Club's 'excellence' honoured

We set -- and met -- our targets

Club Excellence Award

Bradgate Rotary are honoured and delighted that the club has been awarded a Club Excellence Award for 2024-25 by Rotary International. This is the most significant award a Rotary club can achieve. In the words of the citation: "your club demonstrated a commitment to achieve its goals, which ultimately helps strengthen Rotary and shape our future."

Would you like to join us in making that difference ? If so contact Bradgaterotary@gmail.com or call Alan Rockey on 0758 468 3022 to be part of a forward thinking club which is at the heart of the communities we serve: Anstey, Groby, Markfield, Newtown Linford, Ratby and Glenfield. 

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