Rotary Club member and former club President Natasha Hughes conducted a Careers Connect talk at Coláiste Abbáin in Adamstown. Natasha, a qualified Emotional Intelligence coach, gave an insightful and enlightening talk on Emotional Intelligence to the students at Coláiste Abbáin. Natasha’s provided students with meaningful insights to help create greater self awareness of their emotional and social intelligence and strategies […]
On Wednesday, Feb. 26 The Rotary Club of Wexford hosted another Just 1 Life event at the National Opera House in Wexford. This vital project, designed to educate young people about road safety and responsible decision-making, brought together over 400 students from CBS Secondary School New Ross, Gorey Community School, Our Lady of Lourdes New Ross, Ramsgrange Community School and St. Peters. […]
Just 1 Life, a road safety programme run by The Rotary Club of Wexford, in partnership with Wexford County Council, won the All Ireland Best Community Transport Initiative award at the All Ireland Community and Council Awards 2025. Launched in Wexford in 2006 the Just 1 Life programme has seen well over 20,000 students from throughout […]
Wexford, 17th February 2025 – The Rotary Club of Wexford has officially handed over €14,000 raised through its Tree of Remembrance initiative to support local charities. At a special ceremony held at the Riverbank House Hotel, Rotary Club President Maree Lyng presented cheques to multiple beneficiaries, marking another successful year of community generosity. The funds […]
A further Careers Connect talk took place on February 11 at Youth Train in Wexford. Rotary member Gina Arcari gave a talk on Starting Your First Job – What you need to know. This was a highly beneficial talk for students covering topics like employment contracts, minimum wage entitlements, annual leave, sick pay, registering with […]
The Rotary Club of Wexford continued its series of Careers Connect talks at DEIS schools throughout County Wexford with a talk on Apprenticeships at Coláiste an Átha in Kilmuckridge on February 4th. Rotary club member John Casey gave an enlightening and highly informative talk on this very relevant topic to over 40 students at the school. John […]
Yesterday, Tuesday, January 21st, the Opera House was the centre of a truly impactful event as we hosted another edition of Rotary Wexford’s Just 1 Life programme. This vital project, designed to educate young people about road safety and responsible decision-making, brought together 450 students from Bunclody Community, CBS Wexford, FCJ Bunclody, Good Counsel New […]
The second Just 1 Life event of this school year took place on January 21 at the National Opera House. Over 450 students from Bunclody Community College, CBS Wexford, FCJ Secondary School, Good Counsel College and Gorey Educate Together attended this Just 1 Life event. In a morning filled with compelling, dramatic and often graphic […]
For over 25 years, the Rotary Club of Wexford has proudly supported families in need through our annual food hamper initiative, in partnership with Saint Vincent de Paul. This year was no exception, as Rotarians, volunteers, and local businesses came together once again to ensure that 120 families in Wexford received essential food hampers just […]
The first Just 1 Life of the 2024/2025 school year took place on Dec. 11 at the National Opera House in Wexford. Approximately 350 students from Bridgetown College, Loreto Wexford, Presentation Secondary School and Youth Train attended the event. Students heard presentations from An Garda Síochána, Mental Health Ireland, National Ambulance Service, Wexford Fire Service and […]
On Nov. 28 The Rotary Club of Wexford Careers Connect initiative had its final talk of this school term. Rotary club member Mark Chataway gave a talk entitled The Future of Marketing to students at CBS New Ross. In this very informative talk Mark explored how to sell a service or product, highlighting broad versus narrow […]
The Rotary Club of Wexford Careers Connect initiative conducted a further talk to students at Bunclody Community College on November 21. Rotary member Wayne O’Connor gave a talk entitled “Financial Wellbeing” providing students with financial wellbeing tips and support. Areas covered included the importance of having a savings goal, developing a savings habit, the 50:30:20 […]
