For over seven years now, Rotary Middleton has been sponsoring and raising money to help provide water for the villagers in Tharaka, Meru in Kenya.
The International Projects team are incredibly busy with projects in Kenya, Uganda and across eastern Europe.
DetailsAfter over ten years of fund-raising, the Rotary Club of Middleton have raised £80,000 - enough to provide irrigation in Kajuki, Kenya.
Details Rotary Middleton is looking for new members interested in supporting and fund-raising for good causes in Middleton. If you are interested in finding out more about the activities of Rotary Middleton please contact membership@middleton.rotary1285.org or download an application form
Our Vision
To be a modern-day family Rotary Club, working in the spirit of the ideals and objectives of Rotary, achieving the club objectives of serving those in need in our community and further afield.
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Rotary Middleton has been in existence for many years and today it is a lively and successful club. This year we are celebrating our 89th Birthday, 89 years of service to Middleton, the UK and the wider world.
We are part of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland which in turn is part of Rotary International, a world-wide organisation.
Non-Rotarians are often unsure of the activities of Rotarians - as much of the charitable work we carry out in the community and internationally goes unsung. The support we give in our own local community takes in local schools and hospices, scouts, and various local charities and support groups. We are proud that almost 1,000 local primary-school children are involved with our club - providing gifts for children in orphanages in eastern Europe.
On the international front we are involved in the eradication of polio through Rotary International's Polio Plus Project, and are committed to providing clean drinking water to a number of villages in Kenya. Whilst we are renowned for responding swiftly to emergencies such as the Tsunami disaster, our work in fact is carried out 365 days a year.
We are not a secret organisation and if you wish to know more about us and our activities, ask us, we will be please to talk to you. Just click the "Contact Us" box at the bottom of the page.
Some of our Members and Friends enjoying the banter at a weekly meeting.
The Town of Middleton
Middleton Symphonia from Andy Marshall on Vimeo.
Have you heard the one about the body snatcher who dug up the recently dead to sell to medical students? Or perhaps you've come across the band of Middleton soldiers who prevented England falling to the Scots?
Old Cankey who stole bodies from the town's cemetry and the Middleton Archers who helped defeat the Scottish uprising in 1513 are just two chapters in our town's deep history which also includes tales of a rowdy bar room ghost, secret tunnels and a natural disaster.
The story began 3,000 years ago around the site of Middleton Parish Church with a Bronze Age settlement and burial fields, or Barrowfields as the area is still known today.
For much of its history, the town was little more than a small farming community of 20 houses, originally ruled by the de Myddleton family. But 200 years ago, the town began to grow rapidly and became an important centre for hand loom silk weaving during the industrial revolution. When cotton spinning, weaving and dyeing arrived towards the end of the 19th Century, the population soon reached 30,000.
Over the centuries the town has seen a rich-tapestry of people leaving their mark, including Cardinal Thomas Langley who built the parish church we see today, politcal campaigner Samuel Bamford who helped secure the vote for the common man and Edgar Wood who designed some of the town's most impressive buildings, including Long Street Methodist Church.
We meet on Mondays at 1800
(The First Monday of each month is our Business meeting which we hold at The Update Coffee Bar, Middleton Gardens, M24 1AB) 22 Higher Wood StreetBe 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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