About us

We moved to our current home in Kingsthorpe - the Olde Cobbler in Acre Lane, Northampton NN2 8BN in 2022.

Peter Glennon 5/12/22

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RoKart 2024 - if you're interested in finding more about this exciting challenge follow this link. and if you want to see a video of the 2107 event - go here. This year's competition started in January.

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Officially we are the Rotary Club of the Nene Valley, but that's a bit over the top for everyday use, so are generally known as Rotary Nene Valley. We are based in Northampton, county town of Northamptonshire in the English East Midlands. Unlike the other clubs in these parts we don't include 'Northampton' in our club name - we like to be different.

Feel free to have a poke around and get a feel for what we do and what we are about. If it sounds like the sort of club you might like to be involved with, please get in touch by clicking on the Red 'Membership Enquiry' Button found by scrolling right down to the bottom of this page, filling in the form which then pops up, and we'll be in touch.

If you're already in Rotary and want to visit, get in touch by using the Contact Us button above (at the top) and choosing 'A Visiting Rotarian' on the Subject drop-down.

Our name: In case you are wondering, Nene is pronounced to rhyme with men and not with mean. The latter is how misguided folk nearer the sea pronounce the name of OUR river. It doesn't sound like NayNay either. A NeNe is a Hawaiian goose related to Canadas but much rarer. So don't be surprised if you're shouted down when mispronouncing our name - we are kinda proud of it.

As above, if you have had a look round and think that Rotary might be for you, get in touch with us by clicking on that Red Button, at the bottom of this page.

ShelterBox: Do you want to help us to provide shelter and basic help for people in disaster areas like Pakistan? If so, and you have a mobile phone, see below and get texting.

Text a fiver to Shelterbox

Technology Tournament: We are proud to have been organisers of an annual Technology Tournament, open to teams from all secondary schools in Northamptonshire. It was the first in D1070 and ran for 14 years. We still provide suport to other clubs who are interested in continuing the challenge.


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Council meeting

Thu, Apr 4th 2024 6:30 pm

Council meeting

Council is the club's management 'board'

Business meeting

Thu, Apr 4th 2024 7:30 pm

Business meeting

Business meetings are some of our best-supported

Bill Shoebridge

Thu, Apr 11th 2024 7:30 pm

Bill Shoebridge

talking about Africa

TBA

Thu, Apr 18th 2024 7:30 pm

TBA

Details to follow

TBA

Thu, Apr 25th 2024 7:30 pm

TBA

Details to follow

Meetings & Venue

Where and when:

We meet on Thursdays at 19:00

(We meet at 7:00, giving time for an aperitif and a chat, before we sit down to eat at 7:30PM. NB If you want to join us, email us via the Contact Us page. Also check where we are meeting before travelling.) Olde Cobbler
Acre Lane
Northampton
NN2 8BN  01604 844016
W3W:  ///saints.pink.copy

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