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A Health Village at Easterside
On Tuesday 19th September members of Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary were given an insight into a pioneering social initiative on our doorstep. Two young health professionals Alex and Ellie Ageikinas have spent two years growing an immensely positive endeavour to develop...
Middlesbrough College joins Erimus Rotary
On Yorkshire Day -Tuesday August 1st- Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary took two big steps in a new direction. The first was to welcome Steve Donnison representing Middlesbrough College as the first Corporate member of Erimus rotary. who with another senior member of the...
Induction of Terry Bolton as president of Erimus
July is a time of change for rotary clubs across the globe and Middlesbrough Erimus is no exception to that. As last year’s chapter closed another began with the induction of Terry Bolton as President on Tuesday 27 June.In concluding the last chapter, outgoing...
Groningen with Friends
In what is often called ’The Four Corner Meeting’ ten members and spouses of Middlesbrough Erimus rotary spent a truly memorable weekend in Groningen from June 16th -18th. The annual event brings together Rotary clubs from Germany (Limburg Van Der Lahn), Poland...
Young Chef
Today Erimus Rotary attended the Cluster finals of Rotary's Young Chef Competition at Middlesbrough College. Unfortunatley neither our two candidates, Lacey Stevenson and Jack Fricker (pictured), won the competition. However they put on a great show and really did...
Erimus gets the Cause
On Tuesday February 28th members of Erimus heard an uplifting story of dedication to a cause- presented by Pat McBride founder of this Tees based charity, which is named for its purpose -‘The Cause Foundation’. Pat explained how over 35 years previously when working...
Labman What a Great Place
Twenty three Members and spouses of Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary visited Labman this evening. Craig Thornton gave an excellent presentation and tour of the facilities. Labman has experienced fantastic growth in the lab automation, instrument development and software...
Erimus Rotary in tune
Middlesbrough Erimus rotary are teaming up with a town’s primary school to help youngsters excel in music It follows a recent talk by Ayresome Primary School’s Libby Lavelle when members heard an inspiring story of dedication and struggle against the odds. ] ...
December Rotary update on Ukraine Appeal
Polish Rotary Appeal for Support to Ukrainian Refugees Rotary North East Support via Middlesbrough Erimus December 2022 Update If you are able and want to support then please leave a donation hereSince the war started in February 2022, RGBI has provided...
Erimus learns about Tutenkhamun
On Tuesday 6 December, 39 members, spouses and friends of Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary were given an excellent presentation on Tutankhamun by Rebecca Baugh. Rebecca has studied Egyptology and Archaeology at Manchester and Durham Universities and is aiming for a...
Teesside’s own Masterchef goes back to School
Eugene McCoy the legendary chef and hotelier returned to school at King’s Academy on Thursday 24th November to act as judge in the Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary club’s Young Chef competition. Twelve students stepped up and took the challenge, each producing a three...
Erimus ‘Wrap Up’ project showcases warm hearted Teessiders
In the second year of a pioneering project, Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary linked up with thirteen collection points across the town and its surrounds inviting people to donate unwanted warm coats , scarves and gloves. These are passed on to five local charities (The...
Yatton House
Yatton House After many meetings, consultations with a local Botanist, discussion with local stakeholders work has finally begun in the new Community Garden in Great Ayton. The long term aim is to create an environmentally friendly fully inclusive space for...
Erimus learns a Tango in Tanzania
On Tuesday 1st November members of Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary welcomed their Honorary member Peter Swan to give them an update on his extraordinary efforts to assist education in Meserani, Tanzania. Peter explained that the process was often two steps forward and one...
A Halloween Murder Mystery for Erimus
With guests from Cleveland and Stokesley clubs invited, the Erimus rotary meeting on Tuesday 25th October lived up to its Halloween billing. A cast of six enacted a country house murder in which the butler was despatched with a sword in the billiard room. After a...
A Quattro President’s Night
Following the years of Covid restrictions imposed across the board this week Middlesbrough Erimus rotary celebrated four successive Presidents at one event. On Saturday October 22nd members were joined by guests from Guisborough and Great Ayton, Darlington, Stokesley...
A visit to Rural Middlesbrough
On Tuesday October 11th, A fine Autumn morning fourteen members of Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary visited the Larchfield Community. Guided by Alex Robertson and Stephen this was an inspiring tour demonstrating the power of positive thinking and teamwork designed to bring...
