District 71 Northern UK & Ireland

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Toastmasters UK North & Ireland

Congratulations to our contest winners!

The semi-finals and finals of our District speech contests were held in Liverpool at the Come Together 2023 conference. We would like to congratulate all our competitors and celebrate the success of our winners!

Special Early Bird tickets for the Liverpool Come Together conference

I am delighted to tell you that the District 71 ‘Cometogether2023’ conference, in Liverpool, was officially launched at the Winter Summit on 3rd December. You can now book your early bird ticket (link above) which is available until end of January. There is an added incentive to book early. The names of the first 25 … Read more

District 71 Two Contestant rule and contest instructions for Areas and Divisions

District 71 will run 4 contests during the Toastmasters Program Year 2022-23 September to November 2022 The Humorous Speech Contest Table Topics Contest February to April 2023 The International Speech Contest Evaluation Contest District Semi-Finals (8) and Finals (4) of all contests will take place aat the District Conference in Liverpool in May 2023. The … Read more

District 71 two contestants ruling for Autumn 2021 contests

District 71 two contestants ruling for Autumn 2021 contests District 71 will run 4 contests this year: Humorous Speech Contest Table Topics Contest International Speech Contest Evaluation Speech Contest The Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contests will run through to Division finals up to 30 November 2021.  All contests will be run online.  Speech Contest … Read more

Contest finalists announced

Speaker Keynote

On May 8th & 9th, speech contest winners from all of our Divisions competed to find out who would be our finalists at the District Conference. The standard of competition was extremely high, and sadly only the top three from each semi-final can go through to the final. Well done to all the participants and … Read more

Elizabeth Jordan
Elizabeth Jordan, DTM, Club Growth Director

Elizabeth Jordan, Club Growth Director

Many clubs experience a loss in membership at September renewals as existing members leave the club for lots of different reasons. This incentive rewards clubs which renew 80% or more of their membership base at 30th June 2021. Having a good base of experienced members is important to offer mentoring to new members and stability to the club. 

It’s a good idea to follow up with members who do not renew to help club officers to understand the reason for not renewing and to extend an invite to rejoin at a future stage. They may be happy to stay on the club’s email list with this in mind.

James Finnegan

James Finnegan, Public Relations Manager

Good PR attracts new guests, invites discussion and improves the reputation of the Club and Toastmasters generally.

Elizabeth Jordan
Elizabeth Jordan, DTM, Club Growth Director

Elizabeth Jordan, Club Growth Director

Many clubs experience a loss in membership at September renewals as existing members leave the club for lots of different reasons. Recruiting in the early months helps to maintain the membership based upon the number of members at 30 June.

Maintaining a healthy membership number (25+) gives the club a much better opportunity to hold quality meetings with enough members to avoid double roles. Quality club meetings attract new members. Healthy club growth is an important part of Club Success.