Local Youth Rotary Photography Competition 2023

Congratulations to the delighted winners of our Photography Competition with their stunning exhibits that massively impressed our judges

Charity Golf Day at Cirencester Golf Club In aid of Dementia UK & other Rotary Charities

The inaugural charity golf day, organised by Cirencester Rotarian Andy Kerr and held at the prestigious Cirencester Golf Club this month was a huge success and raised £4,300 for Dementia UK and other local Rotary charities.

Cirencester Rotary Club Charity Giant Easter Egg competition

Photos of the competition activities helping to raise funds for our Charities

THE SUCCESS OF ‘ACTIVIUS’ our first community active family fun day

Following years of planning, two postponements due to Covid and the sudden passing of Queen Elizabeth II, the difficult decision was made to go ahead with the event as planned and hold a two minute silence in her honour at 1pm.

Latest View of Children & Rotary equips preschool in Sierra Leone update photos

Photo update of start, progress and Children looking happy. Good to see new land cruiser has finally arrived in Madina & looking forward to putting it to good use. Plus update reports.

Rotary supports Clean & Green Initiative for the Cotswolds

Our Community, Environment & Ecology Services team have been busy over the past 3 years planting trees locally & contributing to improving Cirencester Parish Church Memorial Garden & supports the new 'Clean & Green Initiative'.

Cirencester Rotary Community Meal in Partnership with World Jungle, Cirencester Town Council and Cirencester Soroptimists

On Wednesday 31 May Cirencester Rotary Club and members of The Soroptimists (21 volunteers in total) ran their first free Community Meal in St Peter’s Church Hall.

Charlie's Cancer Support & Therapy

Cancer support Group & Therapy Centre based in Gloucester are opening a satellite group in Cirencester for anyone affected by Cancer.

Local Youth Rotary Photography Competition

Congratulations to the delighted winners of our Photography Competition with their stunning exhibits that impressed judges

Rotary Volunteers help NHS Cirencester Hospital to extend their daily vaccination hours over the Christmas period.

Teams of Club Members, their Wives and Friends kindly volunteered to Marshall at Cirencester Hospital from 4:45pm to 8:00pm every evening from 15 -23 December and 27 - 30 December to assist hardworking NHS Staff with the emergency vaccination programme.

ROTARY SUPPORTS CIRENCESTER HEALTH & WELLBEING WEEK

CORINIUM TOWN WALKS – Tuesday 14th June

Sharon Rastelli receives Rotary Club Community Service Award 2020

Many local and national charities have benefitted from Sharon’s fund-raising and the Club is pleased to acknowledge her commitment and on-going support to the Community.

ROTARY ENDING POLIO – THANK YOU CIRENCESTER!

The President of Cirencester Rotary Club Mark Wilton now viewing the blooming Purple Polio Crocuses he donated to the Community Gardens project in Kemble, following collection of Purple Polio bulbs from district organiser Keith Dunmur last year.

2 Rotary 'Paul Harris Fellowship' Awards presented

President Mark Wilton & Past President Bob Allison receive Awards & presented as 2nd Pandemic lock-down restrictions slowly lift under social distancing. Thanks go to Chris Tovey and Jerry Clarke for their discrete arrangements.

Help Madina - Sierra Leone

Lynn Adlington undertakes a 2 week trip to Sierra Leone

Rotary donates Robotic Companion Cats to Local Care Homes

Rotary Club of Wakefield links with Cirencester Rotary to source Robotic Cats to support and comfort people who have Dementia

Big Yellow Bus Clean up - local firm offers to remove rubbish without charge

Rotary Club arranges clean up of accumulation of mixed waste and general rubbish at the Big Yellow Bus site.

AUCTION SPECIAL Lot 67: 3 Days Safety Management Consultancy

“Good Safety is Good Business” is a very true and profound mantra to live by in any company/organisation across all sectors (manufacturing, services, retail, etc).

£2,000 each to The Big Yellow Bus Project and Cotswold Counselling

Our two nominated Charities for the year receive early major funds from Club despite limitations of the current Pandemic

GOING, GOING, GONE! CIRENCESTER’S MEGA CHARITY AUCTION

Scheduled to take place on Friday 12th March 2021, thanks to the generous support and sponsorship of local auctioneers Moore, Allen & Innocent, this online Auction will be hosted by their celebrity auctioneer Philip Allwood.

The Thames Path Challenge: 184 miles walked in 16 days & £2,532 raised!

ALAN RICE-SMITH has organised this fundraising appeal on behalf of ROTARY CLUB OF CIRENCESTER TRUST FUND. Donations eligible for Gift Aid.

Charity quiz night a great success

Cirencester Rotary Club recently staged its annual charity quiz at Stratton School Hall. This year's charity was Help Madina - a registered charity that was founded by Dr Veronica Sawicki and her husband Dr Rohit Sethi, of Phoenix Surgery in Cirencester.

Do you recall what we did this time last year?? RIAT 2019

19, 20 & 21 JULY Programme selling activities @ RIAT - A full set of photos from the final day, Sunday 21st July available via the link below.

Annual Technology Tournament - 27th April

Building bridges with aspiring engineers

Rotary take driving advice

Members of Cirencester Rotary Club welcomed Gordon Burley from the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) to their meeting recently to give an informative presentation on how to drive more safely.

