About us

Welcome to the online home of Brightlingsea and District Rotary Club.  Formed in 1960, we are a relatively small but very active club based in Brightlingsea in North Essex meeting fortnightly on Mondays, typically at 6.30pm. Our meeting venues vary and individual meeting details will be available from secretarybrightlingsearotary@gmail.com

We are also very much an equal opportunities club with almost equal numbers of male and female members and in recent years the addition of new members has brought our age demographic down considerably too.

We focus on organising and supporting a wide range of local community events and organisations as well as getting involved with both national and international Rotary initiatives. Amongst the local events which we organise are the annual Brightlingsea Jog Walk Run in aid of Essex Air Ambulance, our famous December Santa Sleigh Runs which raise much needed funds for local causes, and the infamous annual Welly Wanging Competition at the Brightlingsea Town Show.  Alongside these headline events we also run and support a wide range of other fundraising and community activites in Brightlingsea and the surrounding area.  You can find out more about some of these activities in our What We Do section of the website.

We are actively seeking new members for our club so do please make contact with us if you would like to find out more about what we do.

To find out more about our activities please contact our Secretary Penny Kraft on secretarybrightlingsearotary@gmail.com or 07711 718470

Happening soon...

Mon, Nov 25th 2024 6:30 pm

Sleigh and Late Night Shopping planning meeting

Planning meeting for the Late Night Shopping evening and 2024 Sleigh collection runs.

Fri, Dec 6th 2024 6:00 pm

Brightlingsea Late Night Shopping with Santa

Meet Santa and the Rotary Elves in Victoria Place during Brightlingsea's annual late night shopping event

Mon, Dec 9th 2024 6:00 pm

Club Christmas Meal

Festive fun and fab food at our Christmas gathering.

Meetings & Venue

Where and when:

We meet on Mondays at 18.30

The Cherry Tree Pub
Church Road
Brightlingsea
Essex
CO7 0JF

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