Welcome to the website of the Rotary Club of Manchester
Over £1 million raised in Polio Challenge by Rotary Clubs in GB&I during 'Rotary Week'!
City of Manchester
The Rotary Club of Manchester is one of the oldest in the country, having been formed in 1911 .
It is the mother Club of many other clubs in the North of England. We meet weekly for lunch every Thursday in the centre of Manchester. We have a superb speaker programme and the meeting is normally finished by 2.00pm
The Rotary Club of Manchester works to serve the local Community, the International Community and provides major aid and scholarship programmes through Rotary Foundation
The Rotary Club of Manchester is a continually growing and evolving organisation of mixed gender & is a multi-racial, non political organisation that respects all religious persuasions and believes in the ideal of " Service above Self ." We welcome and invite any people, who are interested in joining Rotary and represent high standards in their chosen profession ,to contact us .
Welcome to our New President – Roy Chapman
THE ROTARY YEAR AHEAD – "Building Communities – Bridging Continents"
I am honoured to become the 99th President of the Rotary Club of Manchester and will do my utmost to make the year both successful and enjoyable. I must pay tribute to President Eddie for his sterling efforts and a very successful year in 2009/10. Eddie is – as they say – a 'hard act to follow'! Eddie has been ably supported by the Council and the service Chairs. I want to thank them all for their efforts. I know I will receive equal support to make 2010-11 a very successful year.
My theme for the year is 'Manchester – its heritage and future – building Communities'. The latter tag line reflects the RI theme in 2010-2011, "Building Communities – Bridging Continents".
Roy Chapman
President
*******************************************
Rotary Club of Manchester
General Fund-Raising Activities
Brass and Beatles
From 1995 to 2005, the Rotary Club of Manchester organised at Chandlers Farm, Nether Alderley a series of Open Air Concerts which starred Vernon Building Society Poynton Brass Band and The Other Beatles, a fine Beatles tribute band. Crowds increasing to 2000 gathered in the open air with their gazebos and picnics from 5 pm to enjoy a feast of popular music which culminated in a finale of last Night of the Proms favourites and the traditional and unforgettable 'You'll Never Walk Alone' with Brass Band and The Other Beatles performing together.
In 2005, the final Concert was staged and Poynton Rotary Club were invited to continue the Concerts in Poynton Park.
Street Collections
From 2001, Street Collections have been held on the 2nd or 3rd Saturday in December during which £1500 to £2000 has been collected, primarily in support of Francis House Childrens' Hospice. The Collections in 2006 onwards have been held in the Arndale at the invitation of the Arndale Centre Management.
Annual Charity Sports Dinner
In 2005, after the memorable Ashes Test Series, a Celebratory Dinner was held at Bramhall Golf Club in November with Henry Blofeld as the Guest Speaker on 'The Greatest Ashes Series Ever'. That Dinner has been followed by similar Dinners as follows:
2005 Henry Blofeld 'The Greatest Ashes Series Ever'
2006 Sandy Jones 'Darren, The Ryder Cup and the Irish'
2007 Bill Frindall '50 Years of Test Match Special and Lancs CCC's ' 150th Anniversary'
2008 Heather Fell 'The Beijing Olympics'
***************************************************
In the next 30 days..
02/09/2010 Club Weekly Meeting - Emma Corrigan - Greater Manchester Disaster Relief Fund".09/09/2010 Club Weekly Meeting - Paul J King -CEO Autistic Society Gtr Manchester "The Work of the Autistic Society".
16/09/2010 Club Weekly Meeting - John Slattery, CEO Slattery's Patissier & Chocolatier -"The Story of Slattery's".
23/09/2010 Club Weekly Meeting - Anna Bullock, Fund raiser Ronald McDonald House Charities -"The Charity Arm of McDonalds'".
30/09/2010 Club Weekly Meeting - Roy Rogers ,Publicity Library Theatre -"The Library Theatre's immediate adventure".
Last Meeting
01/09/2010 Topic: Speaker Programmemore...
