We hosted our second Volunteer & Recruitment Coffee Morning on Saturday 18th November at the Minehead Methodist Church Hall.
We had an excellent take-up and there were 20 community organisations there to chat to members of the public and also network with each other.
Feedback has been very positive and we hope that some new volunteers or members have joined some of the great local organisations!
You can see a selection of photos taken during the morning by clicking on this link.

With Foxes Hotel still closed for the school holidays on the date of our first September meeting, Geoff and Linda Dibble arranged a Treasure Hunt for Monday 1st September and four carloads of hunters set off from West Somerset College for an adventurous drive around Exmoor.
It was a very well thought out challenge and great fun to take part in. We all arrived at the final destination, The Bittescombe Inn at Upton, earlier than expected (and ahead of the adjudicators Geoff and Linda!) where we enjoyed delicious lasagnes and desserts to round off the evening.
Thanks to Geoff and Linda for arranging it - we’re looking forward to the next one! 

Saturday 30th August saw several members of the club helping Minehead & Coast Development Trust again by marshalling at the annual Minehead Bay Festival.
We also had the opportunity to set up our gazebo (@ no cost to us) and we used the occasion to focus on fundraising with the find-a-fiver boards (thanks Richard W.), the spin-the-wheel (thanks Mollie) and, at last, a Tombola made up largely of bottles and cans left over from our BBQ, with a sprinkling of toiletries and soft toys. Thank you to all who donated the extra gifts - we raised a total of £380.

The weather forecast in the run up to the Festival had not been encouraging but all was going well until mid afternoon when the tail end of an Atlantic storm arrived, most people ran for shelter and all went quiet. Fortunately most of our funds had already been raised so we weren’t too badly affected but it did make for a damp and rather quiet last couple of hours.
Thanks as ever to everyone who helped to set up and take down the gazebo, those who  volunteered to marshal and those who spent some time manning the gazebo. Some did both and it made for quite a long day. It turned out to be a helpful boost to Club funds, to be put towards our Youth activities.

We took up our regular spot at this annual event and the weather was kind to us - always a relief!
Thank you to the number of members who came along to meet and chat with passers-by and oversee the running of the Find-a-Fiver board (many thanks Richard Williams, as ever) and our recently-introduced Spin-the-Wheel game (thanks Mollie). Both contributed more funds to support our activities in West Somerset.
Both footfall and the number of stands seemed down on the past couple of years - a sign of people having to tighten their belts perhaps? However, we met a good number of people, visitors and locals, who now know a bit more about Rotary!

Our Boules team (which included a number of members of Rtn John Baker's family) pulled off a resounding victory in our Boules re-match on Monday 28th July.
We were invited to join Taunton Vale Rotary Club at the Farmers Arms near Taunton for a rematch following our defeat when they visited us at the Luttrell Arms in Dunster last Summer.
It was a display of sporting prowess of the highest order. To be honest I don’t really understand the scoring but the scores were totted up by a member of the Taunton Vale club so I have no reason to doubt the result 

The year started on a high as we welcomed our first Corporate Member, Butlin’s Minehead Resort. We had a great introductory meeting with Resort Director Craig Goodwin and his team and we look forward to working with them on projects that will benefit the West Somerset community.
At our meeting on Monday 21st July we also welcomed our first new individual member of the year, Lara Davis. Lara’s father was a longtime member of Minehead Rotary Club and was twice President!
We have room for plenty more - please get in touch if you’re interested in joining us.