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Cockermouth Rotary FREE wine, beer & nibbles information event
Tuesday 20th October 2026
RC Cockermouth Have you ever wondered what being a member of Cockermouth Rotary involves? Why not pop in on Tuesday 20th October 2026 between 5.30pm & 7.30pm at The Vicky on High Sands Lane in Cockermouth to chat to some of us.
District Support Team Meeting
Tuesday 10th November 2026
District Event: District Support Team meeting on Zoom
Charter Night
Wednesday 11th November 2026
RC North Fylde Charter Night at Singleton Lodge (Guest Speaker Sir Richard Henriques Retired High Court Judge)
Food Sustainability in North Cumbria
Wednesday 11th November 2026
District Event: Arranged by The Direct Member Hub and Cockermouth Rotary
moreWelcome to Rotary in
Cumbria and Lancashire
World Polio Day 24 October
Rotary Clubs around the world will be supporting World Polio Day on 24 October and raising awareness of the need to eradicate Polio. Members of Rotary in Cumbria & Lancashire will be undertaking a variety of projects including raising funds, holding coffee mornings and planting crocuses & purple flowers. The relevance of purple is that vaccinators paint a child's finger with purple dye to show that the child has received the polio vaccine.
The finishing line to eradicate polio is closer than ever. Read the latest article about ‘The Final Mile after three decades fighting polio in Pakistan’ in the Rotary in Great Britain & Ireland magazine.
To keep up to date with what is happening around the world visit the End Polio Now Campaign or some of the District Polio Pages.
What Rotary members did during the summer
Ulverston Rotary helped at a busy fun day marshalling at the Rusland Show.
Image : Rusland Show
Furness Peninsula Rotary presented a much needed fan to the Clothes Bank at St Mark's Church, Barrow in Furness to help the people visiting and the volunteers in recent hot weather.
Preston Guild Rotary thanked the staff and members of PureGym Preston for their donations towards the foodbank. The food was distributed to support the children in their local school during the holidays.
Appleby Rotary attended Appleby Show with an ambulance borrowed from Cumbria Aid Ukraine which will be on route to the Ukraine. Funds were raised to help the Ukraine appeal.
Image : Rotary Stand at Appleby Show
Lytham Rotary thanked the public for donating preloved school uniform that were passed to St. Anne’s YMCA for the Uniform pop-up shop providing free school uniforms.
For further details about other activities in Cumbria & Lancashire visit the Rotary Clubs websites or Facebook pages.
Interested in helping or joining Rotary? Visit our Membership pages to find out more about the various options.
