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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International and Foundation
The Foundation team support our contribution to Rotary International's own charity - the Rotary Foundation.
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District Conference Ticks All the Boxes
The gathering of Rotary groups in our Rotary District demonstrated everything great about Rotary
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Swanage Christmas Market
The annual start to the festive season with stalls, food, drinks and seasonal cheer!
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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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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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'Doing Lunch' for End Polio Now
Members of our lovely community met up to support a very worthy cause!
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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.
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 just under 1.2 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...
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!
Sat, Nov 30th 2024 3:00 pm
Switch on Swanage
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Santa and his Sleigh will be helping to launch the Swanage festive season!
Mon, Dec 2nd 2024 5:30 pm
Santa's Sleigh
Santa and his elves will be visiting our town and surrounding area bringing joy and happiness!
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Sat, Dec 7th 2024 10:00 am
Swanage Christmas Market
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The annual start to the festive season with stalls, food, drinks and seasonal cheer!
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Mon, Dec 16th 2024 5:30 pm
Santa's Sleigh
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Santa will be concluding his tour of the Swanage area!
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Wed, Dec 18th 2024 6:30 pm
Christmas Meeting
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A chance to let our hair down and celebrate the festive season!
Sat, Dec 21st 2024 5:00 pm
Santa's Sleigh
Santa's final day in our area will be in Corfe Castle!
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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 ClubSwanage
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