Rotary Childrens Fun Day

The first National Rotary KidsOut Day took place in 1990 and since then it turned into the biggest single outing for disadvantaged children in the UK. With more than 28,000 children participating in 2019, the National Day Out is run nationally in conjunction with Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI) and is always on the second Wednesday in June.

The “Kids Out” name is no longer in use by Rotary and will henceforth be referred to as “Rotary Children’s Fun Day”.

Ostensibly it will run along the same lines as previous years. The children, teachers and assistants shouldn’t be aware of any change whatsoever.

To make the new Rotary Children’s Fun Day the success that it is, more than 10,000 Rotarians volunteer on the day at over 100 venues. Whether they live with critical health issues, in refuge or with a disability, children across the country are taken on a fun day out to the zoo, a theme park or even the seaside, often for the first time in their lives.

It’s a lovely day and well worth the effort for all concerned.