Funzibodo – ?
Children of Funzi and Bodo –Photo courtesy of the Funzibodo Trust It’s not the name of a new boy band but a combination of Funzi and Bodo, two islands in Kenya. Ashley Peatfield told us the story of how a…
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Rotary and the 2004 Tsunami
Rotary is a worldwide organisation but you don’t necessarily appreciate what that means until you see it in action. Brian Souter from Knaresborough Rotary Club spoke to us about how, after the devastation of the 2004 tsunami, Rotary rolled up…
KIDS ALOUD 2025 – “MUSICAL MAGIC”
Rehearsals are now well under way in local primary schools for the next Kids Aloud production, Musical Magic, which takes place at Harrogate’s Royal Hall on 1 March. The show features some of the highlights of musical theatre over almost…
Volleyball Training Courses in Nepal
Harrogate Brigantes have been involved with an ongoing project in the remote Panchamul Valley in Nepal, which includes ‘technology’, teaching, mircoloans and the provision of a Volleyball Court (International Friendship Court). Major Lil Gurung of the Himalayan Gurkhas Rotary Club…
Long Journey for Pop Star’s Violin
Pop star Sam Smith’s signed violin is in North Yorkshire on its way to a new life in Nepal. Sam kindly donated it to an instrument amnesty organised in London in 2015 by the Ronnie Scott Foundation. This summer the…