Christmas Eve in The Market Place 2024 - Tue 24th Dec at 18.00

This year we will back again with Father Christmas in the Market place on his sleigh receiving presents from the children to give to others not so fortunate.

Christmas Eve in the Market Place 2024 - lets make 2024 bigger. 
In 2023 we managed to donate over 600 presents, let's see if we can collect even more this year when we are live on Christmas Eve.

Ringwood Rotary Club - welcome!

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Interschool Photography Competition 2025

Interschool Photography Competition 2025

The competition is in its twelfth year and has grown from one participating school to twenty four schools across Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire participating in 2024. Let's make 2025 another record year!

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Christmas Eve in The Market Place 2024

Christmas Eve in The Market Place 2024

This year we will back again with Father Christmas in the Market place on his sleigh receiving presents from the children to give to others not so fortunate.

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In Pursuit of Polio Eradication

In Pursuit of Polio Eradication

3 billion children immunised. 21 million saved from paralysis. 1,000 cases a day reduced to just dozens per year.

Read the story of one of the most ambitious and successful public health programmes in history - pioneered by Rotary.

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Volunteering in the community

Volunteering in the community

Our members support numerous community activities throughout the year. At the Town’s Grand Fireworks Event we smoothly managed entry using the new ticketing system at the entry gates along with Ringwood Men’s Shed.

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Mobile library provides 50,000 children with access to books in Uganda

Mobile library provides 50,000 children with access to books in Uganda

The Rotary Clubs of Ringwood, Bournemouth, Parkstone, and Pool lead by the Rotary Club of Winchester have joined together with nine Rotary Clubs in Uganda to fund the purchase and equipping of a mobile library in Kasese, Uganda

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Ringwood Junior School’s Engineering Club

Ringwood Junior School’s Engineering Club

We’ve been supporting Ringwood Junior School’s Engineering Club for over 12 years now. To help fund the club we’ve secured sponsorship for them from Armfield Ltd. Managing Director Andy Macpherson joined us at our recent meeting.

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About us


Welcome to the

ROTARY CLUB OF RINGWOOD

The Rotary Club of Ringwood was founded in 1947 and is part of Rotary International, a worldwide   organisation with 1.2 million members of 32000  clubs in over 200 countries. In the U K there are 1800 clubs with c. 50,000 members.

We are a dual gender, active and friendly club and aim to encourage service to the community, promotion of high ethical standards and the cultivation of friendship between individuals both home and abroad.

If you are interested in our community - and beyond - we would welcome you to come and join us. Explore some of the activities in which we have been involved by clicking on the "What We Do" link at the top of this page.

It is remarkable what can be achieved throughout the auspices of Rotary worlwide.

You have an opportunity to participate in projects that can make a difference on a local, national and international level with our comprehensive meetings, social events and exchanges with our twin clubs in France and Germany.

Explore our website to find out more - or - use the 'CONTACT' tab in the heading.

                                                        Twinned with the Rotary Clubs of :-

                                                                      Pont Audemer,                                           

                                                                   Normandy, France                       

                                                         


                                                                      Oberhausen

                                                              North-Rhine Westphalia  

                                                                       Germany                                                                                                                                                      

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Meetings & Venue

Where and when:

We meet on Tuesdays at 18.30 hrs

(1st and 3rd Tuesday is an evening meeting - we meet at the Greyfriars Community Centre at 18.30 hrs. 2nd and 4th Tuesday is a lunchtime meeting at 12.30 hrs at the Fish Inn, Ringwood. 5th Tuesday in month see programme)


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Rotary serving communities through supporting foodbanks

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