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President's Handover

Wed, Jul 4th 2018 at 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

History is made as Bernard Paull hands over the Presidency to Chrissie Bailey; the First Lady President in the Club's history


History is being made in Bridport Rotary. On July 4th Bernard Paull handed over The Presidency of Bridport Rotary Club to Chrissie Bailey. Chrissie is the first Lady President in the Club’s 71 year history and will be in office until July 2019. Following on from that Chrissie will handover to another Lady Rotarian Hilary Cunningham.
 In his handover the outgoing President Bernard Paull thanked Chrissie for her help and support during the past year. and congratulated her on becoming the first lady president of the Club. He wished her every success during her Presidential year when he knows she will be a great ambassador for Rotary and the Rotary Club of Bridport. He also reflected on the successful work the club had done for the community over his year and also that five new members had joined the Club. Bernard’s President's charity, the Somerset & Dorset Air Ambulance was given £650 from his fund. 
President Chrissie in her inaugural address said my overall wish for the club for this year is to consolidate the growth in membership sustained in Bernard’s year, and to try to widen our appeal as a club to younger people, broadening our diversity and embracing the future. In leading the club this year I want to bring life to this years guiding principle ' be the Inspiration', and to show this to our communities, families and friends.
Chrissie's charity will be Hope and Homes for Children.



'What We Do' Main Pages:

Helping with the Bridport Food Bank

Our members get involved in many and varied ways to support local causes, and other good causes too.  Click on this picture to see some specific activities...and scroll down to see some other examples of our activities.

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Collecting for the Nepal disaster.

Rotary International operates in most countries of the world in many different projects. Some are long term projects and many are in response to man made and natural catastrophes.

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RYLA 2026

We provide the opportunity for young people to take part in two Rotary Youth initiatives;  Youth Speaks and RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Award). As well as that we support youth groups and activities in and around Bridport including individuals.

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Thank-you to our Business Parners

Our Business Partners are key to our fundraising success.  In appreciation of what they do we are keen to givie them publicity so that people are made awre of their generosity. Please contact us if you would like to become one one of our Business Partners

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Selling Hyacinth Bulbs

The money we raise goes to charities and other needy causes. It comes from:- Selling pots of Hyacinths bulbs at Christmas Donations from our Business Partners Musical Events Other One-off Events Our Spinning Wheel Street collections for disasters;

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A summer evening by the sea-side.

Our Christmas dinner, President's evening, social evenings with guest speaker and the occasional evenings out are some of the things we enjoy.

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A curry evening at Highlands End and a thank-you to a fellow Club member.

These events sometimes relate to the more formal activities of the Club but we always try to make them light-hearted and enjoyable.

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The central Shield is the Borough Coat of Arms which was granted to Bridport in 1623. In the open port are three spinning cogs or hooks.

Serving the Community for almost 80 years, our Club was founded in 1947 with the Charter dated 13th August 1947. Our mother Club was the Weymouth Rotary Club with whom we developed a close relationship and we have two daughter Clubs, Lyme Regis and Brit V

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