TOP AWARD FOR CHARITY WORKER

A local charity worker has received a top award for her commitment to hosting children from Belarus and helping Ukrainian families seeking sanctuary from the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.  For many years, Alison Shepherd has arranged annual month-long visits to the...

MAGICAL BURNS SUPPER

Back by popular demand, a Magical Burns Supper will be held in the Yorkshire Suite of the Golden Lion Hotel in Northallerton, on Saturday 25 January 2025, at 6.30 for 7.00 pm.  Northallerton Rotary Club will host the event, to which all members of the public are...

CELEBRATING 77 YEARS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE

Guests from across Yorkshire, including the District Governor of Rotary in Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire and the Mayor of Northallerton, gathered in the Yorkshire Suite of the Golden Lion Hotel in Northallerton for a black tie dinner to celebrate the 77th Charter...

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE FOR YOUNGSTERS

A large audience recently enjoyed an evening feedback talk from Josh Proud and Jacob Heys, who in July completed a challenging week of leadership and character-building activities, sponsored annually by the Rotary Clubs of Northallerton and Northallerton Mowbray for...

SALUTE TO ARMY ENGINEERS

The Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) at Catterick Garrison have recently received an award for hosting an annual technology competition for local schools.  For the last 7 years, 1 Close Support Battalion REME have provided a hangar in their barracks...

STAND-IN SERVICE FOR THE COFFEE POT

Each week on Wednesday and Saturday mornings the Methodist Church in Northallerton opens its hall as a café called the Coffee Pot.  During August they generously offer charitable organisations the chance to run the Coffee Pot for the benefit of their charity....

FRIARAGE BENCH COMMEMORATES LOCAL DOCTOR

A well-known and respected local doctor has been remembered with a hand-crafted wooden bench placed in the garden inside the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton.  The garden is on the ground floor off the main corridor opposite the Friends of the Friarage shop, and...

CHARITY SPRING FAIR

Seven charities including Friends of the Friarage, Pendragon Community Trust, Applegarth Community Garden, Northallerton and District ME Support Group, Northallerton Men’s’ Shed, CRUTCH, and Northallerton Rotary Club bric-a-brac will offer stalls in a...