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Woodbridge celebrate £1M milestone

Now That’s What I Call Making a Difference – Woodbridge 41 Club Celebrate £1,000,000 Milestone The Mayor of Woodbridge joined 41 Club members and volunteers at the Woodbridge 41 Club Charity Christmas Card Shop to celebrate an impressive milestone in November, having raised £1,000,000 for charity. This money has been raised over the past 31

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The House of hope

The House of Hope WHAT EXACTLY IS THE “HOUSE OF HOPE”? Following the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Cyril, (Kirill), a pastor from Odessa, fled with his family to Ciobalaccia, a town in the south of Moldova about 120 kms from the capital Chisinau. He discovered a derelict hospital, now the House of Hope

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Round The UK

A “Round The UK” Tour on a budget Can any other 41 Clubs come up with an unusual way to raise money? When one of Wokingham 41 Club’s members saw how well a local Hospice cared for people, he decided that he wanted to help them in return. So, when Mike Bailey became Club Chairman

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Ponteland 41 Club Breaks Record

Ponteland 41 Club has a record to its name!! New Year’s Day every year is a special day for Ponteland 41 Club. Since the 14th Century (!!) the village has regularly staged a Wheelbarrow Race – apart from war years and, for just for one year only, a pandemic. Ponteland Round Table started to become

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Laughter in Luxembourg

“Laughter in Luxembourg” European Capitals Meeting (ECM) 2023 So, what is the ECM? It all started in 2015 when Georges Metzger and 41 Club Paris invited 41 Club members and their wives/ partners from European Capital Cities to come along to Paris to enjoy Fun and Fellowship; a chance to experience 41 Club internationally and

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Christmas Parcel Convoy

German Christmas Parcel Convoy The Volunteer In these unsettled times it is quite daunting to think of joining a humanitarian aid convoy to the Ukraine border. Having said that Barry our International President and others have sung its praises for a few years. I did my research. School children in Germany (with the parents help)

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Ocado Depot Purge

Christmas Ocado Depot Purge Following on from our successful 2022 Ocado purge event we again partnered with Basingstoke Spotlight and Bidfood to carry out the 2023 purge. Ocado Regional Services Manager, Ruth Curry working out of their Andover depot once again was crucial in ensuring the organisation of collecting the food pallets ran smoothly. This

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Supporting Parkinson Support Group

Parkinson Support Group Alan presents a cheque to Lucy Jung December 2023 At a recent meeting, Alan Edwards told us about his personal experience of first learning the shocking news that he had Parkinson’s condition, then his long and difficult search for help and more information. More recently, he has had the chance to join

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“Big Breakfast”

“Big Breakfast Morning” In Redditch Who says we don’t do fund raising in 41 Club? Well, Redditch 41 Club – “The Round Table for 45 Year Olds” – certainly do. The “Big Breakfast” on Saturday 9th September at Webheath Village Hall in aid of the Primrose Hospice. The concept was really simple: Cook a “full

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Friends, Romans and Tiddlers

Friends, Romans and Tiddlers, send me your beers! For those of you who don’t know, Tiddlywinks was invented in the 1880s and became one of the most popular games played by adults and children alike. A part of the Tiddlywinks story involves Prince Philip (of course he was Patron of Round Table Britain & Ireland

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National Walking Weekend

The 2023 walking weekend was held in Alcester Warwickshire on 7th to 9th July. There were 43 members booked into The Kings Court on the outskirts of Alcester. These were joined on the walks and also at the evening meals by 8 locals over the weekend. The locals joined the walks, which were based on

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Young Ambassadors Program

THE FIRST YOUNG AMBASSADORS TOUR OF GB&I 41 Club signed up to the Young Ambassadors Program (YAP) in 2018 and 3 young people from GB&I visited either India or South Africa in 2019. We were due to have a tour around GB&l in 2020 and fully join the programme. Unfortunately, due to COVID, the whole

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Bedworth Nearly Food Bank Challenge

Bedworth Nearly 41Club Food Bank Challenge 2023 What a cracking start to 2023 culminating in our meeting at the Weston Hall Hotel in Bulkington on 12 January. The scene: Our local food bank issues crisis warning – nowhere enough goodies coming in to satisfy massive demand Our Nick Vassilissin leaps into action and issues the

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National Car Rally 2022

“Three Counties” 41 Club National Car Rally 2022 in Market Harborough It all started in 2014 when 20 cars descended on the Hinckley Island Hotel in Leicestershire and the 41 Club National Car Rally has been held every year since then other than in 2020 when of course the Covid pandemic stopped most things. Market

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