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Baddow Races Sunday 18 May

Baddow Races Sunday 18 May

Thank you everyone for making our annual Baddow Races such a success.

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Chelmsford Mildmay President and Chelmsford Joint Clubs' Dinner 03 June 6.30 for 7.00

Chelmsford Mildmay President and Chelmsford Joint Clubs' Dinner 03 June 6.30 for 7.00

Our guest of honour will be the Lord-Lieutenant of Essex, Mrs Jennifer Tolhurst

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Mildmay Matters  -  find out what we are up to in our newsletter

Mildmay Matters - find out what we are up to in our newsletter

The latest edition of Mildmay Matters features Working as a Registrar, Mock Interviews, Marie Curie, Hidden Harm, Litter Picking, Baddow Races, ShelterBox, Hope and Homes for Children, Mary’s Meals and much more. You will find past issues here too.

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About us

Chelmsford Mildmay Rotary Club was founded in 1972 and has been active in the Chelmsford area ever since. We have 23 members, both men and women, all of whom wish to give service to the community and to meet socially as friends.

We meet for lunch every Tuesday at The Waltham Barns at Little Channels, Pratts Farm Lane West, Little Waltham, CM3 3PR, for a programme of talks, presentations and discussions.

Our programme helps keep us aware of ways in which we might be of use.

Raising funds to support various local, national and international causes is an important part of our work. Donations in recent years may be viewed here.

Mildmay Matters is our online newsletter, which reports our activities.

We welcome new members including Corporate Members but if you do not have time to take up full membership, you might prefer to become a Friend of Rotary. In this way you can still enjoy some social events, help with charity projects or just get a taste of what Rotary is all about.

Rotary in Great Britain and Ireland (known as RGBI) has 45,000 members and our club is just one of 1,700 clubs nationally.

Rotary International has 1.2 million members in over 200 countries.

If you are a Rotarian visiting the area, please contact John Tilsley, club secretary, to let us know if you would like to come to a meeting. You will be made very welcome at our club.

We Are Rotary


Purple4Polio campaign to End Polio Now 

For more than 30 years Rotary has led the campaign to rid the world of polio, protecting 2.5 billion children from paralysis and death through vaccination programmes.    

Rotary in Great Britain and Northern Ireland's Purple4Polio activities provide communities with ideas and opportunities to get involved in helping Rotary and our partners to End Polio Now and forever.

We planted 30,000 purple crocuses, in partnership with other clubs, at RHS Hyde Hall as part of the Purple4Polio campaign.  You can see here how they looked in 2021. The purple crocus is a symbol of Rotary's worldwide campaign to end polio, with its colour representing the purple dye used to mark the little finger of a child who has been immunised.

Find out more about Purple4Polio . 

We have also planted purple crocuses in Viaduct Meadows, Chelmsford Central Park.

Caring for our environment

If you were to ask what activity do Rotarians enjoy the most, then it could be answered in two words that encapsulate the Rotary themes of fellowship, service in the community, caring for the environment, enjoying the open air, great banter and shared tea or coffee post-activity. You may have guessed the activity to be LITTER PICKING  - always leaving the community a better place in which to live.

*** Baddow Races - Sunday 18 May 2025 ****** 10 mile Road Race and 2 mile Fun Run ***

Thank you everyone who helped to make Baddow Races 25 such a success. Here's the date to keep for next year Sunday 17 May 2026 

Full details on Baddow Races website 


10 mile Road Race - start


2 mile Fun Run - start

Internet Classroom project for youth development in South Africa 2021/22

In partnership with our 'twin' club, the Rotary Club of Klerksdorp, the project was for a shipping container to be converted into a classroom in one of the townships, fitted with computers, printers, desks and chairs and installed with wi-fi and electricity.   This project was so successful that our club fully funded a second classroom. To date there are now four such facilities across townships close to Klerksdorp. Whilst there are no active plans to extend this project further, it is kept under review.

More details here

Happening soon...

Not at Little Channels today but at Chignal and Mashbury Village Hall

Tue, May 27th 2025 1:00 pm

Not at Little Channels today but at Chignal and Mashbury Village Hall

Lunch with musical entertainment :)

Business Meeting and Club Assembly

Tue, Jun 3rd 2025 1:00 pm

Business Meeting and Club Assembly

NB via Zoom as we are gathering in the evening for the President's dinner.
June is Public Image programme planning month.

Chelmsford Mildmay President and Chelmsford Joint Clubs' Dinner 03 June 6.30 for 7.00

Tue, Jun 3rd 2025 6:30 pm

Chelmsford Mildmay President and Chelmsford Joint Clubs' Dinner 03 June 6.30 for 7.00

Our guest of honour will be the Lord-Lieutenant of Essex, Mrs Jennifer Tolhurst

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No Meeting Today

Tue, Jun 10th 2025 1:00 pm

No Meeting Today

Club Assembly will take place via Zoom on 03 June

Welcome to Chelmsford Mildmay Rotary!

Tue, Jun 17th 2025 1:00 pm

Welcome to Chelmsford Mildmay Rotary!

Back in February club members participated in reviewing our website. Today we will look at how we have progressed since then.

Meetings & Venue

Where and when:

We meet on Tuesdays at 13.00

The Waltham Barns at Little Channels

Pratts Farm Lane West
Chelmsford
CM3 3PR  Restaurant: 01245 362210
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