We were delighted to assist with car parking at the recent Marie Curie Trewithen Classic Car show.

We were delighted to attend the Rotary Cluster Conference in Exeter at the end of June 2024. It was great to meet members of Rotary from four Districts in South Wales and South West England to share friendship, learning, service and fun.

Evolution Ramblers visited the Crantock area for their regular walk and lunch in June. The poppies at Crantock are a wonderful sight.

At our meeting in June we heard from Simon Allison Founder and Artistic Director of the Charity Drama Express which promotes the performing arts (poetry, stage production, writing, acting and singing). The Charity works with  young people aged from 10 to 25 with a diverse range of needs who might otherwise find it difficult to access mainstream groups. Their next production, Mr FlannelFoot, takes place at the Old Bakery Studios on Sunday 16 June 2024 at 2pm.www.drama-express.org

President Jackie Southon is completing two years as President at the end of June 2024. 

At our AGM in May 2024 Jackie reflected on the achievements of the previous twelve months - these include raising £1000 for outreach paramedics in Ukraine - an initiative organised by member Brian Budden; bringing together Truro schools for the Youth Speaks debating event - led by Cathie Shipwright; donating £500 to the ShelterBox GAZA appeal, with further donations to Libya and Syria; supporting homelessness through Jackie's sleep out at the Eden Project and collecting waterproof coats, tents and other items for St Petroc's.

We have also undertaken a new and innovative project testing the quality of water in the River Kenwyn - an initiative which member Tony Staveley has shared with the District Environmental Lead who was impressed with the work. which we undertake for the Westcountry Rivers Trust.

We have delivered Xmas Hampers, helped with the Memory Cafe, collected for the Poppy Appeal, sent donations to local charity Sending Love to Ukraine (including trauma teddies knitted by member Rosemary Ball), supported Children's Day and Volunteers Day on Lemon Quay, helped with Truro Bid City Clean Ups and supported the Friends of Coosebean and Boscawen Park with litter picks. We have also helped at the Falmouth Rotary Climate Emergency event at the polytechnic and marshalled at Falmouth Tall Ships and the St Pirans Day march in Truro. We also represented our Rotary Club on Remembrance Day in Truro Cathedral.
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Member John Ball organised many of the Evolution Ramblers walks and lunches and we also took part in the 9 mile Exmoor Challenge . We also heard from a diverse and fascinating range of speakers all coordinated by member Fiona Devlin.

Members thanked Jackie for her dedicated service  and hard work as President - Jackie will be continuing as Treasurer for the club and Cathie Shipwright will take on the role of President.

We were delighted to welcome Liz Hargreaves and her guide dog Fergie to our meeting in May 2024. Liz told us about the extensive training that guide dogs receive and the vital work that they do. One way to support Guide Dogs is to sponsor a puppy - for more information see www.guidedogs.org.uk

Evolution Ramblers enjoyed a 5.5 mile spring walk round Lanhydrock and Restormel Castle followed by lunch at Duchy Nursery Orangery during April 2024.

Great to hear from Tony Williams new District Governor for Rotary at the recent District Assembly.

We look forward to meeting you at Truro Volunteers Day this Sunday (21 April 2024). The aim of this event, which is taking place on Lemon Quay between 11am and 3pm, is to promote volunteering opportunities. We hope to see you there.

April is Rotary Environmental month and to mark this we are highlighting our participation in a water testing project.

We have signed up as Citizen Scientific Investigators working with the Westcountry Rivers Trust. We regularly survey and test three areas of the River Kenwyn to monitor the quality of the water.

​The aims of the project include producing data to identify degrading waters and spotting pollution events so they can be dealt with as quickly as possible.

For more information see wrt.org.uk

We were delighted to take part in the Exmoor Rotary Challenge on Sunday 7 April 2024 - it was a great day walking - a bit muddy but the rain held off. We covered 9 miles in total ( it should have been seven but we took a wrong turn!).