Community & Vocational

Identifying & meeting community needs


To encourage Club service and fellowship through identifying & meeting community needs and organising fund-raising events to support them.

Kathleen SilsonContact Kathleen Silson about this page:

(ALL fields required)

(If you are a Rotarian, please name your club.)

Community & Vocational sub-pages:

Promises Auction, Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton 3 April 2014

more Rotary Club of Buxton Promises Auction in aid of two local charities: Nightstop Foodbank and Charis House.

Cover of £2 Catalogue containing 117 Lots

Promises Auction, Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton (7.30 pm; viewing 6.45 pm; bar open 6.30 pm)

more Rotary Club of Buxton Promises Auction in aid of two local charities: Nightstop Foodbank and Charis House. All Lots are listed in the Catalogue price £2, presentation of which will entitle you to a free bid number on the night.

2015 Christmas Pudding Appeal for The Stroke Association

(members only log in for more information)

Rotary Christmas Pudding Appeal - 2013 was our best sales year ever!

2013 Christmas Pudding Appeal for Alzheimer's Society - Results

(members only log in for more information)

2014 Christmas Pudding Appeal

2014 Christmas Pudding Appeal for Stroke Association

(members only log in for more information)

Puddings arrive at Buxton Podiatry Practice

2016 Christmas Pudding Appeal for 'Meningitis Now' FOURTEEN DOZEN DELIVERED

(members only log in for more information)

2017 Christmas Pudding Appeal for 'Meningitis Now' - 11 Dozen Puds Ordered! ManyThanks

(members only log in for more information)

2018 Christmas Pudding Appeal for Prostate Cancer Charities - 11 dozen ordered!

(members only log in for more information)

Christmas Pudding Gifts

more for Christmas Dinner at The Source Café & The Tradesmans Entrance

test

VIDEO EMBED TEST

(members only log in for more information)

EVENT NOW OVER - SUPER DAY HAD BY EVERYONE! 110 People managed to balance on a slackrack! Global Slackline Balance Challenge at Rotary Club of Buxton Summer Fair & Charity Bazaar

more EVENT NOW OVER - SUPER DAY HAD BY EVERYONE! Help us achieve a record total of children and adults who can balance on a slackrack (slackline 30 cm off the ground, as above) for 10 seconds during the course of the Summer Fair & Charity Bazaar (10 am - 4 pm

2017 Summer Fair & Charity Bazaar

more RC Buxton's Summer Fair & Charity Bazaar, 10am-4pm, Gardens Marqueé, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton. FREE ADMISSION. Lots of interest and action for everyone in the family!

Celebrating People Award 2016 - Runner Up Certificate

High Peak CVS (Community & Voluntary Support) Celebrating People Award

more Rotary Club of Buxton was a runner up in the 2016 HPCVS Awards Competition - read our submission

Ready for duties - Buxton Lions (event organisers), Buxton Rotarians & University of Derby Event Students

Buxton Community Bonfire & Fireworks Display

more Helping out Buxton Lions with perimeter marshalling as the queues form to enter the Park

2016 Summer Fair & Charity Bazaar Report

more

£250 for Thomas Theyer Foundation

more

Volunteer Driving by members for Buxton Summer Club

more

Extract from Blythe House Summer 2016 Newsletter

Recognition of Club Support to Blythe House Hospice

more

Have you booked your stall yet?

2016 Summer Fair & Charity Bazaar

more Calling voluntary organisations and charities in the Buxton area! Make sure you've booked your table(s) at the Rotary Club of Buxton's Summer Fair & Charity Bazaar, Sat. 11 June 2016 in The Gardens Marquee, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton.

2016 Blood Pressure Tests (KYBP)

more

Blood Pressure Checks: The Springs 9am-noon

more High blood pressure is the biggest risk factor for stroke. Rotary Club of Buxton in collaboration with the Stroke Association is offering free BP checks to the public. About 152,000 strokes occur in the UK each year - one every 3-4 minutes!

Blood Pressure Checks: The Devonshire Dome 10am-1pm

more High blood pressure is the biggest risk factor for stroke. Rotary Club of Buxton in collaboration with the Stroke Association is offering free BP checks to the public. About 152,000 strokes occur in the UK each year - one every 3-4 minutes!

