SEPTEMBER SAUNTER 19th September 2026 - Sat 19th Sep at 09.00

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Our members come from a variety of backgrounds, including farming, banking, business, education, and health. All enjoy the fun and friendship that Rotary offers, while also helping their  own communities and those farther afield. To learn more about what we do, please explore this site and click on the links on "What we do". If you wish to know more about Wensleydale Rotary, click HERE 

INTERESTED IN JOINING  ROTARY? Please use email secretary@wensleydalerotary.org . We will then invite you to attend a meeting as a guest, with no commitment! If you have just moved into the Dale, you will find a ready-made group of friends who will help you settle into the community.

Our President is Richard Pennell

If you are a Rotarian visiting Wensleydale, you will be very welcome at one of our weekly meetings- please check the "Meeting Information" section on this website.

We meet at Leyburn Arts and Community Centre every other week. On some of the other weeks we make social visits to local pubs and local attractions.

This website short address is www.wensleydalerotary.org

Our registered Charity Fund number is 1046181

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• Supported the Rotary International Stop Polio campaign with fundraising events.
• Donated to Action Aid, Shelter and Syrian refugees.
• Donated to Nepalese Goat project.
• Donated to a charity funding computers to remote Nepalese schools.

Youth

Working with BlueBoxt we run the Wensleydale Young Musician held in November each year

Regional / Local community

• We run three annual events rasing funds to support local good causes 

• The Wensleydale Wander
• The James Herriot Country Trail Run
• The Wensleydale September Saunter

• Annual Technology Tournament, working with local Rotary clubs we host the event at Catterick Garrison. The object of the tournament is to give children aged 12 – 18 an unseen Design and Technology problem to be completed in a fixed time.

•  Sponsored a student from Wensleydale to attend RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Award) where for a week they participate in team building programmes to build confidence, motivation and leadership skills   

• Support Children attending Kings Club during the summer holidays.

• School Support - we have made donations to local schools to support disadvantaged children.