing devastation by crashing into dockside cranes.  Don gave a similar presentation at the recent District Conference.

In support of World Polio Day on 24th October 202 the club held its annual Quiz Night at Thurrock Rugby Football Club on Friday 3rd October 2025, with over 70 people in nine teams attending.

Our speaker on 14th August was Caroline Plakhtienko, the West Essex Fraud Prevention Co-ordinator from Essex Police Serious Crime Directorate, based at Grays Police Station.

For more than three decades, Rotary has been giving disabled and disadvantaged young people the chance to enjoy new experiences, taste adventure and have fun trips and days out.

This year, on Wednesday 9^th July, on a beautifully hot and sunny day our club took two full coach loads of children, their carers and teachers from Treetops School down to Adventure Island and the Sealife Centre at Southend-on-Sea, Essex and great fun was had by all.

Members of the Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock recently joined fellow Rotarians to celebrate a milestone evening—the 49th Charter Night of the Rotary Club of Basildon Concord.  Held in the spirit of camaraderie and service, the event marked another chapter in the enduring legacy of Rotary in Essex.

This was the key takeaway from the fun packed Tripartite in Holland over the weekend from 29^th May to 1st June 2025.  There were 14 members/partners from our club, 28 from the RC Iserlohn in Germany and 38 from the host club, RC Voorschoten-Leidschendam in Holland.  It was great to meet old friends at our traditional annual Tripartite tha goes back more than 60 years.

Saturday 26^th April saw 30 students from the Hathaway Academy and Convent school complete the final section of their Leadership and Management Program (LAMP).