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Rotary District 1090 hosts a large number of Rotary Scholars each year at universities in the Thames Valley including Oxford, Oxford Brookes, Reading, New Bucks and Brunel. The District has records going back to 1949, profiling Rotary scholarships which have been awarded to students by the Rotary Foundation. The Rotary scholarship initiative is is one …

Oxford 2022 is delighted to be welcoming schools from across the city, as well as the Thames Valley region to take part in a Rotary Technology Tournament. Rotary Technology Tournaments are a challenging and enjoyable way for young people to enrich their STEM learning (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). The teams of pupils, typically in …

John ‘Dusty’ Dunsterville is an extremely talented professional musician with many years performing experience. He is a member of Bourne End and Cookham Rotary. John’s father was a school teacher from Farnham Common and his mother a classical musician from Chile. The youngest of five boys, John had an ambition to be a rock star, …

Rotaract originally began as a Rotary International youth programme in 1968 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. It has now grown into a major organization of over 10,904 clubs spread around the world and over 203,000 members in 189 countries. It is a service, leadership, professional and community service organisation for young men and women …

Jon Bunning and Keith Mortimer, the co-founders of Treekly, will be joining us at Oxford 2022. Treekly is an exciting environmental app has been receiving plenty of traction among Rotarians. Users are incentivised to maintain a daily walking habit, with mangrove trees planted on their behalf when they complete the Treekly Challenge of just 5000 …

The District Service Awards have been revived by District Governor, Karen Eveleigh, after a lengthy absence. The awards are aimed at recognising the District’s unsung heroes, the great and the good who are quietly, and without seeking recognition, have gone the extra mile for the greater good of Rotary. It truly symbolises the Rotary mantra …

Sarah Shears from Reading Maiden Erlegh Rotary is the District Organiser for the Rotary Youth Leadership Award scheme in 1090. The Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, or RYLA, is a leadership development programme run by Rotary for young adults. It offers young people a special opportunity to take part in developing qualities of leadership, team working, …

Councillor Mark Lygo is Oxford born and bred. He lives in Headington with his wife and two teenage children. Mark was first elected to Oxford City Council in 2008 representing Churchill ward. He has served as a Board Member for Sports, Parks & Events for five years and is the council’s sports champion. He has …

Sarah Gilbert is Professor of Vaccinology in the Nuffield Department of Medicine at the University of Oxford. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of East Anglia and her doctoral degree at the University of Hull. Following four years as a research scientist at the biopharmaceutical company Delta Biotechnology she joined Oxford University in …

Diana Cavendish was educated at home until she went to boarding school aged 12. On leaving school, Diana went to France and Florence three months, engaged in a variety of part time jobs, and taking singing lessons at the same time.She married Robin Cavendish in 1957 and the couple travelled to Kenya where he was …