The heart of the matter for Rotarians

A consultant cardiologist, Dr Scott posed the question "who wants to live forever?" and set about explaining to an attentive audience how best to reduce their risk of suffering a heart attack.

Rotary and Nature

Young adventurers return to Rotary - RYLA

RYLA is a leadership program coordinated by Rotary Clubs around the globe

Young Speakers Competition

Cirencester Rotary Club was very pleased to sponsor this year's Public Speaking Competition at Kingshill School

Rotary treasure hunters find a way

Cirencester Rotary Club’s annual car treasure hunt attracted a healthy contingent of competitive souls who set out from the Royal Agricultural University aiming to reach the correct destination for their evening meal by decoding the clues provided.

VE 75 Day Celebrations - 8th May 2020

During the CoronaVirus lockdown, what many of us got up to... including suspicious activity attracting the attention of our Cotswold Police Force in Arlington Row, Bibury!

Dinner with a High Flyer 'Top Gun Fighter Pilot'!

Guest Speaker, Group Captain David Roome, on our Guest Dinner Wednesday 8th January 2020 gave a riveting and humorous presentation.

Junior Biathlon - Sat 14th September 2019 - STOP PRESS

Photos from an Excellent day...

Schools Public Speaking Showcase

Our Young People Make Their Voices Heard - Held at the RAU on Wed 17th July 2019

Whelford Pools - the Last Visit and the last BBQ

The very last Whelford Pools visit!

Dangerous Chemicals lifted to Safety by Local Students

The Rotary Club of Cirencester recently staged its annual Technology Tournament 2019 at Cirencester College sponsored by the Cirencester based Corin Group.

Winning success at Boules Match

Our Team played against Royal Wootton Bassett B team and we won all the games - well done team!

Clubbing together to support the LEGO Abbey - 31st May 2017

Cirencester Rotary and Inner Wheel Clubs recently held a special joint event to support the LEGO Abbey project, which is part of this year’s Abbey 900 initiative.

Rotary hope to rebuild school in Sierra Leone

Cirencester Rotary Club has pledged its support to a proposed project in Sierra Leone to rebuild pre-school buildings that will benefit over 250 local children aged 3-5 years.

Rotary supports girls’ education in war-torn South Sudan

Cirencester Rotary Club members and guests recently welcomed Professor John Benington to their dinner meeting to speak about the Ibba Girls School in South Sudan.

School children get building

Cirencester Rotary and Inner Wheel Clubs recently helped whole classes of children from Powell’s Primary School to get involved in the LEGO Abbey project.

Rotary Young Chef Competition 2017

Young chefs display their skills

Rotary very happy to support Signpost

Our Club recently welcomed representatives from Cirencester Signpost to their meeting to receive a cheque for £1100 which will pay towards the cost of the charity’s annual summer outing for over 100 deserving individuals, families and children.

ROTARY CLUB CELEBRATES 90TH ANNIVERSARY - A BIT OF A PANTOMIME...

The Rotary Club of Cirencester celebrated its 90th Anniversay with a Charter Night Dinner at the Stratton House Hotel on 20th March 2019.

Easter Bag Packing Day @ Cirencester Waitrose

Bag packing Easter 2019 raised £1165 which when added to the £1197 from Christmas gives a total of £2362, thanks to all involved – David Lattimore Foundation Chairman

Members Dinner - RAU - Bathurst Suite

Games evening

ROYAL INTERNATIONAL AIR TATOO 2019

RIAT 19 takes place at RAF Fairford 19 -21 July - Volunteer programme sellers invited NOW!

Club information leaflets & Club 90 Year History by Alan Welsford

For members use to copy and print for meetings/PR use. Alternatively please email Shaun Gibson or Vince Harris for direct copies.

Guest Dinner - Air Commodore Barbara Cooper CBE

23rd January 2019 at the RAU hosted by Inner Wheel

Young People Speak Up

Cirencester Rotary was pleased to sponsor this year's Public Speaking Competition at 3 local schools. Listen to Corinium Radio's broadcast on link in report below.

Skittles 7th February 2019

A game against Swindon Phoenix Rotary

Skittles 22nd January 2019

A game with the Rotary Club of Royal Wootton Bassett at Kemble Station Tavern, we played hard and capitulated to our challengers in good Rotary spirit.

Christmas Waitrose Bag Packing

Collection for the Anthony Nolan Appeal

Technology Tournament Challenge

Rotary set students a space-age challenge at Cirencester College STEM Building - **Listen to Corinium Radio programme report, See details below**

Membership Options & Rotary 2

A detailed discussion paper

Marathon effort kick-starts hospital Heart Appeal

Cirencester Rotary Club has donated £1200 to the Cheltenham and Gloucester Hospitals Charity to get their appeal for two new ECG machines off to a flying start.

AGM & Business Meeting

16th May 2018 @ RAU Lecture Theatre

Young athletes excel

Third annual Cirencester Rotary Junior Biathlon held on Saturday 30th September

Business Meeting & SGM 18th October 2017

Minutes of the Business meeting and SGM supported by the Audited Club General and Charity accounts for 2016/2017