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Share Skipton

Share Skipton

Share Skipton is a Library of Things located at 48 Newmarket Street in Skipton. A Library of Things is like a normal library but, instead of books, we lend items like leaf blowers, tents, drills, disco balls and more.

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Race Night

Race Night

Come along and join the fun. All funds towards Youth Opportunities in the Craven area. If you wish to sponsor a Race/Horse/Jockey let Tony or Nicky know.

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School in a Bag

School in a Bag

Delivering School Bags to disadvantaged children around the world.

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Want to help your community?

Want to help your community?

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.

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Young Chef

Young Chef

We believe it is important to encourage and develop creativity in young people, including in the kitchen. Sponsored by Filippo Berio, contestants prepare and present a two course meal within a pre-set budget and time limit, judged by an expert panel.

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Aquabox - Clean water in a crisis.

Aquabox - Clean water in a crisis.

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.

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About us


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!

Rotary International Club No 18956, District 1040.
The Rotary Club of Skipton Trust Fund, Registered Charity No 502427

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Weekly meeting

Wed, Feb 12th 2025 5:30 pm

Weekly meeting

Our own Robert Hannam speaking about Skipton High Street in the 1960's.

Skipton Rotary Online Duck Race  2025

Fri, Feb 14th 2025 6:00 am - 11:59 pm Sun, Apr 20th 2025

Skipton Rotary Online Duck Race 2025

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A totally online Duck Race with a prize to the winner of £250.

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Weekly meeting

Wed, Feb 19th 2025 5:30 am

Weekly meeting

Kirsty Ramsden from Foundation Craven brings us news about their work in the community.

Presidential Peace Conference

Thu, Feb 20th 2025 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Sat, Feb 22nd 2025

Presidential Peace Conference

Join peacebuilders from around the world for the 2025 Rotary Presidential Peace Conference, 20-22 February, in Istanbul, Türkiye, to explore ways to create environments that foster peace and understanding.

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120th Anniversary of Rotary

Sun, Feb 23rd 2025 7:00 am

120th Anniversary of Rotary

120 years ago Rotary was founded in Chicago D9112.

Weekly meeting

Wed, Feb 26th 2025 5:30 pm

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News from the Bank of England of the country's financial matters.

Weekly meeting

Wed, Mar 5th 2025 5:30 am

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Ian Falkingham talking about Oxfam - their Shops and Programmes.

Weekly meeting

Wed, Mar 12th 2025 5:30 pm

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Jeremy (Jez) Gee who amongst other things is the Service Lead for Long Covid Pathway and will be talking about the effects of Long Covid.

Meetings & Venue

Where and when:

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 Arms
Elslack Lane
Elslack
Skipton
BD23 3AY  01282-842450
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