Hello. Welcome to our Rotary Club of Takeley, serving Takeley and the surrounding towns and villages. We meet informally every other Wednesday evening. We welcome new members.
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Takeley and Little Canfield Open Gardens
Open Gardens event- June 21st 2026
We are keen to hear from anyone who is willing to open their garden from 12-5 pm.
President Changeover
The new Rotary year starts on 1st July, with a new President.
John Versey is President for 2025/26
International Links-Porridge & Pens, Ghana
We are supporting the charity Porridge and Pens , (an Essex Charity led by Jemma Williams). We are working towards a Global Grant to enable the school to have reliable solar energy and a computer suite which will benefit the whole community.
Supporting fetes and carnival
Our gazebo is ready to go to support local fetes and carnivals
Details
About us
Welcome to the Rotary Club of Takeley.
We are an informal evening club, with the focus on friendship and volunteering in the community, rather than meals. Our members come from a wide area around Takeley, e.g Bishops Stortford, Great Dunmow, Hatfield Broad Oak and Stebbing.
Our aims:
- To promote friendships of like-minded people with a motto of 'service above self'.
- To help our community
- To promote peace and care of the environment
We meet fortnightly on a Wednesday evening at 8 p.m. at Little Canfield Community Hall to chat, have some light refreshments and plan our programmes. Sometimes we have an interesting speaker; occasionally we go out and have fun, such as Crazy Golf or Tenpin Bowling or a social or educational visit, e.g. snowdrops at Anglesey Abbey
What we do: We have some regular community projects such as:
- Foodbank support
- Takeley and Little Canfield Open Gardens annual event
- Quizzes
- Race Nights
- Helping our environment- e.g. community litter picks
- Young Environmentalist and other Youth Competitions such as Young Writer and Photographer for school age children and young people.
- Santa rounds- joint with Dunmow Rotary
- Volunteer to help with Takeley fireworks, and shows such as Dunmow Soapbox and Countess of Warwick
We volunteer to help other local charities- e.g. Accuro and Young Lives versus Cancer.
We promote and support international charities such as Mary's Meals, Porridge and Pens in Ghana and Menstrual Hygeine in Zambia. We are currently working with other Rotary clubs in the District trying to get a Global Grant for Porridge and Pens through our own Rotary Charity- the Rotary Foundation.
New members are very welcome. You are welcome to come along to any of our meetings to meet us, maybe listen to an interesting speaker, and find out what we do and what Rotary is about.
Contact us on: rotaryintakeley@gmail.com
See us on Facebook- Rotary Club of Takeley
Dunmow Rotary Club is an alternative Rotary Club to join if you prefer a lunchtime club.
Contact dunmow.rotary@gmail.com for details.
Happening soon...
Mon, Dec 8th 2025 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Thu, Dec 18th 2025
Santa rounds with Dunmow Rotary
Santa will be doing his rounds in Takeley soon- see full programme advertised in the GrapeVine which will be delivered to all Takeley houses at the end of November
Meetings & Venue
Where and when:
We meet on Wednesdays at 8.00 pm
(We meet fortnightly) Little Canfield Village HallStortford Road
Takeley
CM6 1ST
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