Message from our President.
Rotary in Great Britain and Internationally is recognised as an organisation of generous charity support, combined with local community care.
I am extremely proud to be President for 2018/19 of St Albans Verulamium Rotary Club, following a distinguished number of local residents in the role.
We are determined and enthusiastic to recruit new members to share our pastoral duties with the local community and international recipients.
Interested persons can contact us via the "Get Involved" page of this website
- Arthur Woolgar
Arthur Woolgar
President
Bede Fox
Secretary
Andrew Thomson
Treasurer
Raj Joshi
Immediate Past President
Colin Jones
Vice President
Derek Evans
Vice President Nominee
Trevor Miles
Community Service
Wendy Howson
International
Bob McBeth-Seath
Rotary Foundation
Raj Joshi
Membership
David Thomsit
Youth Service
Geoff Harrison
Fundraising
Geoff Beale
Assistant Secretary
Michael Hanlon
Assistant Treasurer
Norman Fennell
Health and Safety
Colin Jones
Club Service
Barry Dytham
Programme
Norman Fennell
Equality / Diversity / Protection
Graham Dean
Sergeant at Arms
Mike Langston
Communications and PR
Nitesh Joshi
Primary Webmaster
Steve Potter
Social Media Secretary
Mike Langston
Web Content
Congratulations to St Albans High School who won the "Foundation" category, to Roundwood Park who won the "Intermediate" category and to Marlborough winners of the "Advanced" category (shown in the photo) for more details and photos click here
Our charity golf day raised over £4500 for St Albans Special Olympics. The photo shows our President Arthur Woolgar presenting the cheque.
This years Rotary charity quiz evening in aid of Rotary Foundation raised over £1500. Our thanks go to previous multiple winners St Albans Priory Rotary Club who set the quiz for us this year. A great time was had by all and this year's winners were the Rotary Club of Harpenden Village. Thanks also to everyone who help organise this very successful event. More Photos can be found in "Our Events Gallery"
Our Marine Band Concert in January raised money for a local charity Centre 33 which provides meals for those in need. The photo shows our President Arthur Woolgar presenting the treasurer of Centre 33, Dr Melanie O'Neill, with a cheque for £2000. In thanking the club Melanie said that our donation would provide 800 meals for local people in need.
Thanks to the generosity of Marten Astley (the owner of a UK toy company). the club has been able to send toys to needy children in Uganda (mostly orphans and vulnerable children). Read the full story here
Thanks to the efforts of club members and the generosity of the St Albans public our Christmas Charity collections this year raised around £4000. Read the full story here
Congratulations to Amanda Garcia-Ghuran of St Albans High School for Girls, winner of this years Rotary Young Chef competition. Amanda presented a meal for two consisting of filo pastry cups filled with marinated prawns followed by ballotine of chicken legs with Toulouse sausages. Amanda will now represent St Albans in the next round of this National Competition. Photo: Paul Wood (judge) Oaklands College; Amanda Garcia Ghuran; The Mayor and Gopi Chandran, Executive Chef Sopwell House Hotel.
Congratulations to Wissal El Amrouchi, Leah Salmon and Sabrina Choudry from St Albans girls school winners of the intermediate section and to Lara Collins, Samuel Vosper and Charlotte Frankl from Sandringham school winners of the senior section of Rotary Youth Speaks on 27th November. Read more
We are a charitable trust and actively raise funds for local and international charities.
The Community Service Committee identifies and supports the needs of Local charities in the St Albans area.
There are many ways to get involved with Rotary:
Please donate online by visiting our Just Giving page. You can make a one off donation or make regular donations. All your money goes to Charities. Thank You.
Need more information please email
our treasurer.
If you are keen to get involved why not come along to a meeting? We meet at 7:30pm to dine at 8:00pm every Tuesday at:
Old Albanian Sports Club,
Woollam Playing Fields,
160 Harpenden Road,
St Albans,
AL3 6BZ
Please feel free to contact us at any time by emailing our Membership Secretary Ron Smith - Click Here
About St Albans Verulamium
Our Club Emblem - Venus
We are one of three Rotary clubs in St Albans and take our name from the roman city of Verulamium founded on the ancient celtic site of Verlamion - “settlement above the marsh”. After the Roman invasion of AD43, it was renamed Verulamium and became the third largest Roman city in Britain.
Our club emblem is a bronze statue of Venus found in the excavations of the 1930’s by Mortimer Wheeler and is housed in the wonderful museum of Verulamium. Read More
