Rotary Barnard Castle

02/06/2026

Rotary Barnard Castle was supporting proceedings by walking in the parade and collecting money for The Meet. Pictures show Rotarians Chris Turner and Michael Hanby and Friend of Rotary Janet Sweeting

17/05/2026

Rotary Barnard Castle had the pleasure of assisting with parking arrangements at St. Romald's Church, Romaldkirk last Thursday evening, for the Service of Licencing by the Bishop of Ripon, The Right Reverend Anna Eltringham of the Revd John McHale, who became the Interim Priest in Charge of the Lower Teesdale Benefice.
Photo - Rotarian David Yeadon making sure that Bishop Anna had a prime parking spot!

12/05/2026

Fancy seeing what Rotary Barnard Castle is all about?

Our next speaker meeting is on Tuesday the 19th of May at 6.30 and we will be joined by Sarah from TCR The Hub on their fantastic work in the local community. Please let us know by his Thursday if you would like to attend either the meal and the talk or just the talk.

Give us a message and we would love to see you there!

03/05/2026

Our April speaker meeting was from our very own Ross Law! He gave a fascinating speech on his adventures in Mongolia, completely off grid, travelling with Eagle hunters (the Eagles do the hunting) and the wonderful communities he met with along the way. thank you very much Ross, it sounds quite the adventure!

17/03/2026

A wonderful talk this evening from our very own Ivor on "How to help yourself." Ivor spoke about reflections on the self help book market and the rise of the genre in recent years. He also spoke of his interest in Marcel Proust which was fascinating and I think we will all be buying a copy. A great talk really enjoyed by everyone!! Thank you so much Ivor!

17/02/2026

Such an interesting talk tonight from Megan Dowson on "Life as an auctioneer". We learnt so much about the cattle and farming industry, how auction houses work, how the trade works and the tough time facing the British farming industry. Thank you so much for joining us Megan for such a fascination talk!

20/01/2026

Such an interesting talk tonight from Dr Susie Walton on the charity Phase and her work as a volunteer doctor in Nepal. Such an interesting and inspiring talk about the charity's fabulous work in a very rural part of the country. Thank you so much for joining us; it was very much enjoyed by all!

19/01/2026

https://barneyrotary.co.uk/news/quiz-answers

We all hope you enjoyed the quiz this year in aid of The Great North Air Ambulance! Thank you all so much for supporting such a fantastic cause! Please find attached the answers for the quiz, the winner will be released in the coming days and will be contacted and a final number released for how much we raised. Thank you all so much for joining in; such a fantastic effort by all.

We all hope you enjoyed the quiz this year in aid of The Great North Air Ambulance! Thank you all so much for supporting such a fantastic cause! Please find attached the answers for the quiz, the winner will be released in the coming days and will be contacted. Thank you all so much for joining in;

06/01/2026

Tonight Michael handed over the presidency of Barnard Castle Rotary club to Glenys; congratulations Glenys and thank you so much to Michael for the last 6 months. We also received our banner from the Rotary Club of Durbanville, South Africa, who we recently made contact with through work colleagues. Thank you so much for the banner and it's always so lovely to make new Rotary connections.

24/12/2025

This week, instead of our usual meeting, we had a Christmas panto and dinner together. A lovely time had by all! always puts on a great panto and Capri in Barney was great! Merry Christmas to everyone! We all hope you have a joyful and restful holiday.