Welcome to Rotary!

We're a small, friendly, club based in Uxbridge, Middlesex, drawing on men and women from across Middlesex and Buckinghamshire who want to make a difference.

If you think of Rotary as a dull, men-only business club, filled with elderly bores who drink sherry and eat over-cooked chicken each week, then think again.

Rotary really has re-invented itself to become relevant for the 21st century. It's a dynamic organisation which has led the way towards nearly eradicating polio and is involved in countless projects, in this country and abroad.

We are a part of Rotary International, which is the world's largest service organisation for community-minded folk. 

We like to have fun, we're passionate about community by getting involved in projects - and we hate over-cooked chicken! So if you want to find out more, or if you are a visiting Rotarian who wants to join in, then please read on....... 

 
Who are we?

Our members are enthusiastic men and women who want to make a difference, and we come from a wide range of backgrounds and age groups.

 
We aim:

• To be a force for good in and around the London Borough of Hillingdon where we seek to engage with our community

• Work with others, to maximise our positive impact, always upholding high ethical standards

• Support each other, respecting differences and adapting to the modern world

• Play our part locally, nationally and internationally.

Interested?

Would you like to be part of Rotary? Well, get involved in one of our projects or come to one of our events or meetings. If you'd like to give us a try, then here's four ways of getting in touch:

• Click on Contact Us on the website, select Membership and send us an email. You can also email us directly at: membership@elthornehillingdon.rotary1090.org

• Simply pop in to see us on a Wednesday evening at Uxbridge Golf Club (postcode UB10 8AQ). We meet in the bar from 7pm for 7.30pm.

• If you're a visiting Rotarian, please contact Justin and Janet Tyas by email to: attendance@elthornehillingdon.rotary1090.org - ideally by the close of play on Monday. We'd love to welcome you.

We look forward to meeting you and guarantee that you'll receive the warmest of welcomes.

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Keep scrolling down for details of forthcoming club meetings, a map with details of where to find us, and also links to our Facebook and Twitter feeds.

We like to get involved

Rotary is all about service above self, and that means being active within your local community. 

For example, we work closely with the Yiewsley & West Drayton Foodbank which serves a large part of the London Borough of Hillingdon. 

They are part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, which is working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK.

We help them on supermarket collection days, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, Rotary club members donated £1,850 to the Foodbank - this was the money the Rotarians would have paid for the meals at their weekly meetings, which were suspended in March 2020 because of the lockdown.

Also during lockdown, thanks to the efforts of one of our Rotarians, we persuaded friends and family to sew and provide laundry bags, as well as toiletry bags for front-line health workers. A total of 1,747 bags were distributed.

We work with the Michael Sobell Hospice at Mount Vernon Hospital in Northwood to support their annual fund-raising bike ride, and three times a year, our club helps the Ruislip-Northwood Old Folks' Association with their Sunday afternoon teas for lonely and isolated people at the Tudor Club in Eastcote. This includes providing food, transport, and even entertainment!

Every summer we work with our friends at Uxbridge Rotary Club to support them with on-the-day organisation of the popular Autoshow, which has been running since 1984 and raised £619,000 for good causes. 

And every Christmas, we work with Bishop Ramsey School in Eastcote towards the Rotary Shoebox scheme which provides festive presents and essentials to disadvantaged children in Eastern Europe.

There is much more we would like to do - and the more Rotarians who join us, the more we can do.

One of the projects we are working towards in 2021-22 is helping Hillingdon to become more dementia-friendly working closely with the Hillingdon Dementia Action Alliance. We have also been raising money as part of the Covax scheme to help fund Covid vaccinations in developing countries.