Firstly, Congratulations to Clubs who achieved our September incentives;
Congratulations to all 13 Clubs who achieved Smedley Award, see below.
You will be contacted by Toastmasters International regarding their incentives and our Incentives team will be contacting you to claim your District award.
C25 City of London Toastmasters Club,
C 34 St Pauls Speakers,
C 58 1st London Toastmasters,
B 08 Clapham Connectors,
D 14 Woking Speakers Toastmasters Club,
H 37 Toasted Sandwich Toastmasters Club,
L 16 London Business School Public Speaking Club,
L 23 London Toastmasters,
L 47 London Public Speakers,
L 56 Woodford Green Speakers,
J 04 Hemel Speakers Club,
J 10 Cardiff Toastmasters,
J 10 Valleys and Vale Speakers.
Congratulations also to the recipients of the Superstar Trophy (gained for 8 new or reinstated members by the 30th September), the District Director or I will be visiting these Clubs to award them their trophy in the coming weeks.
B08 Clapham Connectors,
C25 City of London Toastmasters Club,
C58 1st London Toastmasters,
D14 Woking Speakers Toastmasters Club,
H37 Toasted Sandwich Toastmasters Club,
L16 London Business School Public Speaking Club,
L23 London Toastmasters,
L56 Woodford Green Speakers.
There was a real rush at the end of September to get renewals into Toastmasters, so well done all Clubs. I appreciate there is a lot to cover in the first months, with Club Success Plans, contests and renewals it is important to remember that to gain Distinguished status of above your need either a minimum of 20 members or a net growth of 3 members at the end of the year.
It is not only important for the Club to get new members to keep the Club vibrant it is also important to retain your members. There has been the extra challenge with the increase in renewals and the short lead time to achieve these at the old rate, but please, if you haven’t done so reach out to members who have not renewed and see if you can get them back.
We have sustained a substantial loss of members and to try and understand how we can reduce this, a district survey for leavers has been created to try and see reasons for leaving, as well as one for new joiners to try and see how we can draw in more members, please can the Club committee get these sent out. A review of the replies will be made available.
Leaver survey link
Joiner Survey Link
There is also a survey for potential New Clubs, we need to build our district membership to continue being a vibrant District and this cannot be done without the help of all members, please complete the survey below with any ideas you have. We will not expect you to organise this yourself, I and my team are here to help you.
Potential New Club Lead
We are also putting together posters which Clubs can use, some are generic some can be adjusted by Clubs for their own information. Details will be sent to Clubs.
Last Updated on 27th October 2026 by Suhas Kumar