Saltburn Rotary Club News

As the festive season comes to a close, the members of Saltburn Rotary hope that you all had a happy and peaceful Christmas. Below are some events the club were involved with Christmas Chocolate Tombola. Our traditional Christmas ‗Chocolate‘ Tombola was held at The Christmas Farmers‘ Market on Saturday 10th December, again in aid of The Salvation Army Homeless at Christmas Appeal. Thanks are due to the amazing generosity of Brendan Manship and Lindt who donated all the prizes (the fantastic amount of £761 was raised). Thanks also to Geoff Blott of Guisborough Salvation Army for supporting us, Lorna for our plot at the market and of course to the wonderful members of the community, who even in these hard times were able to think of others and give so generously

Saltburn Festive Woodland Walk

Saltburn Rotary members also assisted at the above event and what a brilliant event it was. Lovely children and parents, thank you all for letting us join in the magic. Thanks to all the Rotarians for giving up their time, and especially Howard, Harry, and John for their preparation for the event that went so smoothly. Held on Sunday 27th November, from 10am – 2pm, the walk commenced at the

Saltburn Woodland Centre and saw children completing the walk to receive a limited-edition medal and have a free ride on the miniature railway where they could say hello to Santa. Redcar & Cleveland‘s ―Mind‖ mission is a registered charity aiming to provide and promote a quality well-being, prevention and recovery service that puts people first.

Christmas Meal

The club held its usual Christmas meal, with a Christmas music Quiz, at our regular venue, The Victoria. The members would like to take this opportunity to thank both Aaron and Rachel at the Vic for a magnificent meal and for looking after us so well every single week.

Christmas Carol Singing

At the time of writing, we are looking forward to Carols around the tree at Saltburn Conservative Club as part their Christmas jumper day, the music being provided by the Cleveland Police Band. Fingers crossed that the weather behaves itself.

Finally, may I on behalf of President Elspeth Chappell, and the members of Saltburn Rotary wish you all a very Happy New Year and we look forward to serving our community again in 2023, our 97th year!

Dave Sadler

Saltburn Scouts News

That‘s a wrap for Beavers in 2022! The month of December has seen the kids struggling to decide whether to bank their chocolate coins (to gain interest) or to immediately devour in a frenzy of foil and chocolaty goodness. A tricky decision when you‘re 44 never mind when you‘re 6 or 7. Needless to say, some did and some didn‘t but they all have learned that sometimes it‘s better to wait for a bigger prize! Ultimately, they‘ll all earn their Money Skills activity badge which is a first for 1st Saltburn. See you all in the New Year!

Cubs have been working towards the ‗global issues badge‘. We had a natural disaster evening, the cubs had to think about how they would survive a flood. We have learnt about the importance of clean water, and cubs are working hard at home, earning sponsor money for us to donate to the toilet twinning charity, to fund a toilet in the developing world. We rounded the year off with a great party, using a grant from Sirius minerals/woodsmith. The cubs decorated themselves a real mini pine tree which they will be able to plant in their own gardens after Christmas. Looking forward to planning an action packed 2023.

Scouts have had a varied few weeks. To fulfil the requirements of the model maker award they made and painted Warhammer figures. These kits are donated to Scouts Groups for this reason. The models are very intricate and turn into a board game. Thanks to Neil and Phil for volunteering their time to show Scouts how to play. We then turned to pioneering skills and practised rope work and levers. Our last night before Christmas was spent delivering Scout Christmas Post, which turned into a rather slippery night on the streets of Saltburn.

Thank you to everyone who participated in Scout Post this year. It is a fabulous way to support your local Scout Group. Best wishes to everyone for the festivities and the new year.

Jo, Philippa and Karen