Treekly
35 of our members and friends are walking to plant trees with Treekly
Treekly is an international charity that plants a tree in a deforested area of the world every time one of its subscribers walks 5000 or more steps in a day. The Rotary Cambridge Treekly group has walked 385 million steps and sponsored the planting of over 13,700 trees as at March 2025, more than any other group in Rotary Great Britain & Ireland. One of our members has walked nearly 400,000 steps, the 3rd largest number by a Rotarian anywhere in the world, and planted nearly 1700 trees.
When we started with Treekly they were extending mangrove swamps in Madagascar, where 90% of the primary forests have been destroyed. Mangroves are better at trapping CO2 than rainforests, protect against coastal erosion and tsunamis and improve wildlife habitats and water quality. The project was giving fair wage employment to local people who plant and protect the trees.
More recently our contributions have gone towards tree planting in Kenyan mangroves, where the problems and solutions are similar.
Treekly also operates in Indonesia, Mozambique, Brazil and Haiti, all areas that have been subject to intense deforestation and degradation of the environment. Click here to learn more
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We have been awarded a Bronze Certificate, in recognition of donations to Shelterbox of £2,000 in 2023-4
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Rotary Clubs worldwide are spear-heading the drive to eliminate polio, which is more urgent than ever
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We are supporting this successful and worthwhile cause, currently with £500 of investment in multiple small enterprises
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The results of our Young Environmentalist, Photographer and Artist Competitions are now out. Click on the blue text at the bottom of this window for details
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Our annual competition for budding artists - our entrants all won the second stage District Competition last year
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Our popular event for school choirs and their families & friends raised over £15,000 for local children's charities. The 2024 Concert will be on Friday 13 December at West Road Concert Hall - details coming soon
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We organise two-day breaks at a National Trust site in N Norfolk for young people aged 12-15 who probably won't get any other holiday
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Combating AMR was the focus of our 2023-24 President's Charity, Antibiotic Research UK. We raised nearly £6000 in support
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The results of our annual competition - two of our local winners have also won at District level and one has won 3rd prize in the National Final
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Our Junior Competition entrant has gone on to win at National Level. Our Intermediate Team won third prize in their group
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Past President John Martin uses his building skills to help the locals create a community centre for this deprived settlement in The Gambia, only a few miles from the luxurious tourist resorts on the coast
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We raised funds supporting Ukrainians both in Ukraine and in Cambridge & East Anglia from several events in 2022
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The East Anglian District and National Rotary Magazines feature the wide range of charitable and fellowship activities that Rotary Clubs enjoy
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We and our colleagues in the three other Cambridge clubs celebrated 100 years of Rotary service in 2022
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We are part of a worldwide movement of 46,000 Rotary clubs with a total of 1.4 million members. We enjoy a range of informal fellowship events while supporting local and international charities
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Cambridge Aid does great work in support of Cambridge residents in need. In 2019-21 we raised over £12,500 and we continue to support them
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RYLA offers an intensive 7-day course for 18-26 year-olds, helping them to develop as future leaders
moreA sample of our members' varied interests and significant contributions to the local community
moreA brief history of the Rotary Club of Cambridge together with some records which might be of interest to the wider audience
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