Tottington & Bury West Rotary Club

Note there will be no face-to-face meetings until we get the All Clear from the Covid-19 pandemic crisis. Until then we have regular meetings on Zoom: please contact if you require details.

 Guests  most welcome at any of the Zoom meetings

Paul Jarvis is our President  in 2020-21

Forthcoming Meetings on Zoom

(usually at 7 pm)

Tuesday 29th Sept, Paul Dimoldenberg: Cheer Churchill, Vote Labour, 1945 Election, talk. Buy the book, support Paul's charity.

Tuesday13th October, Henri Bizot: A Virtual Tour of Angoulême

Tuesday 20th October, Rtn. Rachel Gavin: Book Club, Of Mice & Men (Steinbeck)

Tuesday 27th October, Wine Tasting,Stuart from the Vineyard, Ramsbottom. £20 for wines (delivered)

Tuesday10th November, Rtn Peter Clare: Rotary Shoe Box

Tuesday, 17th November, Rtn. Liz Forrest: My Life as an Instrument Teacher, talk

Tuesday 24th November, Vicky Binns, My Life in Emmerdale And On The Street

(For Rotarians: For the time being, our Business meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month)

When normal meetings resume we will have a Business meeting for Rotarians on the First Wednesday with other meetings/events/projects on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th weeks of the month open to all.

On 3rd weeks in the month we undertake various community projects, at present including helping out at Pets in Need (Mondays), St John's Garden/churchyard clearance and improvement (most Wednesday mornings if not wet).

Some of us are also helping at Tottington Centre with the voluntary library service to replace that relinquished by the local council in December 2017. The library is beginning to re-open slowly although visitors are not allowed inside yet and the popular cafe is not yet open (deliveries are available, see Centre website)

With much help from Tottington Primary School Year 5 we are continuing our project to develop Whitehead Gardens, Tottington . Eventually, we hope to have a pleasanter park to visit and to make it part of a Tottington History Trail. Having now secured pump funding, we will be asking Proffitts to manage extensive funding and progress this scheme. In the meantime we are asking local people for their ideas.

Christmas dinner/party for Carers, Kids Out for Young Carers, Stroke Awareness Day in the Mill Gate Centre, Mayor's Charity Appeal, Young Musician (for local secondary schools), It's Time4Change, Lancashire Fusiliers Band, Bury 10k Run, Disaster Aid, Meal Pack Rise aganst Hunger, Global Sight Solutions,Wheelchair Foundation, Rotary Youth Leadership Award, Bury Society for Blind and Partially Sighted, Rotary Foundation (including Polio Plus), provided transport to Rotary Disabled Sports, Churches Together Ramsbottom, Francis House and Derian House Children's Hospices, D-CaFF (Greenmount Village Community), Friends of Bury Music Centre, Parkinsons Bury Support Group, North West Air Ambulance, Aontacht Academy,Tottington Centre (for books), Brandlesholme Community Centre, Encore Choir, and MedEquip4Kids.

If you wish to attend a Rotary meeting, can offer your help with projects, or would like further information about joining Rotary please contact me

Pat(rick) Neininger

on: p.neininger@btinternet.com

or on

 07885 492 901