The Rotary Club of Burnley

Founded March 26th 1920 - 106 years serving the community

Our Centenary Charter Evening was celebrated on Friday 1st April 2022,  with speaker Gervase Phinn. During the year the club earned a further Presidential Citation, awarded by the President of Rotary International, a real pat on the back refecting the efforts of the whole club.

Rotary Club of Burnley 2026 – 2027.

President’s Address

Thank you very much for your interest in the Rotary Club of Burnley and welcome to our website.

I am honoured to be the President of this great Rotary Club, which has served our local community for more than a century, and through Rotary International also carried out charitable work globally. I will do my best to continue this tradition.

In the coming year, we will again organise the ‘Burnley Classical Vehicle Show’ at Towneley Park as out major event. We will also produce the ‘Morgan’s Historic & Classic Vehicle Event Yearbook’ which now covers central/northern England, mid-/North Wales and the whole of Scotland as by far the most comprehensive listing of classical car events.

We remain committed to being active in our community, especially by supporting young people and local charitable projects. We also plan an environmental project and will coordinate with local authorities to deliver it.

For our international work we currently explore the option of supporting a school for orphans and disadvantaged children in Uganda, in cooperation with our Rotary District and Rotary International.

We also provide regular opportunities for fellowship, bringing members together to share ideas and strengthen connections. Throughout the year we host a wide range of interesting talks from guest speakers, as well as from organisations who share their work and may seek our support for their causes.

If you are interested in our work or want to attend for interesting presentations, you are welcome to come to one of our meetings on Monday evenings (6pm for 6:30) at The Higher Trapp Hotel in Simonstone. Please contact our secretary Jack Keogh (jackkeogh@hotmail.co.uk) if you want to attend.

Gunther Schmitgen

President Rotary Club of Burnley 2026-27

        For additional information please see our other sites at BurnleyClassicVehicleShow.org and MorgansYearbook.co.uk 

       Burnley is situated in a gentle valley at the foot of the Pennines, the district is dominated in the north by Pendle Hill. A few miles to the east we have the Yorkshire Dales and the Bronte country, whereas to the west and north west we are close to the Trough of Bowland,  Pendle (the latter two, also areas of outstanding national beauty, but with fewer tourists than the Dales or Bronte country) and also the Lancashire coastal resorts.

        A major cotton weaving town at the last turn of the century, Burnley's vacant mills have now been taken over by new industry, recently, especially in the electronics and computer fields.