Rotary Club of Market Harborough - welcome! The town club was formed in 1958 and members have been serving the community ever since.

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SwiMarathon: first weekend in March

SwiMarathon: first weekend in March

Our primary charity fundraiser and community engagement event. See home page "What we do" for more info.

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Rotary Fellowship Exchange with Swedish clubs

Rotary Fellowship Exchange with Swedish clubs

Rotarians from Districts 1070 (UK) and 2395 (Sweden) visited each others' homes during 2024

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Inspire Group

Inspire Group

The Inspire Group is a satellite of the Rotary Club of Market Harborough. It meets less regularly and less formally than the traditional group

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Planting trees in Welland Park

Planting trees in Welland Park

Rotarians and friends planted over 200 trees in Welland Park, Market Harborough in March 2024.

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About us

Located in the picturesque market town of Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England we are a thriving and friendly Rotary Club started in 1958. We welcomes visitors from all over the world. We are proud of our club and the contributions Rotary makes to communities both locally and abroad by living up to its motto "Service above Self".

We are a group of local men and women who work together to make other people's lives better. We do this as one branch of the world-wide family of Rotary with over 1.2 million members. We serve our community in many ways. 

We also support International Charities either individually or through Rotary Foundation.

Our club is very active when it comes to help in the community. We assist local school students with their career development through our “Mock Interview” programme and other youth opportunities. 

If you would like to find out about becoming a Rotarian, please click on "Contact" on the menu above.

Click on "What we do" above to find out more about us.

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Our major annual fund-raiser is the Rotary SwiMarathon.

 

In 2011 we held our first SwiMarathon, a community fundraising event held at the Harborough Leisure Centre. This has been a fantastic success, raising enough money for us to be able to give a total of almost £100,000 to good causes between 2011 - 2024. It is not an endurance swim, rather a fun team activity, for all ages, where each team swims relay style in one lane of the pool for just one hour, getting sponsorship for doing it. 

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The 2024 Swimarathon was a huge success when 32 teams with 186 swimmers swam 4008 lengths which is nearly 100km.

 

The dates for 2025 SwiMarathon are Saturday March 1st and Sunday March 2nd.

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

Happening soon...

Mon, Nov 25th 2024 6:15 pm

Club business meeting

Discussion by all members of updates on projects in progress. Welcome and Grace Dee

Fri, Dec 6th 2024 5:00 pm

Market Harborough Christmas Fayre

Rotarians serve mulled wine and mince pies inside St Dionysius church

Mon, Dec 9th 2024 6:15 pm

Speaker Rtn Ros Grant

Club member Ros will introduce herself to the club, including telling us about the international charity she founded in 2002: "Compassion Direct. Earth is the Home we Share". Welcome and Grace Kitty. VoT Ilias.

Mon, Dec 16th 2024 7:00 pm

Christmas Dinner

Club members and guests celebrate Christmas at Foxton Locks Inn.
Grace Chris D.

Sat, Dec 21st 2024 8:30 am

Christmas street collection for charities

Standing on the streets of Market Harborough collecting donations for charities.

Meetings & Venue

Where and when:

We meet on Mondays at 6.00pm for 6.15pm

Market Harborough Golf Club
Great Oxenden Road
Market Harborough
LE16 8NF  01858 463684

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Rotary serving communities through supporting foodbanks

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