Aquabox provides safe drinking water and humanitarian aid to people affected by natural disasters, extreme weather and conflicts. Aquabox is a Rotary charity run by the Rotary Club of Wirksworth since 1992.
Skipton Rotary endeavours to create opportunities for young people through activities that build character & confidence along with new skills in the process.
Read all about Rotary Youth Competitions and Leadership Awards via the links
Volunteers welcome to help Rotarians in their tasks about town. Helpers at Fund Raising events, such as Car Park on a Saturday; stewarding at our Dragon Boat Races; occasional Can Shakes etc.
We call you Friends of Rotary.
Our President for the Rotary year 2024/5 is Judy Hazlehurst.
DetailsHow to apply for help for your local Club, charity or organisation. For Youth grants see under What We Do - Youth Opportunities.
DetailsRotary International is working to complete the promise it made to the world - we will rid the world of Polio.
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Skipton Rotary Club
For nearly one hundred years Rotary in Skipton has been involved in local, national and international community projects, volunteering and fundraising while at the same time having fun and socialising as a group. Like most Rotary Clubs, we meet once a week. For further details about our meeting venue, when we meet and how to find us, please see the information in the side panel. You can also follow us @skiptonrotary on Facebook and Instagram.
Fun & Friendship
Skipton Rotary is a friendly club where we have as much fun as possible working together to make a positive difference to people’s lives within the community. We hope that the lives of the volunteers who join us will be enriched as they take part in a range of fundraising, formal and informal social events, visits and even foreign travel, forming friendships, by volunteering their expertise and often discovering new talents and interests.
Fundraising & Volunteering
We undertake a variety of fundraising events including weekend and bank holiday car parking at Skipton Building Society, quizzes, concerts, bicycle recycling auction, Dragon Boat racing, Christmas Market stalls, as well as many annual fundraisers.
Get Involved
Our members volunteer their time and skills to plan fundraising and social events while enjoying each other’s company and friendship. There are several ways you can help us to ensure everything runs smoothly and to make the most of opportunities to raise money for the various charities we support.
You can learn all about Rotary's own charity - The Rotary Foundation. This works all over the world funding disaster recovery plans, community development projects, youth schemes and Peace Scholars.
Join Skipton Rotary
If you enjoy helping others, connecting with Rotary will give you the chance to do something positive and worthwhile. Rotary has over 35,000 clubs with 1.2 million members worldwide. As a Rotarian, while travelling at home and abroad for work or leisure, you can join a local meeting and engage with Rotarians the world over. Interested and want to find out more? You are very welcome to join one of our meetings. Please contact using the form below or via our membership page.
Help us to be the kind of group you are looking for and get to know a friendly bunch of volunteers helping the community.
Come to a Meeting
If you would like to come along and see what we do then you are welcome to join one of our regular meetings without having to join Rotary first. Just let us know you are interested and we will do the rest.
Become a Member and join Skipton Rotary
When you have been to one or two of our meetings you may well decide you would like to join Rotary in Skipton and become a full member of Skipton Rotary Club. This means you can attend all our meetings and be fully involved with all our club’s activities. You will experience the friendship and enthusiasm of all our members while at the same time making a positive contribution to the local, national and international community.
If you enjoy helping others, connecting with Rotary will give you the chance to do something positive and worthwhile. Rotary has over 35,000 clubs with 1.2 million members worldwide. As a Rotarian, while travelling at home and abroad for work or leisure, you can join a local meeting and engage with Rotarians the world over. Interested and want to find out more? You are very welcome to join one of our meetings. Please contact using the form below or via our membership page.
Become a 'Friend of Rotary'
If you feel now is not the right time to become a full member but would like to be kept informed of what we are doing, we will add you to our mailing list. We hope you can be involved in club events and keep up to date with everything we do. Help us to be the kind of group you are looking for and get to know a friendly bunch of volunteers helping the community.
Sometimes we need an extra pair of hands when running our various events. If you can help, please get in touch. You could be asked to do anything from stewarding an event, help run our weekly charity car park in town, helping to erect a marquee to planting crocus bulbs to promote the campaign for polio eradication. Whatever you can do we would like to hear from you!
Wed, Jan 29th 2025 5:00 pm
Because of poor support the Cinema and meal has been cancelled. This is now a quiz night with partners at the Tempest. Book in the normal way. Quiz entry £1 p.p. to End Polio Now.
Wed, Feb 5th 2025 5:30 pm
Prof. Rick Battarbee FRS - talking on "Worries about the Wharfe".
Wed, Feb 12th 2025 5:30 pm
Our own Robert Hannam speaking about Skipton High Street in the 1960's.
We meet on Wednesdays at 17.30 for 18.00
(5th Wed's are usually elsewhere with partners. See Events calendar. Please mail all apologies and details of guests to - apologiesandguests@skiptonrotary.org This address will contact both Secretary and Attendance Officer. ) Tempest ArmsBe part of a global network of volunteers, trying to make the world a better place. Please also see the 'links & news' page for information from the local district and live feeds from Rotary International and Rotary International in GB&I.
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