All 4 Rotary clubs in Wolverhampton came together to attend the City of Wolverhampton club’s carol service that was held in the beautiful surroundings of the Ukrainian Catholic church, following the support shown in the past weeks to the more than 150 Ukrainian refugee families that have arrived in the city.

The service was led by the Rev. Father Taras Dovbeniuk and there was an address by Mychajlo Fedyk who gave an especially moving talk on behalf of the local  branch of the Association of Ukrainian citizens in the UK. Mychajlo said that even in these awful times being experienced by his country, the spirit of hope and determination was strengthened by the marking of Christmas and the goodwill and active support provided by Rotary International.

Bible readings were given by representatives of all the clubs in the City; a beautiful rendition of Silent Night was given by Carol Tyler-Morris and Mandy Tyler,with musical accompaniment provided throughout in the skillful hands of PDG Robyn Davies from the Rotary club of The Wrekin. 

In an emotional final Rotary exhortation, President Sylvia Morgan thanked all the members of the club’s fellowship committee who had worked to make the occasion such a memorable one. She expressed the determination of Rotary to support the citizens of Ukraine as they strive to overcome the privations being experienced in war and she said she knows that our Ukrianian friends will be the victors, so that we can live in Rotary Peace and Fellowship The World Over.

The Rotary Club of the City of Wolverhampton looks forward to welcoming Rotarian Mohan Kumar who will be speaking to us on zoom from India at 6pm GMT on Tuesday, January 3rd 2023. His talk is entitled ‘Reaching The Unreached.’

Mohan is well known internationally for his work in providing over 24,000 prosthric hands to amputees, which resulted in recognition by Rotary International of as only one of 6  Champions of Health in the Rotary world. He holds numerous other awards. His full profile is avaiable by clicking HERE

 Anyone wishing to join us for this talk please message Past President Richard Green on +44 7891 035302 to receive the zoom link. Places will be limited, so first come first served!

Club President Sylvia Morgan with the Mayor, Councillor Sandra Samuels M.B.E and the Mayors Consort, Karl Samuels.

The Rotary Tree of Remembrance is up and running. Thanks to the tree committee ably led by Lorraine. The Mayor of Wolverhampton has been very supportive of our efforts to raise money for our charities . We were able along with some members of our club to begin the official opening on Saturday 19^th November at 1.00pm in the Wulfrun Centre. We will have the tree there until after Christmas giving people the opportunity to remember their relatives and friends in the Express and Star, the Wulfrun Centre and on our Clubs website page. Thankyou to everyone for their help and support.

President Sylvia.

Lest We Forget.

It was a very proud moment to be able to represent our club at the civic centre along with so many organisations . We have not been able to come together for so long . The City did our  services proud.

During the silence we were able to reflect on the lives lost and the devastation that war brings about.We shall keep on trying to help make the world a better place.

Rotary and Peace the World Over.

President Sylvia.

ce for us all .

President Sylvia.

Pine Green Academy in Wolverhampton is a Social Emotional Mental Health specialist school providing a varied Education for young people aged 7 to 16 with special needs.

Richard Green and Richard Horrell were pleased to visit the academy recently to hand over the first batch of 300 Books4Home and a gift of crocus corms for the school gardens in support of the Rotary EndPolio campaign. A number of projects are planned for the future, working with this specialist setting.

Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator Sarah Long tells us “The core of everything we do is our motto ‘ All Different, all Valued, all Equal.’ She added “we are delighted with the support we are receiving from the Rotary Club of The City of Wolverhampton and we look forward to an evergrowing relationship.”

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Photos show the books and crocus corms being handed over to the Head of School, Stuart Williams.

Richard Green.

Another great turnout by President Sylvia, the club members, the Bantock Users Group and children from Uplands and Merridale schools as the Rotary Club of The City of Wolverhampton  planted another 4000 crocus corms in Bantock Park in support of the Rotary EndPolio campaign. It was a great pleasure also to welcome along the Mayor of Wolverhampton, Councillor Sandra Samuels OBE. Her cheerful, enthusiastic support made the children  –  and us – very happy.

Over the years, we’ve now planted 50,000 purple crocus and we’ll keep going every autumn until the scourge of polio is eliminated form the world.

Foundation Committee chair Richard Green was highly amused when 2 passers by, seeing all the yellow tabards, asked “‘what are those convicts doing wth the Mayor and those children?” At least it gave him an easy opportunity to tell them all about this world changing campaign by Rotary International!

(Consent to photograph the children obtained.)