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30/10/2026

Batteries, torches and a few fairy lights can make a big difference when the power goes off.

For our Ukraine Appeal, we're looking for new or nearly new AA and AAA batteries, wind-up or battery torches, battery fairy lights, mobile phone power packs, jump leads and fuel containers.

Please drop them with Andrew Begg at 40 West High Street, Forfar, by Saturday 21 November.

29/10/2026

Behind the Badge

Thirty years in the police, 15 years running a kids' drumming group, and seven guide dog puppies so far. Meet Sandra, one of our newest members.

Sandra served as a police officer in Dundee for three decades, much of it on the beat and as a community officer in Kirkton. While she was there, she started a drumming group to give local kids something to do on a Monday night. The Kirkton Beat drummers went on to perform at fetes across the city, and one of those kids is now a musical director.

She has volunteered with 18 & Under for 25 years, helped start Under One Rainbow at the Cross, and raises funds for Spotlights on the High Street. She and her partner are also guide dog puppy raisers, with puppy number eight arriving in March.

When she moved to Forfar a year ago, her stepdaughter told her to get in touch with Rotary. We're very glad she did.

"I didn't join Rotary to change the world. I joined because I believe we can change somebody's world."

27/10/2026

Can You Help?

Our Ukraine Appeal is up and running, and we'd love your help to fill the van. Everything we collect leaves Forfar on 23 November for people who need it this winter.

You can drop donations with Andrew Begg at 40 West High Street, Forfar, before Saturday 21 November. If you have any questions, email [email protected].

Please give what you can. Every item helps.

Thank you.

27/10/2026

Beware of Frailty, Keep Exercising

We had a brilliant talk recently with Jo McColgan, a physiotherapist, former national-level athlete, and all-round powerhouse of knowledge on healthy ageing, introduced by Gordon.

Read the full article: Link in the comments.

Her big message: the real risk as we age isn't any single illness, it's frailty, and it can start building as early as your 30s. The good news? It's not inevitable. Strength training twice a week can cut your risk of falling by 50%, protect your bones, and even improve memory and brain health. Even a couple of minutes a day makes a difference.

Jo left us with the story of Julia Hawkins, who took up running at 100 and was still setting world records well into her hundreds. Her advice: it's never too late to start.

Thank you, Jo, for such a fascinating and genuinely motivating evening, and to Andrew Renwick for the vote of thanks.

26/10/2026

Some of Saturday's most powerful moments came from Svetlana Iniakoviene, Intertwined SCIO.

Originally from Ukraine and now living in Fife, Svetlana founded Intertwined SCIO after the war devastated her family. Her charity works with international clinicians to fund new trauma treatments for war victims and veterans living with severe PTSD.

What started as Scottish-Ukrainian community solidarity in Fife now has ten Rotary clubs across Fife behind it. She invited Rotary leaders to help take it further, both by expanding treatment for veterans and by supporting research that could shape trauma care in Ukraine, Scotland and beyond.

This is a reminder that Rotary's reach doesn't stop at the town boundary.

Highlights from the Rotary District 1010 Conference, 2026.

Rotary International

25/10/2026

How do you get through 50 hours on a swing? A 15-minute nap every five hours, films on a big telly, and a fish supper delivered at 7pm on night two.

Richard Scott had the District 1010 Conference in stitches today with the story of his two world record swing marathons. In 2022 he swung for 36 hours and 32 minutes to set a Guinness World Record. This August he went back for and managed 50 hours and 30 minutes, now awaiting official verification.

It all started with Record Breakers on the telly and a Guinness book from his grandma every Christmas.

has raised over £4,000 for the Rotary Club of Kinross and District's appeal for a sensory room at CHAS Rachel House Children's Hospice, and the appeal is still open.

24/10/2026

Our President Katharine checked in from the District 1010 Scotland North Conference in Dunfermline, where the morning brought talks that really tugged at the heartstrings.

They ranged from a school built out of shipping containers in Manila to a man who spent 50 hours on a swing for a children's hospice.

Katharine, Tony, Jack and Babajide are flying the flag for Forfar today, and they're coming home with plenty of ideas for future projects.

Looking forward to a good afternoon.

24/10/2026

A community loses their homes in a fire overnight. The next morning, their first question is: how can we help get YOUR roof back on?

Full write-up on our blog. - https://forfarrotary.co.uk/blog/district-1010-conference-jane-walker

That's the story Jane Walker MBE shared at today's District 1010 Scotland North Conference in Dunfermline. Forfar was there in force, with our President Katharine, Tony, Babajide and Jack, and the room went very quiet.

Jane founded the Purple Community Fund after seeing families picking through a rubbish dump in Tondo, Manila. She built a school from shipping containers, and today the charity supports whole families through education, healthcare, food and work. Mothers turn drinks can ring pulls into bags and jewellery, and a good share of those ring pulls come from Rotary clubs.

When the charity's own roof burned in 2025, the families who'd just lost everything had it rebuilt in under six weeks.

That's what Create Lasting Impact looks like.

Next time you open a can, keep the ring pull.

21/10/2026

Ever given polio drops to a baby on World Polio Day? Our guest speaker we had recently has, and she says it's something she'll never forget.

Rotarian Kathy Suvia, a past District Governor from the Rotary Club of Redding East in California, joined us to talk about her life in Rotary. She was born in Dunfermline and moved to the States as a child. Since then, Rotary has taken her to Nigeria and Chicago, and it led her to help 3,500 girls in Kenya stay in school.

Read the full blog here: https://forfarrotary.co.uk/blog/from-dunfermline-to-district-governor-kathy-suvia

With World Polio Day on Saturday, it couldn't have come at a better time. Thanks for coming all this way to see us, Kathy!

17/10/2026

Just a wee update from Katharine on tomorrow’s purple crocus planting on the Kirrie Road near the Academy. Polio eradication is a central project for Rotary internationally and Forfar is doing its’ bit! 😍🙌😊

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