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Tottington & Bury West Rotary Club
Meetings at Greenmount Golf Club: First Wednesdays: Business & Council (Rotarians), 7.30 pm. Fourth Wednesdays: Meal, 7 pm, usually with speaker, all welcome.
We also have regular Committee meetings, many on Zoom. Please contact if you require details.
Guests most welcome at Greenmount Golf Club or on Zoom!
President is Pat Neininger for 2024-25
The Rotary Club of Tottington & Bury West administers a Charity Trust Fund, Registered Charity
No. 1047285
Our BLEED BOX CAMPAIGN has installed emergency bleed packs all around the Metropolitan Borough (e.g. in Silver Street Bury ). Other local Rotary Clubs have joined us together with Bury Lions and other local organisations. We received the magnificent sum of £7500 from Bury Lions towards more boxes. Many thanks to them!
Forthcoming Meetings etc.
FUTURE EVENTS
2024
CHRISTMAS FLOAT AND GROTTO IN DECEMBER: Note we can't necessarily visit all areas specified below, but will do our best, time, helpers and weather permitting! Our thanks to many helpers outside Rotary including all the drivers, and collectors from Elton & Walshaw Junior Football Club. Also grateful thanks to Tesco for allowing us to set up our grotto again.
Wednesday 27th November: Meal with speaker Andrew White from Pets In Need
Monday 2nd December: CHRISTMAS FLOAT 6.30 to 9pm- Watling Street & Mile Lane areas
Tuesday 3rd December: Float starts 6.30pm- Walshaw High Street, Lowercroft and Haslam Hey areas
Thursday 5th December: Float starts 6.30pm- Lomond Drive, Darlington Close, Stockton Drive, Valley Drive, Bowes Close, Cedar Fold and Tottington Road end of Scobell Street
Sat(10am-4 pm)/Sunday(11 am-4pm) 6th & 7th December: Father Christmas Grotto, Tesco Woodfields
Monday 9th December: Float starts 6.00 pm- Woodhill and Bankhouse Estates
Tuesday 10th December: Float starts 6.30 pm- Hunstanton Drive Estate
Thursday 12th December: Float starts at 6.30 pm- Hilda Avenue, Moorside, Brookwater Close,Sunnywood Close, Rosewood Avenue
Friday 13th December: 7.30 pm A Christmas Spectacular with the Square Street Singers, St John's Church, Kirklees Street, Tottington, £8 including supper, but bring your own tipple and glass.
Sat/Sunday 14th/15th December: Father Christmas Grotto, Tesco, Woodfields
Monday 16th December: starts at 6.30 pm- Wadebridge Close & Ashington Drive
Tuesday 17th December: starts at 6 pm- Chiltern Drive, Cotswold Crescent, Elton Fold Chase, Premier Way
Wednesday 18th December: Christmas meal at Greenmount Golf Club- 3 courses £20
Thursday 19th December: starts at 6.30 pm- Walshaw Sports Club, Linden Close, Scobell Street, Booth Way Estate, Campbell Close, Moyse Avenue
Saturday 21st December: Rotary Charity Collection outside Coop Market Street, Tottington (No Santa) 10 am-2 pm
Monday 23rd December: starts 6.30 pm- Burrs Close, Purbeck drive, Rudgwick Drive, Birks Drive, Garside Hey
We undertake various community projects, at present including helping out at Pets in Need (most Mondays), St John's Garden/churchyard maintainance (most Wednesday mornings, if not wet). Also some litter picks. Contact for details.
Some of us are also helping at Tottington Centre with the voluntary library service which replaced that relinquished by the local council in December 2017. The library is open, Mondays to Fridays from 10.00 am to 5 pm (plus Saturday mornings 10-1). There is also a cafe: hours as library, except 10-4 pm weekdays. Rooms are available for hire and there are several activity groups for children and adults.
The Theatre Royal Summerseat Players have kindly donated a night of AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS to the Tottington Centre and Tottington Methodist Church (profits equally divided). Saturday 25th January 2025. £12- tickets from 07883 903 633.
With much help from Tottington Primary School Year 5, we are continuing our project to develop Whitehead Gardens, Tottington. The project is being carried out by Proffitts who have obtained a Lottery Grant so that work can start shortly. Eventually, we hope to have a pleasanter park to visit and to make it part of a Tottington History Trail. This small park is a Memorial to those killed by a bomb in WWII at the site.
Over the last year or so we have donated to, or hosted/assisted at, the following:
British Legion Poppy Appeal at Tesco Woodfields, Various local charities with coats from our "Wrap Up Bury" appeal, Daffodil bulbs for Purbeck Park, sold books for the Tottington Centre, completed the Bleed Box Campaign (30 boxes), Kids Out for Young Carers, Bolton Road Food Pantry community notice board, Brandlesholme Community Food Bank, Jigsaw, Kids Cancer Charity, Francis House and Derian House Children's Hospices, St John's Tottington- graveyard maintenance, Wendy Warrington (for Ukraine), Disabled Sports St Helen's, Dementia UK, Shelter Box, LendwithCare, and Rotary Foundation (Rotary International's own Charity, which includes Polio Plus)
Note that most of our donations are raised via our Christmas Float and collections from our very generous General Public.
Our Daffodil planting this year was at Purbeck Park, Brandlesholme. NB the Spring daffodils along much of Brandlesholme and Longsight Roads are mainly the result of Club plantings over many years.
If you wish to attend a Rotary meeting or event listed above, can offer your help with projects, or would like further information about joining Rotary please contact me
Rotarian Pat(rick) Neininger
or
07885 492 901
Meetings & Venue
Where and when:
We meet on Wednesdays at 1930
(1st week of month Business and Council Meeting. 2nd week of month Alternative event away from Greenmount Golf Club. 3rd week of month No Meeting. 4th week of month Club Meal at Greenmount Golf Club. Possible 5th week of month Alternative meeting.) Greenhalgh Fold FarmGreenmount
Bury
BL8 4LH 01204 883712
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