Rotary , Serving the community at home and abroad
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Primary Schools Speaking Competition
Our annual speaking competition was held at Westmorland School Brinnington on 26th February. This was another very successful event.
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Training Child Care Practitioners in South Africa
We are participating in a Global Grant project for the training of Early Childhood Development practitioners in Port Elizabeth South Africa
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Lendwithcare , helping others to help themselves.
Lendwithcare is one of our ongoing international activities and brings together entrepreneurs in developing countries and people with the power to help them . The club has made more loans recently bringing the total number to over 500.
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Rotary Membership
You could join us and be part of this very active club where fun and fellowship is enjoyed alongside our diverse range of service and fund raising activities.
We were a social network long before Facebook !
Warm and Well
This scheme run by Stockport MBC provides a number of venues over the winter period . The Rotary Club allocated funds from the Christmas collections to supporting a number of venues.
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From 12th February until further notice our temporary venue is Bredbury St Marks Cricket Club ,Dark Lane , SK6 2BE
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We are a very active and friendly Rotary Club and are always keen to welcome new members. If you would like to know more about us you can contact us using the email address below and we can hopefully answer any questions or arrange to meet .
lamplightersrotary@gmail.com
HELPING COMMUNITIES
We are approached by helpers/carers and charities who need funds or a helping hand, as we are known as willing member of our local community.
Additionally we offer both practical and financial help of our own accord
Examples of groups that we have recently assisted are:
Schools, musical groups, scouts, food banks, people needing disability aids, references from social services, families who have just had a set-back.
In fact we seek to assist anyone or group that is in difficulty
As Rotary is a worldwide organisation we make donations wherever they are needed; floods, storms, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, famines, among others.
WE ENJOY OURSELVES
At club level we organise events of all types that keep us cheerful, while we are arranging the kind of assistance described above. For example, musical events, fish ’n chip evenings, quizzes, meals out, visits to interesting places, occasionally weekends away, even abroad.
We arrange walks for the able, dinners for all, B-B-Qs. We generally organise at least one social event per month. For the less mobile garden parties, visits to the theatre. And many more.
We meet weekly for a very reasonably priced dinner and to discuss our business. We invite speakers to talk about what they or their organisations do. Weekly meetings are not compulsory but members are encouraged to attend so as to keep up with club developments.
WE RAISE FUNDS
Many of our ways of helping communities require money so we have to raise funds.
Over the past ten years we have raised well over £120,000 for charity.
We have an annual swimathon and a very popular Open Gardens event . We organise supermarket collections in addition to towing Santa and his sleigh around the streets at Christmas and rest at busy pedestrian points where families and children can chat to Santa.
ILLNESS
If any member is ill we visit them and keep in touch, send flowers and cards.
SOCIAL MEDIA
We maintain social media accounts and run a website so that the public and our members can see what we are doing and planning.
Some of the charities we have supported are listed below
Local Foodbanks , Loaves & Fishes , Handy Ladies , Signpost Young Carers , Cherry Tree Project , St Annes Hospice , Ukraine appeal , Turkey Syria Earthquake fund , Westmorland Primary School , Kidneys for life , Walthew House , End Polio Now , ABC Childrens Charity , Positive Arts , Disaster Aid , Read Easy , Cataract Operations in India , St Josephs Primary School , Annie's Orphans , Francis House , Alex Hulme Foundation , Pure Insight , Rotary Foundation , Fresh.
Links to our social media pages below Facebook, Instagram and bluesky
Please click below if you would like to donate to our charity fund
Happening soon...
Sat, Mar 29th 2025 9:30 am
Swimathon 2025
This is an easy and fun way of raising funds for your charity or good cause. The format is changed this year to enable you to retain 90% of your sponsorship money so why not dive in ?
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Wed, Apr 2nd 2025 7:30 pm
Speaker Meeting - Pure Insight
Clare Taylor Swift will talk about this charity .
Just a reminder that this is the exellent organisation that we have supported several times (think tubs of sweets !Partners and friends very welcome as this is a speaker meeting. Meal is Beef & Ale Stew
Wed, Apr 9th 2025 7:30 pm
Club Speaker Meeting Amy Vose
Amy will talk about “The basics of Islam “
Meal is Ham,Egg and Chips
Wed, Apr 16th 2025 7:30 pm
Committees
Committtees meet after meal (Lasagne)
Wed, Apr 23rd 2025 7:30 pm
Committee Reports
Committee chairs report to club (Meal Chicken Curry)
Rotary News
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