Erimus goes to College
On Tuesday 20th September over a dozen members of Erimus rotary were joined by guests from the former Middlesbrough club. On Tuesday 27th September 25 members and spouses of Erimus rotary visited Middlesbrough College and learned a great deal about one of the town's...
Erimus visits the Esk Valley and Cook Country
On Tuesday 20th September over a dozen members of Erimus rotary were joined by guests from the former Middlesbrough club. A majority took the delightfully scenic Esk Valley train which as summer ebbs away is still well filled with travellers keen to catch its...
Erimus gets Strictly Jane Atkinson
On Tuesday 6th September, the members of Middlesbrough Erimus rotary were given an absolutely fascinating insight to the world of TV production.Jane Atkinson daughter of Erimus rotarian Trevor and Mary ,is currently Director of Global Production for Fremantle...
Erimus gives the boot to local children
On Sunday 28th August, early if not bright several members of Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary joined hundreds of others on Stokesley Show field for the annual Car Boot sale. In a new departure for club members funds were being raised for youth service projects across and...
Erimus is bowled over – again
On Tuesday 23rd August in what has now become a tradition, members of Erimus Rotary club donned flat shoes and light summer attire for an evening with Nunthorpe Bowling Club. The beautifully manicured greens are tucked away beside the Middlesbrough to Whitby trainline...
Beefeater with Salad
On Tuesday 19th July the hottest day in our history, members of Middlesbrough Erimus rotary entertained and were entertained by a former 'Beefeater' Colin Smith MBE, RVM, BEM. Before joining the small but very well-known contingent of Tower occupants and guides Colin...
July Rotary update on Ukraine Appeal
Polish Rotary Appeal for Support to Ukrainian Refugees Rotary North East Support via Middlesbrough Erimus June 2022 Update If you are able and want to support then please leave a donation hereA message from Inowroclaw Rotary President, Rafał...
Afternoon Tea float with a Princess
Tuesday June 21st saw the Summer Solstice celebrated by members and guests of Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary afloat on the Tees. Once boarded at Castlegate Quay along with other guests, the 'Teesside Princess' took its passengers in glorious weather upriver. Amongst...
More than One Hundred Thousand Reasons to visit our friends in Europe again
From the formation of Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary club in 1985 we made enquiries to seek other clubs across Europe formed at a similar time with a view to forging closer links. This resulted in a partnership with a newly formed club in Zuidhorn near Groningen in the...
Three weeks with Erimus
On Tuesday May 17th Erimus Rotary were joined by visitors from several other clubs across our area who had joined to hear our guest speaker Danny Brown from Darlington who gave us an update on Rotoract, the organisation for younger people who wish to follow the Rotary...
Rotary update on Ukraine Appeal
Polish Rotary Appeal for Support to Ukrainian Refugees Rotary North East Support via Middlesbrough Erimus May 2022 Update If you are able and want to support then please leave a donation hereA message from Inowroclaw Rotary President, Rafał Mikołajewski:...
Erimus Learns of Life Before Darwin
As life returns to normal members of Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary returned to their usual meeting place at Brass Castle and were treated to an insight into the life of HMS Beagle and her crew before the arrival of Charles Darwin and his developing theories on...
Joint Meeting
26 members of Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary and Cleveland Rotary had a joint meeting by Zoom on Tuesday 29 March. Jackie Young, leader of Middlesbrough Community Champions presented about the work of the group, Jackie Young first started Middlesbrough Community...
Beirut Comes to the Boro
On Tuesday March 22nd Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary received a Zoom visit from Beirut. Two members of Beirut Cosmopolitan Rotary club Habib Saha and Diana Cotran joined the group and Habib held all of the members in thrall for over forty five minutes as he delivered a...
Spring on Tees
On Tuesday 15th March members of Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary visited what might now be called 'Spring on Tees'. An area behind Teesaurus Park, previously rather neglected and unloved has been significantly improved thanks to the efforts of Middlesbrough's three...
Another 100 Centenary Trees
On Saturday March 12th, members of Middlesbrough's two remaining Rotary clubs were joined by a group of 'Boro Community Champions' At Hills Nursery on Station Road outside Stokesley. The team were shown by nursery owner David Hill how to manufacture reusable 'Air...
It took just a simple email from a friend, and the money keeps Ukraining in!
