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Want to help your community?  Become a 'Friend of Rotary'.

Want to help your community? Become a 'Friend of Rotary'.

We call you 'Friends of Rotary'. Volunteers welcome to help Rotarians in their tasks about town. Helpers at our Fund Raising events, such as our Saturday Car Park, Santa Fun Run & other community tasks.

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Youth Speaks - A Debate

Youth Speaks - A Debate

This competition is designed to encourage young people to develop their creative and presentation skills essential to the art of public speaking.

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Welcome from our President 2025-26

Welcome from our President 2025-26

Our President for the coming year, Mark Stewart-Clarke MPHF, took over on 1st July 2025.

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Young Photographer

Young Photographer

The Rotary Young Photographer competition gives participants the chance to express themselves through photography, whilst interpreting the competition’s annual theme in an imaginative way

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Busting the Myths

Busting the Myths

Rotary - Busting the Myths!
It is common that many people don't always fully understand what we do and who we are in Rotary. So herewith some answers to the TOP 9 myths out there in the community.

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Community Grants

Community Grants

How to apply for help for your local Club, charity or organisation. For Youth grants see under What We Do - Youth Opportunities.

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About us


Skipton Rotary - RI District 1040

For nearly one hundred years, Rotary in Skipton has been involved in local, national and international community projects, volunteering and fundraising while at the same time having fun and socialising as a group. Like most Rotary Clubs, we meet once a week. For further details about our meeting venue, when we meet and how to find us, please see the information in the side panel.  You can also follow us @skiptonrotary on Facebook and Instagram.

Fun & Friendship

Skipton Rotary is a friendly club where we have as much fun as possible working together to make a positive difference to people’s lives within the community. We hope that the lives of the volunteers who join us will be enriched as they take part in a range of fundraising, formal and informal social events, visits and even foreign travel, forming friendships, by volunteering their expertise and often discovering new talents and interests.

Fundraising & Volunteering

We undertake a variety of fundraising events including weekend and bank holiday car parking at Skipton Building Society, quizzes, concerts, bicycle recycling auction, the Skipton Rotary Great Santa Fun Run, Christmas Market stalls, as well as many other fundraising events.


Get Involved

Our members volunteer their time and skills to plan fundraising and social events while enjoying each other’s company and friendship. There are several ways you can help us to ensure everything runs smoothly and to make the most of opportunities to raise money for the various charities we support.

You can learn all about Rotary's own charity - The Rotary Foundation - administerd and funded by Rotarians to support Rotary's efforts throughout the world.  This works all over the world funding disaster recovery plans, community development projects, youth schemes, End Polio Now and Rotary Peace Scholars.

Join Skipton Rotary

If you enjoy helping others, connecting with Rotary will give you the chance to do something positive and worthwhile. Rotary has over 35,000 clubs with 1.2 million members worldwide. As a Rotarian, while travelling at home and abroad for work or leisure, you can join a local meeting and engage with Rotarians the world over. Interested and want to find out more? You are very welcome to join one of our meetings. Please contact using the form below or via our membership page.

Help us to be the kind of group you are looking for and get to know a friendly bunch of volunteers helping the community.

Come to a Meeting

If you would like to come along and see what we do then you are welcome to join one of our regular meetings without having to join Rotary first. Just let us know you are interested and we will do the rest.

Become a Member and join Skipton Rotary

When you have been to one or two of our meetings you may well decide you would like to join Rotary in Skipton and become a full member of Skipton Rotary Club. This means you can attend all our meetings and be fully involved with all our club’s activities. You will experience the friendship and enthusiasm of all our members while at the same time making a positive contribution to the local, national and international community.

If you enjoy helping others, connecting with Rotary will give you the chance to do something positive and worthwhile. Rotary has over 35,000 clubs with 1.2 million members worldwide. As a Rotarian, while travelling at home and abroad for work or leisure, you can join a local meeting and engage with Rotarians the world over. Interested and want to find out more? You are very welcome to join one of our meetings. Please contact using the form below or via our membership page.

Become a 'Friend of Rotary' or a Corporate Member

If you feel now is not the right time to become a full member but would like to be kept informed of what we are doing, we will add you to our mailing list. We hope you can be involved in club events and keep up to date with everything we do.  Help us to be the kind of group you are looking for and get to know a friendly bunch of volunteers helping the community.

Sometimes we need an extra pair of hands when running our various events. If you can help, please get in touch. You could be asked to do anything from stewarding an event, help run our weekly charity car park in town, helping to erect a marquee to planting crocus bulbs to promote the campaign for polio eradication. Whatever you can do we would like to hear from you!

Rotary International Club No 18956, District 1040.
The Rotary Club of Skipton Trust Fund, Registered Charity No 502427

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Crafts in the Pen

Sat, Nov 15th 2025 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Sun, Nov 16th 2025

Crafts in the Pen

This year's 'Crafts in the Pen' takes place on 15th & 16th November at Skipton Auction Mart. The event has grown into a wonderful crafts market the whole family can enjoy. Parking for visitors is at the auction mart .

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OYT participants speaking at RC Skipton Craven

Tue, Nov 18th 2025 6:30 pm

OYT participants speaking at RC Skipton Craven

OYT report at SCRC on the 18th November for those who may be interested.
Book in with Craven for meal.

Weekly meeting

Wed, Nov 19th 2025 5:30 pm

Weekly meeting

This meeting will be held at Wharfedale Rugby Club as the Tempest is not available.
Our speaker will be John Spencer. Meal arrangements - the meal will be £18 and run under the same format as at the Tempest with the usual timings. Partners welcome.

Weekly meeting

Wed, Nov 26th 2025 5:30 pm

Weekly meeting

Team Talks. Format as last month with hopefully a better attendance. Meal arrangements as normal.

The 16th Great Skipton Santa Fun Run

Sun, Nov 30th 2025 11:00 am -

The 16th Great Skipton Santa Fun Run

The Great Skipton Santa Fun Run is a charity run and walk organised by Rotary in Skipton (Skipton Craven Rotary & Skipton Rotary). Register now at https://skiptonsantafunrun.com

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Weekly meeting

Wed, Dec 3rd 2025 5:30 pm

Weekly meeting

Panna - Rotary Peace Fellow - will talk about her experiences.

Skipton Christmas Market

Sun, Dec 7th 2025 10:00 am -

Skipton Christmas Market

The annual extravaganza returns. May the mulled wine stall excel.

Weekly meeting

Wed, Dec 10th 2025 5:30 pm

Weekly meeting

Robbie Kilbride - N.Y Fire & Rescue - CPR & First Aid

Meetings & Venue

Where and when:

We meet on Wednesdays at 17.30 for 18.00

(5th Wed's are usually elsewhere with partners. See 'Meetings & Events' calendar above. Please mail all apologies and details of guests to - apologiesandguests@skiptonrotary.org This address will contact both Secretary and Attendance Officer. ) Tempest Arms
Elslack Lane
Elslack
Skipton
BD23 3AY  01282-842450
W3W:  ///distracts.swim.mops

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