The dates and sponsors for the charity coffee mornings held in the Coach House Inn on the first Saturday of each month for the remainder of 2025 are:

1 March – Rosedale Community School

5 April – Moors Bus

3 May – Ryedale Mountain Rescue

7 June – Reading Room/Village Hall

5 July – Yorkshire Cancer Research

2 August – Ryedale Special Families

6 September – Rosedale Church

4 October – Rosedale Community Fund

1 November – Rosedale WI and Craft Fair

6 December – Rosedale History Archive

The events start at 10.00am and end with the ever popular raffle at around 12.00am. Entry is free but donations of items for the raffle and for the coffee and biscuits provided are welcomed – see you all in ’25!

The coffee morning this Saturday is in support of the Rosedale Community Fund. Since the coffee mornings for the community fund began in 2016 it has over the years supported the following for Rosedale.

• Donation to the air ambulance
• Tubs on the village green and planting
• Village green annual Christmas tree
• Hanging baskets at the school
• Hall hire for First Responders update training
• Children’s Christmas parties and gifts from Santa
• Assisted the make bake and grow
• Decorations and party bags for the Halloween parties
• Donated towards the defib box at the Reading Room and its installation.

Please support the coffee morning. Who knows what will be next in the community.

Also the Domino Drives begin again on the third Thursday of each month for Reading Room funds. First one Thursday 17th October 7.30 

The coffee morning in the Coach House Inn on Saturday morning from 10.00 to 12.00 will be in aid of Cancer Research.

Please come and support this vital cause and enjoy the excellent company, the raffle and the cake sale.

Just a reminder that the Coffee Morning in the Coach House Inn in aid of the Reading Room/Village Hall is on Saturday 1 June from 10 to 12am with the usual cake sales and raffle and that the Rosedale History Archive quarterly Tea and Chat Meeting will be in the Village Hall in Updale from 2 to 4pm on Sunday 2 June where a host of historical archive material; will be available to peruse and also some excellent tea and cakes will be available! Both events are free to enter but donations would be appreciated to help the annual running costs of both organisations.

The Coffee Morning to be held in the Coach House Inn, Rosedale Abbey, on Saturday 4 May from 10am to 12am will be in aid of our local Search and Rescue Team

The team will have one of their vehicles on show and members will be able to demonstrate some of their rescue techniques.

All are welcome to come and support this essential service to our community and, of course, for the usual excellent coffee and biscuits provided by the Coach House Team and for the cake sale and raffle to follow.

The following letter was received from the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Association regarding the funds raised at the Coffee Morning on Saturday 2 December:

Thanks again to all who contributed and donated raffle prizes, coffee money and other donations and to all who helped run this very successful event.

A message from NRAS –

I am delighted to confirm that £550 was received into our charity bank account on 5^th December 2023.Please pass on our grateful thanks to the Rosedale residents and coffee morning regulars for their generosity. It looks like it was a very successful event and such a lovely way to honour the lives of your friends Ann and Linda.

Your support will make a real difference to the lives of those living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Wishing you all a very happy and peaceful Christmas and New Year.

Kind regards.

Helen Saich

Senior Trusts and Company Giving Fundraiser

National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS)

COACH HOUSE INN COFFEE MORNING.  The next coffee morning, at The Coach House on Saturday 2nd December, 10.00-12.00, is in aid of the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) with raffle and cakes.  Held in memory of two much missed Rosedale residents, Linda and Ann, who have died of this incurable condition in the past 12 months. 

ROSEDALE HISTORY MEETING Our March meeting takes place on Sunday, 3^rd December between 2.00 – 4.00pm at the usual venue of the Updale Reading Room/ Village Hall  Internet access is available and tea and cake will be on offer, as usual.

The next Coffee Morning and Charity Raffle in The Coach House Inn will be on Saturday 2 September from 10.00 to 12.00am, and the Rosedale History Society Tea and Chat on Sunday 3 September will be in the Updale Reading Room/Village Hall from 2.00 to 4.00 pm – all are very welcome to come and there is no entry fee.

The new Rosedale 2024 Calendar will be available for sale at both events, making them ideal opportunities to get some early Christmas shopping done !

On Saturday 3 June the Coach House Inn will be hosting a coffee morning with raffle from 10.00 to 12.00am in aid of the Village Hall/Reading Room.

Then, on Sunday 4 June, the Rosedale History Society will hold its quarterly Tea and Chat in the Updale Reading Room from 2.00 to 4.00pm, when its extensive social and industrial heritage archive will be available to view. Entry is free but donations are welcome.

The Stall on The Green event held recently raised £260.20 for the church Appeal Fund – well done all.

The Carols on The Green event on 23 December 2022 raised £280 and the recent Coffee Morning in the Coach House collected £216 making a total of £496 donated to the Air Ambulance from the people of Rosedale and Hartoft over this Christmas and New Year – well done all!

It takes £19,000 a day to operate both YAA helicopters so all donations are vital to keep this essential service in the air.