The Rotary Club of Odiham and Hook

A great new event

✨Announcing White’s Eco Light Festival! ✨

Discover a brand-new magical experience this winter, with White’s Eco Light Festival.

Delve into the story of Gilbert White, discover our collections in a whole new light, and unlock your passion and an excitement for wildlife and the natural world around us.

This is a Light Festival with a difference – we will be using renewable energy sources, solar power and low-level lighting with environmental consciousness at its core, remembering Gilbert White and his internationally important legacy to ecology. Fun for all the family, this is a chance to make new memories and discover how you can make changes to help wildlife and the environment around you.

✨Starts November 21st Ends December 21st 2024 ✨
Tickets will go on sale on the 24th September!

Set up at the Hook show today in Hartletts Park. Show opens at 12 noon until 5pm.Come and see us and try your hand at the Corn Hole game.

The rain has stopped now so come and enjoy the plant fair at the Gilbert White's House & Gardens open at 10.30 am coffee beer and bbq will be available

Here at the Gilbert White plant fair opening at 10.30 am come along and visit the membership stand.

An honour to be at the D day beacon event last night with our Rotary stall.

📅Odiham Parish Council will be hosting a Beacon Lighting for the 80th Anniversary of D-Day on Thursday 6th June. 📅

Please do come along from 8pm,

There will be lots to see and do including music from Cove Brass Band, Odiham Military Wives Choir, and a Piper 🎤🎺

A lamp of light parade from 1827 (Odiham) Squadron Air Training Corps,

Lighting of the Beacon,

The reading of the Tribute- Rev (sqn Ldr) Dawn Colley, RAF station Chaplain.

D-Day Heroes poem, read by a pupil from Robert May's School,

A licensed bar courtesy of Odiham & North Warnborough Bowling Club, 🍷

Peppones street food, and an Ice cream van, 🌮🍦

Plus games for the children courtesy of the Rotary Club of Odiham and Hook.

We look forward to seeing you there ! 😀

In Scouting we now have an open recruiting process and now seek new volunteer trustees for Bramshill Scout District from 27th June onwards. This includes Chairman and Treasurer positions so if interested please contact me on 01256 766451 or e mail [email protected]. Thanks in advance for your interest.

Delighted to advise that our Charity Race night raised just over £2500 net with £1500 going to Mayhill School in Odiham to support their purchase of Ipad's for the school and a further £1000 to Sightsavers an international charity that saves sight in many 3rd world countries. Thanks to the those that came and supported the event including our fellow Rotary clubs.

Well done John.

More images from last nights successful Charity Race night.

What a night! A fantastic turnout of just over 100 people who joined in the fun of the Odiham and Hook Rotary Club charity race night. Good to see friends from the Rotary Groups from Basingstoke and Deane, Basingstoke Lodden also Hook Lions. Great work by the Friends of Mayhill school on fantastic food and by the Bramshill District Scout team that ran the race night. Plus the work over the last 3 months by our Rotary team. Over £2000 has been raised and will be shared between Mayhill school for iPads and Sightsavers an international charity that carries out crucial eye operations in third world countries.

Until the Bell gets underway there is always the Julibee Tap to visit in Selborne.

A brand new week at the Jubilee Tap!
Don't forget to visit us Thursday, Friday & Saturday evening from 5:30pm

Delighted to see John Orchard receive a well deserved Hook Village Community award last night at the Hook Annual Village Meeting.

Great new project in Hook Junior School have just taken some Tomato Plants over but they need more vegetable plants so if you have spare please take them over to the school office.

Over the Easter break we were pleased to received our new Polytunnel that we were able to purchase with a generous grant from Tesco. The children are excited to start planting, pottering and pruning! (And the polytunnel allows them to enjoy this activity all year round.) We would be grateful for any seedlings and/or plug plants (fruits, flowers and/or vegetables) that you can donate to the school to get us started!

Bramshill Scouts are looking for 2-3 new volunteer trustees to join the Bramshill Scout District Trustee Board. Maybe you can help and bring your experience to the board and help ensure over 600 Scouts, Cubs , Beavers and Squirrels have an enjoyable and safely run proramme in North Hampshire. Please contact Paul Cluett District Chairman Bramshill Scouts for more details either message or call 01256 766451.

🚨Breaking news! 🚨
Alan Titchmarsh along with others have backed a letter to The Times launching the start of our 'Fund for the Future' Endowment fund.

More people than ever before are discovering the wonderful world of Gilbert White and the museum here in Selborne, but increasing costs is putting a considerable strain on our resources. This fund will ensure that we can continue our valuable work with thousands of school children each year to inspire journeys in the natural world and carry on Gilbert White's legacy for many years to come.

👉To donate follow the link here: https://gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk/donations/donation1/

👉To read the article follow the link here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/alan-titchmarsh-leads-plea-to-save-father-of-ecologys-home-r5rhh0j7c

Only 16 places left available for our Charity Race night on Tuesday 23 rd April so do contact Paul Cluett to reserve your place.

We now have just 2 tables or 16 places left available for our Charity Race night on Tuesday 23rd April. So do touch base to reserve your place.

Hi we still have 4 tables of 8 available for the Rotary charity Race Night at Mayhill School. Only £15 a head to come along for an evening of fun. Maybe you and a few friends or members of your organization or work would like a table or even sponser a race. Full details on attached poster or give Paul Cluett a call on 01256 766451 to reserve your table.
This is raising funds for Mayhill school equipment and also " Sight Savers".

It was so nice to see the sun this morning in Hartletts Park and a pleasure to offer coffee to the parents, grandparents and supporters of Hook United we provided over 100 coffees and made many new contacts and friends.

Hi we still have 4 tables of 8 available for the Rotary charity Race Night at Mayhill School. Only £15 a head to come along for an evening of fun. Maybe you and a few friends or members of your organization or work would like a table or even sponser a race. Full details on attached poster or give Paul Cluett a call on 01256 766451 to reserve your table.
This is raising funds for Mayhill school equipment and also " Sight Savers".

We have had an excellent response from the visit this morning to Odiham Businesses in the High Street for Raffle prizes and sponsers for the Charity Race Night on 23rd April 2024. This includes an original Race game from The Antiques Emporium which will bring back memories of yester year.

Welcome your business support.

Our next major event is a Charity Race Night on Tuesday 23rd April in aid of school equipment for Mayhill School and raising funds for our Rotary chosen charity " Sight Savers". Both worthy causes and am now looking for business support in terms of 6 individual race sponsers who will get their logo on both the Race Card and the pre publicity for just £100. So local Odiham & Hook businesses here is your chance to support the local community. Please contact Paul Cluett on 07711956979 to sign up in the next couple of weeks. Thanks in advance for your support and bring your business team along for the evening.

Our next major event is a Charity Race Night on Tuesday 23rd April in aid of school equipment for Mayhill School and raising funds for our Rotary chosen charity " Sight Savers". Both worthy causes and am now looking for business support in terms of 6 individual race sponsers who will get their logo on both the Race Card and the pre publicity for just £100. So local Odiham & Hook businesses here is your chance to support the local community. Please contact Paul Cluett on 07711956979 to sign up in the next couple of weeks. Thanks in advance for your support and bring your business team along for the evening.

Bramshill Scout District
We are looking for people to join our team to help us with our finances and administration
The roles can be singular or shared and there will be full support to assist the role.
Some knowledge of Excel would be useful.
We are a friendly District and are looking forward to welcoming you.
Please speak to Paul on 07711956979 or any of the Leaders in the Group.