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Leighton Linslade Rotary enjoyed a visit by Geoff from Animal Encounters yesterday. Among the animals Geoff brought in were snakes, rats, rabbits, guinea pigs and a tarantula. These were all safe to handle so as you can see from the video below, they were passed around members.
Leighton Linslade Rotary held its Carols on Christmas Eve event in Leighton Buzzard High Street. As part of this event we organised the Lantern Parade around the town centre. This video shows the parade of over 80 laterns.
Rotary are delighted to announce that as a result of Santas visits throughout December the club is immediately able to distribute £10,000 to local organisations. The visits of Santa in December 2025 to Leighton Linslade proved a massive success and as a result at its January business meeting Rotary were able, with Santa’s permission, to immediately distribute £10,150 to 27 local organisations. […]
Please see the Yes We Can Christmas Newsletter below. Our thanks go to the marketing team at Osborne Morris and Morgan for producing the newsletter.
Leighton Linslade Rotary launched their Defibrillator campaign last week. The launch took place outside the British Heart Foundation shop in Waterborne Walk. The launch was attended by Chris Roberts, Rotary Club President said: It was great to launch our Neighbourhood Defibrillator Scheme last month. I’m really looking forward now to welcoming people to our Discovery Evenings and explaining how we […]
A collaboration between Rotary, Leighton Park Rangers and the Town Mayor has delivered a boost to five local charities and once again highlighted the community benefit of the Rotary May Day Fayre. This years Rotary May Day Fayre saw a unique fundraiser from Leighton Park Rangers FC who put together a 24 hour marathon football match to raise much needed […]
“End Polio Now” is a global awareness and fundraising campaign by Rotary International to eradicate poliomyelitis, with World Polio Day being held annually on October 24th to mark progress and encourage continued efforts. The campaign focuses on vaccinating children, as evidenced by the tradition of painting a child’s finger purple to show they’ve been vaccinated. Leighton Linslade Rotary will be planting Crocuses in two areas around […]
On Sunday, Leighton Linslade Rotary’s disability sports program, Yes We Can (YWC), recognised all of their participants at their eighth Oscars Awards event at Brooklands Residents Club. Over 150 participants, their parents, carers and guests – including the High Sheriff of Bedfordshire – came together and enjoyed a celebration of achievements over the past year. Now in its eighth year, […]
Four members of the club volunteered to help marshall Leighton fun runners annual 10 k race on 7th September. A bright sunny day saw nearly 300 runners, fastest time under 47 minutes, and significant sums raised for the running clubs charity Beat Scad, a heart disease charity
Rotarian Robin Comerford is taking on challenge this September for a cause that probably touches us all — we will let Robin explain: I’m taking on the 100 Push-Ups a Day Challenge to help raise money for Cancer Research UK. I’m representing Leighton Linslade Rotary Club in my quest, as several of my Rotary friends are living with the condition. […]