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Variety ,it is said is the spice of life and the members of Erimus with guests from across other Teesside rotary clubs had a richly varied meeting on Tuesday July 28th. 

TEES HERITAGE WALK Takes  bigger steps forward!

    Sunday May17th welcomed a record number of walkers to the fourth staging of  Tees Heritage Walk (THW)

        Once again a partnership of Erimus rotary and Middlesbrough College assisted by local rotary clubs and the ETC Colleges group brought together  fundraising and local history alongside   exercise and environment beside   now greening banks of the river Tees.

Beautiful weather and a course in great condition welcomed the golfers who braved the dawn for a 7am start.

A wonderful day was had on Saturday 20th June when the 2026 Classics on Show event took place. 

More than 700 vehicles were on show. More than 3000 people visited. 

Over £18,000 was raised to benefit local and Rotary charities, including some like Maggie's and Blood Run who were present at the show. 

On June 16th club members met at Yatton Hous community garden to review the prgogress made and welcome a special new member

A new way to get fit around Coulby Newham

366 walkers took part in our 2026 Tees Heritage Walk.

Mickey Mouse was an unexpected guest.

Children of primary school age often possess energy and enthusiasm beyond their years. At Middlesbrough Erimus rotary we are linking some of our ‘inner city’ schools to an environment initiative designed to channel that youthful positivity toward pollinators .

Great news from Tanzania. 

The Meserani School was recognised on World Forest Day as a great example of involving pupils with conservation projects.

Wrap Up UK is a project run by a number of Rotary Clubs around the country working in partnership with Hands On London. Wrap Up UK is organised by four Rotarians from the Accrington club. The aim of a Wrap Up campaign is to collect unwanted warm winter coats from members of the public and give them to local organisations who provide frontline services to those in need. When an individual receives a coat, they also discover other forms of support available to them. Since Wrap Up UK first started in 2018, a total of 172, 842 coats have been collected, sorted, and distributed to our beneficiaries. These include homeless shelters, women’s refuges, children’s charities, refugee associations, food banks, schools and places of worship. Anywhere where warm clothing is needed and we can help spread warmth

FareShare is the UK's largest food redistribution charity. It sources and redistributes quality, good-to-eat surplus food, which would otherwise have gone to waste. Its primary objective is to help reduce food insecurity and tackle food waste by turning an environmental problem into a social solution. The organisations it supplies provide vital support to those who are vulnerable and facing economic hardship.

Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary have supported the Rotary Kid’sOut Toy Box appeal for many years and have again made a significant donation from this years Santa Float collection to help bring some festive joy to families who find themselves in a refuge over the Christmas period. 

Please read on for  this year’s National appeal report.

Here is an update on the school in Tanzania we regularly help

The Middlesbrough Erimus Rotary Singing competition took place on October 7th. And what a wonderful event it was. 221 fabulous voices raised the roof as the youngsters sang their hearts out.

At a recent visit to the Materials Processing Institute in Middlesbrough members were amazed at the fantastic research being carried out on our doorstep

The Meserani Project is a unique ‘home-grown’ charity with a primary focus on providing primary, secondary, further and higher education for young people in an area of East Africa where such education opportunities were not accessible to them due to poverty, family circumstances and lack of educational provision. Because the project is run at their own expense by a group of six trustees from Teesside and North Yorkshire, and there are no administrative costs at all, every penny that is raised is spent directly on the project in Tanzania – nothing at all is syphoned off as necessary expenses.

Wrap Up is a project run by various Rotary Clubs working in partnership with Hands On London. It’s sole aim is to provide coats and other warm clothing, that go directly to people across the UK, who struggle to keep warm during the winter months. Middlesbrough Erimus will collect again this year between October 18th and November 2nd. Watch our for Social Media telling you your nearest collection point. 

On Tuesday 29th July members of Erimus rotary were  taken on a journey across the USA from Chicago to San Diego  courtesy of John Godley. A former police  motorcyclist, John described his travel along America’s first paved transcontinental road  on a 1300 cc Honda motorbike .