Figures released to a local Rotary club disclose that nearly 8,000 people aged 65 and over are living with dementia in Shropshire and NHS Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin currently has a diagnosis rate of 62.3%. Speaking to members of Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club, Rachel Ford, regional fundraiser for the Alzheimer Society in Shropshire and Staffordshire,
ROTARY RAIL RESCUE OPERATION ANNOUNCED
Our club is planning to run a rail rescue operation to help the struggling Severn Valley Railway. Members of Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club will be chartering a train in a bid to generate much-needed funds for the line’s restoration. The club has announced a journey starting from Kidderminster on Sunday April 27. The train will
ROTARIAN TELLS OF MEMORABLE AND POIGNANT TRIP TO BELGIUM
A visiting Rotarian whose family travelled to Meerhout in Belgium to pay their respects to a grandfather who gave his life there in World War 2 has spread the message with fellow Rotarians in Shrewsbury. Richard Green, of the City of Wolverhampton Rotary Club, visited Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club to tell the story of Flight
EISTEDDFOD THANKS ROTARY FOR NINE YEARS OF SUPPORT
Our Rotary club, which has strongly supported Minsterley Eisteddfod for nine years, has been personally thanked for its contribution to the continued success of the event. The Eisteddfod’s vice chair, Mary Stott, visited Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club to express gratitude to members for their on-going support which she described as ‘absolutely wonderful’. “I can’t thank
NO TAKERS SURPRISE FOR A CHARITY BEARD SHAVE
A Rotarian who shaved his Santa beard for charity said today he was ‘completely surprised’ that this opportunity had not received any responses. Long-serving Peter Love told members of Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club that there had been no applicants for the financial gift – despite extensive media coverage. He had invited charities to apply for