Three days into the horrific invasion of Ukraine a member of Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary Club received a message from our ‘Twinned Rotary club friends’ at Inowroclaw Poland, for some years we have met and shared time at each other's homes together with our other 'Twin...
Erimus with Smiles
On Tuesday February 22nd members of Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary took their accustomed zoom seats to take in a presentation from the town’s Deputy Mayor Mieka Smiles. With a Middlesbrough born mum, Mieka was born and spent her first eight years in Australia before the...
It shouldn’t happen to a vet? It did to this one!
On Tuesday February 15th Middlesbrough Erimus members were zoomed face to face with Lewis Grant a former vet and born raconteur who regaled members with tales of his early career. Qualifying at Edinburgh included live animal anatomy lessons from a veterinary professor...
Erimus Zooms to France
On Tuesday February 1st members of Middlesbrough Erimus received an environmental awareness raising session from France as Rotary member Paul Keeley spoke to the group from his home in Quillan in L'Aude. As someone who spent much of his teaching career in Africa Paul...
Tees Trees-Rotary turns the riverside ‘Fifty Shades of Greens’
Last week was the culmination of several months of preparation as over fifty sturdy young trees were planted alongside the river Tees by members of the three Middlesbrough Rotary clubs in a long-standing celebration of their eldest member's Centenary. The process was...
Erimus zooms into robotics
On Tuesday 25th January members of Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary welcomed David Chadwick, Consultant Urological Surgeon at South Tees NHS FT, with a cheque for over fifteen hundred pounds toward the hospital's Cutting Edge Fund. In response the group were given a...
Erimus members muster on Zoom for Whitby sailors
On Tuesday January 4th members of Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary gathered for their first zoom of the year. David Milner, a friend of many of its members presented the fascinating story of Whitby's rediscovered Muster Rolls. David was part of a group of volunteers...
New Year honour for president
As the bells rang out to welcome 2022, phones of Erimus rotary members lit up with congratulatory messages for their President Alan Clifton (pictured attached)). The news which had brought so much pleasure was that Alan had been awarded an MBE in the New Year's...
Erimus learns the cost of being rescued
On Tuesday December 14th Middlesbrough Erimus members were Zoomed together once more for an in depth look at Cleveland Search and Rescue Team. Their information was delivered by Pete Mounsey who has been a member of the organisation since the mid 1970s since when he...
Erimus Hears from NiteLight
Following the highly successful launch of Middlesbrough Erimus ‘Wrap Up’ project where well over 1,000 items of warm winter clothing were donated by the public of Teesside, on Tuesday December 7th members heard from one of its main beneficiaries. Nadia Gibany,...
Trees Get Dinosaur Parked
On Sunday December 12th members of Middlesbrough’s three Rotary clubs were joined by the town’s 'Community Champions' and Linx Youth Club in a joint endeavour which will change the landscape of both Teesaurus Park and the riverside environment. Over 600 young saplings...
Salvation Army Toy Appeal
Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary had a successful collection at Teesside Park over the weekend of 4th and 5th December. Despite the cold (and sometimes very wet) weather, shoppers were out in large numbers and we raised over £830 for the Salvation Army toy appeal. ...
Charity Golf Cheque Presentation
Anirvan Banergee, James Cook University Hospital consultant, gave Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary an excellent insight into the Russ Devereux Headlight Project and the latest progress on Cochlear implants. Founded in memory of Russ Devereux, the Headlight Project is...
Erimus Murder Mystery Night
“Seven Members of Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary performed an OO7 murder mystery “You only die once” at the club meeting on Tuesday evening. After a lot of laughs the audience had to decide who did it, how they did it and why the secret agent Roger Damsels was killed....
Erimus visits Ampleforth Chocolate Factory
Members and relatives of Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary visited Ampleforth Chocolate Factory. The visit was hosted by Michelle Lumb, the factory manager. Michelle explained before the visit that In 1986, the charity Autism Plus was created by a group of passionate...
Erimus brings Santa to the Salvation Army
At the monthly business meeting of Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary club on Tuesday 9th November there was an extra guest. Captain Nick Ward the new Salvation Army representative joined the club's Zoom gathering to thank members for the 'Wrap Up' project which has been...
Green Lane Academy Goes Purple
Pupils from across the age ranges at Green Lane Primary Academy joined members of Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary on Monday November 1st to plant hundreds of crocus bulbs in a ‘Purple for Polio’ initiative. The resulting purple blooms appear each year to remind children...
