Tottington & Bury West Rotary Club

Guests would be most welcome at any of the meetings/projects on 2nd, 3rd and 4th Wednesdays (meetings on 4th Wednesdays with speaker usually at Greenmount Golf Club, £15 for the meal):

Trevor Eastland is our President  in 2018-19

Our meetings now vary from week to week with a Business meeting for Rotarians on the First Wednesday with other meetings/events 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/cemetery clearance and improvement (most Wednesday mornings), and guiding visitors at Turton Tower. Litter picks 3rd Wednesdays meeting lower end Kirklees Trail 2.30 pm at Brandlesholme Rd. traffic lights. Not if very 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.

Father Christmas and Christmas Rotary Charity collections: If you can help with collecting or towing in December, please let us know!  Starts Monday 3rd December, then on Mondays Tuesdays and Thursdays for 3 weeks to Christmas (6.30 to 9 pm). Also at Tesco Bury  on 20th and 21st December (during day, no Santa) :

Sleigh dates as follows, starting from, at 6.30 pm-

Dec 3 Walshaw Sports Club

Dec 4 Hilda Ave

Dec 6 Watling Street

Dec 10 Tesco Express, Tottington Rd

Dec 11 Walshaw Park, trading estate car park, Walshaw Rd

Dec 13 Woodhill Rd

Dec 17 Walshaw Church

Dec 18 Hunstanton Drive, Brandlesholme Rd

Dec 20 Burrs Close, Brandlesholme Rd

2018-19 Meetings and Events

Monday 3rd December: Start of Father Christmas Float. Tours around Tottington & Bury West on the evenings of Mondays Tuesdays and Thursdays until 20th (see above for details), plus collections (music but no Santa) at Tesco Woodfields Bury on 20th and 21st December. 

Wednesday 19th December: Club Chrismas meal at Greenmount Golf Club

Wednesday 9th January: The Mouse Trap, 47 Bolton Rd Ramsbottom

Week beginning 14th January: project week

Wednesday 23rd January: Meal at Greenmount Golf Club, 7.30 pm. Speaker Neil Coldrick, "Latest News from Holcombe Moor Heritage Group"

Wednesday 30th January: Launch of Associate Membership 7.30pm

Wednesday 13th February: Meal celebrating Chinese New Year at China Rose, Tottington, 7.30 pm

Week beginning 18th February: project week

Wednesday 27th February: Meal at Greenmount Golf Club, 7.30 pm. Speaker Jodie from DeCaFF, "What We Are Up To Now"

Friday 8th March: Elvis Tribute Night (Patelvis), at Dobbies Sports and Social Club, Bradley Fold Rd BL2 6RL. In aid of Dementia and DeCaFF.

Over the last year or so we have donated to, or hosted/assisted at, the following:

Christmas dinner/party for Carers, Kids Out for young carers,Joshua Wilson Trust, Bury Hospice, Dementia Awareness Week,Junior Masterchef and Young Musician (for local secondary schools), It's Time4Change, Early Break, Lancashire Fusiliers Band,Disaster Aid, Mercy Ships, Jaipur Limb, Rotary Youth Leadership Award, Bury Society for Blind and Partially Sighted, Rotary Foundation (including Polio Plus), provided transport to Rotary Disabled Sports, Veterans in Communities, Churches Together Ramsbottom, Francis House and Derian House Children's Hospices, the new Bury Children's Hospice (Grace's Place), D-CaFF( Greenmount Village Community) and Alder Hey Children's Hospital.

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

Patrick Neininger

on: p.neininger@btinternet.com

or on

 07885 492 901