About us

Rotary Wareham helping the community whilst having fun and meeting people.!

We meet twice a month at the Springfield Country Hotel  on Tuesdays from 7-15pm. 

The Rotary Club of Wareham was chartered in 1972 and is very much a fun loving club made up of male and female members, with the common theme of friendship and providing service to the local community and wider support to Rotary International initiatives worldwide, such as Shelter Boxes and the eradication of polio.

We meet at the Springfield Country Hotel in Wareham, where we can catch up with friends, and meet visitors and guests who are always made most welcome by the membership.

Together we can make a difference.

Further information on the club can be found on various pages on this website, but if you wish to contact the club click on "Contact" at the bottom of this page and someone will get back to you as soon as they can.

For further information on Rotary see What is Rotary and 12 Reasons to join Rotary.

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Daffodil Party 2025



Wareham Rotary held their annual Daffodil Party on Saturday 1st March this year. It was a great success with over 90 local people enjoying an afternoon of bingo, afternoon tea and musical entertainment from Karl Lattimer. 

See Daffodil Party 2025 for more photos.

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A big thank you to all those who donated tools and sewing machines. These are now being delivered to "Tools for Self-Reliance" at Netley Marsh to be refurbished and packaged into sets ready for sending to Africa.

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Wareham Rotary and Wareham Lions presented a cheque for £1,000 to Not Just Sundaes on 18th December 2024 as the proceeds from their recent joint Barn Dance.


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Wareham Rotary Open Gardens 2024

Rotary Open Gardens was held this year on Saturday 15th June. 

There were 11 gardens open to the public, all in Wareham, with additional gardens this year.

The event was a great success and raised £1,944. Wareham Rotary club made this up to £2,000 and this has all been donated to Dementia Friendly Purbeck.

To all those who attended the event, thank you for your support and we hope you had a pleasant afternoon.

Rotary Open Gardens 2024 cheque for £2,000 presented to Dementia Friendly Purbeck.

Sara's Rotary Pimms on the Patio 2024 cheque for £540 presented to Dementia Friendly Purbeck.


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Calendar of Events - Spring 2025

February
Saturday 1st – Skittles v Lions
4th – Simon Holmes and Purbeck School students talk about their trip to Ghana
11th – Committees to meet informally in a pub / home or Zoom etc.
18th – Air Cadets Talk, after a recent donation from Wareham Rotary –  a joint meeting with Swanage Rotary at Springfield
March

Saturday 1st – Daffodil Party. Bingo, afternoon tea and entertainment for the elderly.

4th - Business Meeting

11th - Quiz at The King's Arms. Music of 60's, 70's and 80's.

18th - Hand bellringing with Jenny Elmes including participation.

April

1st - Long Mat Bowls at The Dorset Golf and Country Club

22nd - Maurice's talk on Rotary Foundation

29th - An Evening at Pottery Corner 6-30pm to 8-30pm.

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Shelterbox is a Rotary charity which provides shelter for families in crisis situations.

Each box costs £590 and is tailored for the weather conditions the people are likely to encounter, so each delivery of boxes is unique and meets the needs of up to 10 people, offering a tent for shelter, blankets/ground mats, cooking pots, a water purifier, a solar lamp, tools and even items to keep children occupied.

The tents are sturdy and have been used for years in some parts of the world after previous disasters. Last year shelterboxes were sent to the Rotary Clubs in Turkey and Syria to house those in need in light of the emergency following the series of earthquakes.

To contact the Rotary Club of Wareham (Contact: Ann on  07870 775119)

Wareham Rotary makes reguilar donations to Shelterbox as well as public collections in response to particular disasters (eg. Ukraine war, Morocco earthquake and Libya flooding).
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Meetings & Venue

Where and when:

We meet on Tuesdays at 1915,

(We meet most Tuesday evenings.) Springfield Country Hotel
Grange Road
Stoborough
Wareham

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