THE ROTARY CLUB OF KING'S LYNN

  
The Rotary motto is Service above Self

In our Club we have a very enthusiastic and dedicated team of members who enjoy helping others and having fun along the way.

The Club is proud of its support for local, national and international charities.  In the Rotary year 2025-2026 some £8200 was donated to good causes.  The following charities benefited from our donations: Breast of Friends, Guide Dogs for the Blind, East Anglian Air Ambulance, Royal British Legion, Baby Basics, King’s Lynn Night Shelter, King’s Lynn Food Bank, Pelican's Hockey Club, KIng's Lynn Youth Football Team, Purfleet Trust, Hunstanton RNLI, Nelson's Journey, Papyrus, Rotary Shoe Box, Shelterbox, The Swan Youth Project, Festival Too and King's Lynn Festival.

At Christmas time the Club organised a trip for bereaved children, linked to the charity Nelson’s Journey, to the pantomime at the Corn Exchange and gave Christmas parcels to a number of older people in need.  In the autumn term some 300 Illustrated Dictionaries were provided for Year 5 children in local primary schools, part of an annual programme supported by the three Rotary Clubs in King’s Lynn.  Members of the Club’s Vocational Committee organised two Rotary competitions for pupils in secondary schools: Youth Speaks; and Young Musician.  In addition prizes for Community Service were provided for sixth formers at both King Edward VII Academy and Springwood High School.  Prizes were also given to fifth-form pupils at Terrington St Clement and Smithdon Highigh Schools. Finally one young person has been sponsored to attend RYLA (Rotary Young Leaders Award) for a week in August of 2026 at Grafham Water.

To draw attention to Rotary International’s support for the eradication of polio worldwide some 8000 crocuses were planted in November on the new roundabout on Edward Benefer Way.  Over the past 10 years some 50,000 purple crocuses have been planted in various parts of the town.

As you can see from the aboove information, we believe in supporting our community in many different ways.

If any readers of this page would like to become involved with your local Community please feel free to join us at one of our meetings, which are held at the Crown & Mitre King's Lynn, every Monday (except Bank Holidays) at 6.30 pm or contact us for further information.  Visiting Rotarians and prospective new members will be made very welcome.

Mike Douglass - President of the Rotary Club of King's Lynn, 2026-27

NB. The programme of meetings and What we Do pages can be seen here on the website.