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New Member
On Monday 2nd February the Club inducted a new member, Charles Adomah-Boadi.
On behalf of the Club our President Ann Routledge welcomed Charles to our Club.
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Youth Speaks 2026
On Saturday 24 January we held our Rotary Club Youth Competition, Youth Speaks 2026. A brilliant Youth Event kindly hosted by Church of the Holy Spirit. Our winners were from Aylesbury High School, with their debate: Should social media be banned for <16s globally?
As Chair of Judges, Laura Kyrke-Smith MP and her fellow judges chose our worthy winners from five competing teams, with topics also including That modern workplace culture is fundamentally biased in favour of men and Failure teaches students more than success.
Mayor Nidhi Mehta joined Laura in presenting the awards.
Best Team Chair went to a team from The Kingsbrook School.
Our winners will progress to the District Finals
Christmas Collections – Club President’s Thank You
A Thank You Message from the Aylesbury Hundreds Rotary Club President.
Aylesbury Hundreds Rotary club have been busy since the end of November collecting for local charities. It has been very enjoyable, and as well as spreading good cheer and putting smiles on children’s faces, we have raised a good amount for local charities.
From 2nd December, our Rotary club visited many roads and estates around Aylesbury. We visited Stoke Mandeville Parish this year for the first time and were well received, and plan to return next year.
The total collected during December with our mobile Santa float was £5358
We had 2 weekends collecting at Chiltern Garden Centre and Tesco Tring Road. The total collected on those weekends was over £1,700.
The charities that we support have been enthusiastic in helping us on our rounds each evening. This year the local charities we supported were:
Chiltern Neuro
Stoke Mandeville Spinal Research
PACE
Emmetts Genies
Community Christmas Lunch
Florence Nightingale Hospice
Wheel Power
The Aylesbury Society
Lindengate
Young Carers
We were also supported by the Parrish Councillors from Stoke Mandeville.
I would like to say a big thank you to the following :
- NISSAN, Aylesbury who loaned us a wonderful X Trail (painted with reindeers and adverts about collections) to tow our float around during the 3 week collection period
- David Hastings who did a large majority of the towing
- Motts Coaches who allowed us to store the float during the Christmas period
- Trackit247 who provided the tracking service for our float
- Matthew (farmer) who very kindly lets us store our float in his barn when not out on Santa duties!
- All members and families who helped with the collections
- All the volunteers from the charities who helped with collections.
We could not have achieved what we have without everyone’s support and enthusiasm, so thank you all.
Finally and very importantly I would like to thank all the residents around Aylesbury for their generosity and support of all that we do. Without that trust and support, we would not be able to donate to the local charities that are listed above.
Thank you again
Ann Routledge – President – Aylesbury Hundreds Rotary Club
Rotary Rocks Concert – 2026 – Raising Funds for Young CarersBucks
Rotary Rocks – Raising Funds for Young CarersBucks
Stuck for a Christmas present idea? Tickets are now on sale for our next Rotary Rocks charity fund raiser gig on 01 May 2026 featuring the debut gig of The Dead Cherry Pickers Music Society. For full details see Upcoming Events
Young Chef 2026
We went a little early with Young Chef this time, holding our local heat on 22 November 2025. We were again hosted by The Kingsbrook School.
To a budget of £12.00, students from secondary schools across Aylesbury prepared two course meals, including dishes such as Pan-fried cod loin with potato dauphinoise, Salmon in white wine sauce with couscous and Sri Lankan skewered chicken. Desert options included Raspberry compote with dark chocolate shavings, Poached pears and Brazilian carrot cake. All had to be completed in 2hrs
Judges Daniel Richardson, Head Chef at Hartwell House and Adam Parsons, General Manager at the Five Arrows in Waddesdon (and a former Young Chef contestant!), seen here with the Mayor of Aylesbury Nidhi Mehta, tasted every dish and settled on a winner from The Kingsbrook School, whose Chicken breast with mushrooms and baby pots and desert of Lemon Mousse are shown here
Prizes were provided by Hartwell House, The Five Arrows and The Woolpack at Stoke Mandeville.
Our winner, seen here with Daniel Richardson and the Mayor of Aylesbury, will now go on to the District Final in February 2026.
Other events for students coming up in early 2026 include Youth Speaks, our debating competition, in January, and our Young Artist and Young Writer competitions, in March.
Wrap Up Coat Donation Appeal – Thank You
Thank you to everyone who donated winter, warm coats at the 2 drop off points- Bierton Coffee Shop and St Mary’s Church, Aylesbury. The collections were very successful, and we are very grateful for the generosity of the people of Aylesbury.
The coats were distributed locally to:
Women’s Refuge
The Catholic Church homeless kitchen
Aylesbury Vineyard storehouse
Aylesbury Street angels
Thank you all.
Ann Routledge
President Rotary Club Aylesbury Hundreds
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