Swanage Christmas Market - Sat 7th Dec at 10.00

The annual start to the festive season with stalls, food, drinks and seasonal cheer!

Welcome to Swanage and Purbeck Rotary

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Community / Vocational

Community / Vocational

The Community / Vocational team work in conjunction with several local charities and good causes to ensure that our local fundraising is supportive of those most in need.

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Working with Rotary Business Partners

Working with Rotary Business Partners

We are extremely grateful for the support of our Business Partners (BPs).

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Youth

Youth

Our Youth team works with the schools and young people in our area to improve our community.

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Volunteer

Volunteer

Browse the pages in this section to find out more about Swanage and Purbeck Rotary and how you can get involved

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Supporting the Environment

Supporting the Environment

Focusing on preserving our beautiful locality and taking measures to manage climate change

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Swanage Christmas Market

Swanage Christmas Market

The annual start to the festive season with stalls, food, drinks and seasonal cheer!

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About us

What is Swanage and Purbeck Rotary?

A group of more than 40 men and women from all walks of life who share a common aim to help others while enjoying each others' company. The group has been operating for more than 65 years and gets together on a regular basis in Swanage and the surrounding area.

Our programme of events primarily involves managing and participating in the numerous projects organised by the Swanage & Purbeck Rotary Charitable Incorporated Organisation ("CIO"), whose aim is to help and support those less fortunate than ourselves. The CIO holds a number of fund-raising events (including the annual Summer Fête in August and the festive activities in December) and responds to emergencies both at home and abroad when they occur. All proceeds of its charitable activities are donated to good causes without deduction and if you'd like to support it, please click here for more information.

Our group has just been awarded Silver Partner Club status by ShelterBox in recognition of the fundraising support that we have provided to them over the past year.

Shelterbox Silver Partner Club

The CIO is supported by our Friends of Rotary and our Business Partners (without whom it could not achieve all of its aims). If you would like to get involved with our events and activities, more information is available here.

In addition, our Club President personally selects a good cause or causes for the CIO to support during his or her year in office, and this year's Presidential charites are End Polio Now and Swanage Community Defibrilator Partnership. All donations to the Wishing Well on Swanage seafront will be donated to the named cause.

Other activities that our group gets involved in include visits to places of interest and up to three meetings a month where we might invite a speaker to come and present to us on a matter of interest or where we'll discuss upcoming projects and activities.

There are also opportunities to participate in various sporting competitions with other Rotary groups who, like us, are part of a global organisation of more than 1.4 million like-minded individuals in around 35,000 groups. And there is plenty of scope for those who wish to become more involved with the running of the organisation at Group, District, National or International level to contribute further.

We are always pleased to welcome new members to the group. If you would like more information, or are interested in joining us, please use the 'Contact' or 'Join Us' forms on this site. To view our programme of activities, please go to our 'Future Meetings and Events' and 'Calendar' pages.

Rotary International is well respected around the world and having a presence globally is able to respond more quickly to emergencies when they arise. Rotary works with others too, most notably the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in the shared aim to eradicate polio.

Happening soon...

Speaker Meeting: ShelterBox

Wed, Nov 13th 2024 6:30 pm

Speaker Meeting: ShelterBox

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Howard Matthews, our District ShelterBox Volunteer Ambassador, will be visiting the club to present us with our Silver Partner Status certificate and give thanks to our club for its continued support for ShelterBox.

Special General and Business Meeting

Wed, Nov 20th 2024 6:30 pm

Special General and Business Meeting

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The monthly catch up of our community and fundraising activities

Social Meeting: Pre-Christmas Briefing

Wed, Nov 27th 2024 6:30 pm

Social Meeting: Pre-Christmas Briefing

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Where final preparations for our Christmas events will take place!

Meetings & Venue

Where and when:

We meet on Wednesdays at 19.00

(Venue is for second Wednesday of each month only. No meeting 1st Wednesday. Contact Secretary for all other meeting details.) Swanage Sailing Club

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