Our Youth Services Committee have been very busy recently visiting schools to present awards and certificates to successful candidates.
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5th Thursday - Sukothai Restaurant
Sukothai RestaurantMay 29, 2025
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Tripartite Visit
May 30, 2025 – Jun. 01, 2025
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Speaker - Chloe Woolford, Operation Smile
Orsett HallJun. 05, 2025
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. -
Fellowship Evening
FoxhoundsJun. 12, 2025
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. -
Club Council
Orsett Golf ClubJun. 17, 2025
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. -
Business Meeting
Orsett Hall HotelJun. 19, 2025
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. -
Presidents Handover
Orsett Hall HotelJun. 26, 2025 1:00 p.m.
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Club Assembly
Orsett Hall HotelJul. 03, 2025
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. -
Kids Out
Jul. 09, 2025
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Fellowship Evening
FoxhoundsJul. 10, 2025
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Saturday 26th April saw 30 students from the Hathaway Academy and Convent school complete the final section of their Leadership and Management Program (LAMP).
The founder of Rotary, Paul Harris, was born on 19 April 1868 so we toasted his birthday at our meeting on 24 April, along with two club members.
Our Youth Committee arrived at the last Club Council with a presentation produced by AI. So, to show them that us “oldies” can also embrace new technology we asked Gemini AI to produce a talk on Paul Harris. Read on to hear all about this remarkable man ...
On 18th March, club representatives, Iain Ramsay and Adrian Alsop attended Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital (GOSH) in London, to present a cheque of £3,000, collected before Christmas 2024 from supermarket and sleigh collections.
GOSH were very thankful for the generosity of the Grays Thurrock community and to our club. The club was glad to support such a deserving charity.
On March 11th we held this year’s Technology Competition. 9 schools entered representing 5 schools in the borough. On the day we had 8 teams. Hathaway x 1, Mossbourne Fobbing x 2, St Cleres x 3, Thames Park x 2 and Harris CH (sadly were unable to make it on the day)
The Baltic States were the surprise destination for 20 Grays Thurrock Rotarians on their annual mystery trip. A great social occasion for Club Members after a hard year of raising funds for the local community.
The group arrived at Stansted and were presented with their boarding passes to take them to Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania for a two-day visit.
The results for the Young Photographer competition of 2025 are now available.
On the 8th of March, two of our schools, Hathaway and Mossbourne Port Side, were represented at the Youth Debate Cluster Finals which were held in Norwich. Both schools thoroughly enjoyed the experience and are keen to take part again next year which is very encouraging to hear.
The team from Mossbourne Port Side did particularly well, coming second out of the three in the Intermediate section. It should be acknowledged that Hathaway and Mossbourne Port Side were the only two ‘non-independent’ schools represented.
The Club would like to thank all the young Artists for entering this year’s competition. The quality of the work was exceptional. Everyone will have their work returned to them along with a well-earned certificate.
The club is pleased to be able to provide a piano stool for the students at the Gateway to use.
Pictured are Katina Williams from the Gateway, Nick Wilkinson our Youth Committee Chair. The students are three music student who took part in our young musician competition.
Winner of the Junior section:
Imad Usman Herringham Primary Academy
Winner of the Intermediate section:
Hollie Piper Orsett Heath Academy
Winner of the senior section:
Brooke Sullivan Orsett Heath Academy
The judges had a very difficult task this year, the standards being very high in all categories. The number of entries submitted this year has increased which meant the judges had to work hard to choose the winners. Although in all competitions there is a winner the judges wished us to congratulate everyone who submitted an entry. They enjoyed reading them all.
World Rotary Day is celebrated on February 23rd, the day the first Rotary Club was formed in in Chicago in 1905 by attorney Paul P. Harris.
Rotary in Great Britain and Ireland (Rotary GB&I) hosts a number of events to celebrate Rotary Day and Rotary's core values of service, fellowship, diversity, integrity, and leadership.
Our guest of honour at the Clubs Speaker Meeting on 6th February, was the Mayor of Thurrock, Councillor Kairen Raper.
Also, at the lunch was Angela Mitchell from Tesco Supermarket and Kim Morgan from Asda Stores, who had helped the club with events and support over the years, particularly at Christmas.
Following another successful year of Christmas Collections, the club on 23rd January held its annual Cheque Presentation Awards Lunch.
Cheques were handed to Treetops School, Barnardo’s, Little Havens Children’s Hospice and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.
Pictured below is the winning team in the "Youth Speaks" competition all of whom are from the Mossbourne Port Side Academy, Congratulations to them all
Flanking the winners are Rotarians Mark Jones and Nicholas Wilkinson
The Rotary Club of Grays Thurrock
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Youth Services Chair
International Services Chair
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Christmas Coordinator
Golf Day Coordinator
Rotary Foundation
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