Three of the four successful candidiates of the Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA), pictured with President Paul Atkinson. Congratulations to them all. If you would like to read a little more about RYLA and our other youth programmes, please click…
Read More Celebrating RYLA Candidates: Youth Leadership Success
Four students from the Gryphon School sponsored by the Rotary Club of Sherborne Castles have just returned from this years Rotary Youth Leadership Award programme held at The Storey Arms adventure centre in the Brecon Beacons. All students have to…
Each year the Rotary Club of Sherborne Castles awards two £500 bursaries to promising students from the Gryphon School who have achieved a high standard in their chosen sport. The Olympic Bursary was created following the success of the London…
Read More Rotary awards Andrew Simpson Olympic Bursary to outstanding Young Athletes
Over £650 was raised for Children in Need at a recent Coffee & Cake event at Tinney’s Youth Club. The well attended event was organised by the Rotary Club of Sherborne Castles, together with young people and members of various…
The hardest thing they have ever done! That was the comment from three youngsters from Sherborne when they returned from Dartmoor, tired, a little sunburnt and hungry! They had taken part in a three day expedition on Dartmoor, specially…
What a very special event! Five choirs, 15 songs, a packed audience and the enthusiasm of the young participants at our Youth Makes Music evening. This event is not a competition, it is simply the opportunity for our local schools…
Two exceptional young students from the Gryphon School inspired us with their volunteering work with refugees. Inspired by a visit to the school by SHARES (Sherborne Area Refugee Support) Holly Taylor and Dora Sellaway set about find ways to help…
Read More Week 37 – Aubrey Allen Award – recognises good citizens amongst young people in Sherborne
Explorer Scouts (Explorers) are a section of the Scout Association in the United Kingdom for 14 - 18 year olds. As part of a great change in the Scout movement, the aim of the section is to provide a flexible…
Read More Week 36 – Explorers to experience the challenge of a lifetime
The 2012 Olympic Games was the catalyst for Rotary in Sherborne to set up a legacy project which would provide £500 each to two young athletes attending the Gryphon school in Sherborne. The intention was that this would continue for…
We are delighted to be sponsoring two youngsters from the Gryphon School to participate in RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards). The two successful applicants for our 2019 RYLA places are Olivia Godfrey who is in Year 12 and Kieran Bennett…
Since the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Rotary in Sherborne has each year awarded Olympic Bursaries worth £500 each, to two young people from the Gryphon School to help them achieve their sporting dreams for success. Interested pupils are asked…
Read More Week 6 – Success for one of our Olympic Bursary Winners
RYLA and Breakthrough, two Rotary projects with the potential to change the lives of four young people from Sherborne or the surrounding villages. This week we had one of the two official Rotary meetings which we have each month. This…
Read More Week 4 – Opportunities for youngsters in Sherborne
Rotary is at the heart of every community. Wherever there is a town or a city, there is a Rotary club and members are passionate about the communities in which they live and work. This is very much the way…
On Thursday 4th February the team from Sherborne Preparatory School, who won the local heat of the Intermediate Youth Speaks Competition, travelled to Holyrood Academy in Chard. Together with seven other teams they competed in the semi-finals to win a…
In 2012, in recognition of the London Olympics, the two Rotary clubs in Sherborne decided to offer a bursary to two youngsters from the Gryphon School, each year until the Rio Olympics in 2016. Now for the fourth year two…
Read More 2016 Winners of our Andrew Simpson Olympic Bursaries
Rotary Club of Sherborne Castles 