Singing Santas

Singing Santas - 12 December 2015

more Singing Santas fundraise for those in and near Keswick hit by Cumbria flooding

Know Your Blood Pressure 2013 (Stroke Awareness Mornings)

more Buxton Rotary facilitate the measurement of some of Buxton's citizens' blood pressures by health professionals

President David Hopkins, Cath Sterndale (Night Stop), Denise Wedge (Bright Opportunities)

Club Donations - November 2015

more Proceeds from the highly successful Andrew Heywood Memorial Windgather Fell Race enabled Rotary Club of Buxton to donate to several organisations

At the 'off'

2015 Windgather Fell Race ("˜Andrew Heywood Memorial Windgather"™)

more 148 runners completed the course

Charity Tunnel Tramp - Fundraise for Your Cause

more Rotary Clubs of Bakewell and Buxton are running a sponsored round walk of 5, 12 or 16 miles starting at Hassop Station and taking in the Monsal Trail tunnels. Do the walk for any cause close to your heart.

Photo, Right  to Left:
 
Rotarian Anne Rogerson High Peak Mayor and Mayoress Cllr Stewart Young and daughter Charlotte Rotary Club of Buxton Vice President Professor Simon Rogerson.

2015 Summer Fair & Charity Bazaar

more Very Successful Day: 55 indoor stalls, superb entertainments, children's handwriting competition and rides, open-air food stalls, working model railway layouts, model boat display, and lots of visitors.

Stroke Awareness BP Checks

Blood Pressure Checks: The Dome

more High blood pressure is the biggest risk factor for stroke. Rotary Club of Buxton in collaboration with the Stroke Association is offering free BP checks to the public. About 152,000 strokes occur in the UK each year - one every 3-4 minutes!

Stroke Awareness BP Checks

Blood Pressure Checks: The Springs

more High blood pressure is the biggest risk factor for stroke. Rotary Club of Buxton in collaboration with the Stroke Association is offering free BP checks to the public. About 152,000 strokes occur in the UK each year - one every 3-4 minutes!

Buxton Vision 2020 Conference (25 Feb 2015)

(members only log in for more information)

High Peak Mayor Tony Kemp and Rotary Club of Buxton President David Hopkins at Bazaar Opening

2013 Summer Fair & Charity Bazaar

more 2013 Summer Fair & Charity Bazaar Photographs and Article

Grant to Fairfield Band for Refurbishing Tenor Horn

more £325 grant for Fairfield Band brass instrument refurbishing

High Peak Mayor Opens Rotary Charity Bazaar - 7 June 2014

2014 Summer Fair & Charity Bazaar

more 41 Organisations set up colourful stalls at Rotary Club of Buxton's 2014 Summer Fair & Charity Bazaar on 7th June.

Marshalling at Corbar Road leading to Floats preparation area

Buxton Carnival Rotary Marshalling

more Buxton Rotarians marshal at Corbar Road closure leading to Floats preparation area

Singing Santas - December 2014

more Through carolling in Spring Gardens on 13, 20 December 2014, the Singing Santas raised £392.09 for Bikes4Africa

Fundraising For 2104 BBC Children In Need

Rickshaw Challenge at Buxton

more Pudsey Comes To Buxton with Matt Baker!

Brainstrust Fundraiser Frances Milburn explains to Rotary Club of Buxton President, Andrew Heywood, the practical resources that the Brainstrust charity use to help brain cancer patients understand their illness and cope.

Brainstrust (Brain Cancer Charity) Presentation By Frances Milburn

more Brainstrust Fundraiser Frances Milburn explains to Buxton Rotarians, the practical resources that the Brainstrust charity use to help brain cancer patients understand their illness and cope.

Buxton Rotarians join other volunteers for the Buxton April Spring Clean

Buxton Spring Clean 2014

more Buxton Rotarians join other volunteers for the Buxton April Spring Clean

Rotary Club President Elect, Professor Simon Rogerson outlines the YouProSper event

Rotary Club of Buxton opens the office door to new ideas with YouProSper

(members only log in for more information)

2014 Summer Fair & Charity Bazaar

more Buxton Rotary Summer Fair & Charity Bazaar annual event provides a unique showcasing opportunity for local charitable organisations and voluntary groups. Free admission.

Singing Santas 2013

more Singing Santas perform on 14 & 21 December 2013

2013 Windgather Fell Race

more Report and results of Rotary Club of Buxton's 2013 Windgather Fell Race

Buxton Rotary Help Volunteer Centre Van Repairs

more President David Hopkins presents the Club's cheque for £300

Know Your Blood Pressure 2013 (Stroke Awareness Mornings)

more Buxton Rotary facilitate the measurement of some of Buxton's citizens' blood pressures by health professionals

Opera Gala Montage at Chatsworth - courtesy of Rtn Iain Parker (copyright)

Rotary International's 100th Year

more Rotary International's Centennial Year

Windgather Fell Race Beneficiaries

more Windgather Fell Race Beneficiaries