SANCTUARY

Fri, May 2nd 2014 at 12:00 am- Sun, May 4th 2014 - 12:00 am

The first Sanctuary Event was held in Sunderland Minster.

SANCTUARY - Performing during Saturday evening.

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To organise a three day festival of music, entertainment, arts and crafts, childrens events, street food and drink in the centre of a city would be a challenge for a well-established Rotary club. For a recently formed Satellite Club of only a few members to tackle such a project was ambitious and a financial risk.

The Satellite Club which tackled this event is part of the Rotary Club of Seaburn and the festival, held over the May Bank Holiday weekend, was the first event of its kind organised in the City of Sunderland.

But why Sanctuary? Because the centrepiece of the event was Sunderland Minster!

To many, it may seem strange to have craft beer and champagne served in a church accompanied by pop music, but the minster proved to be a stunning and an acoustically impressive location.

The Minister, or to give it its Sunday name

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Youth Opportunities

Activities include working with schools,Youth Competitions, Rotary Youth Leadership Award scheme, our Interact Club, Rotakids clubs and much more.

Members of Seaburn Rotary wish to express their condolences to members of The Royal Family upon the death of Her Majesty.

World Community/Internat'l Service

Rotary Club of Seaburn works with communities overseas, mostly through The Rotary Foundation.

End Polio Now

Rotary International's big effort to rid the world of this crippling disease started in 1985. We are so close to completing the job. Just one last push!

Community Service

'We're for Communities' and work within our local community, whose assistance and support we value greatly.

Vocational Service

We follow this avenue of service by helping in schools in a variety of ways. We also have speakers who tell us about their occupations.

Satellite Club

Former Rotary Club of Seaburn Satellite Club, which was formed into a separate Rotary Club SR1.

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This committee is concerned with the administration of the club. It incorporates: House; Registrar; Fellowship; Programme; Sport. The President Elect is usually the chairman of the committee, with other members taking a lead in each particular activity.

A collage of the seven cards we have on offer for sale in 2020.

Each year a new card is painted by Rotarian Randle Oliver. These are sold to friends as well as other Rotary club members to raise funds for Rotary Foundation and other charities, including our own Benevolent Fund.

MEMORY CAFE

This new community venture opened in August 2017. The meetings are held at 2.00 pm on the last Wednesday each month.

Redby Rotakids with their charter and Rotarians

Redby Academy Rotakids were excited to received the charter on 17th May 2016

Membership

Rotary's main purpose is to encourage and nurture volunteerism locally, nationally and internationally. We have an active Membership Committee and would like to hear from anyone interested in finding out more about Rotary.

The Rotary Club of Seaburn received a banner award in recognition of its generous support of Rotary Foundation, being the 3rd highest donor in Rotary North East. It demonstrates the club's commitment to Doing Good in the World.