Recently in Focus
Footy anyone?
Football is the world’s most popular ball game in numbers of participants and spectators, and is so simple that it can be played almost anywhere, from official football playing fields (pitches) to gymnasiums, streets, school playgrounds, parks or beaches without any equipment other than a ball. In England alone, almost 12 million people play regularly, whether professionally, in the amateur game or for leisure, and an increasing number of those are women and girls.
A moment with nature
My name is Terry Moore, and I am an amateur wildlife photographer, living in Church Stretton. As I write this, I am reflecting on my photograph Swallowed Hole being awarded the Judges’ Choice in the 2024 BBC Countryfile Calendar competition.
Church Stretton Rotary Celebrates its 70th
On Wednesday 1st November Pat Stokes-Smith, our current President, welcomed over fifty of the great and the good including Dr Mukunda Chidrawar, our current District Governor and his wife Ujwala, to Wistanstow Village Hall to enjoy an evening of fun, food and music to celebrate the 70 years that our Club has been supporting local and international communities.
Club Spotlight
Rotary Club of Church Stretton
Rotary is a Service Club which allows people to contribute to their local Communities and International Causes. We are also a social group, enjoying trips out to compete in Quizes, Darts and Ten Pin bowling with other Rotary clubs and our own trips to cultural and enjoyable things like a Cider Brewery
Community Spotlight
Community Grant Scheme
Whilst making profit has never been a primary objective of the Stretton Focus Ltd Directors, prudent management of the company, over a period many years, has built up a substantial capital reserve. The decision was taken by the Board members that some of the funds could be given back to the community by way of a grant, to assist in the funding of projects designed to be of benefit to the community; and so the Stretton Focus Community Grant Scheme was introduced.
Many local projects have benefited from this Scheme and it helped Stretton Focus Limited to win a Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service in 2016.
Community Spotlight
Student Journalism Scheme
The company is always looking for ways to improve the magazine and widen its scope to provide a better service to its readership. In recent years the introduction of the Student Journalism Scheme in conjunction with Church Stretton School has enabled three school students each year to try their hands at journalism by producing articles for the magazine.
Each year a competition is held to select the student journalists who each receive a modest financial award to help with their future studies.