Because of the bad weather on 20th January the above meeting will now take place on Wednesday 20th March!

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 if not wet), 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: A total of £5384 was  collected. This will go to various charities in the coming year. Many thanks to all our friends who helped with our collections during December. Thank you to the general public who donated generously once more. The total collected for charity on our evening Santa runs was £4698 . We also collected £75 in Market St Tottington. Many thanks to Tesco Woodfield for allowing us to collect a further £611 on two days.

2019 Meetings and Events 

Wednesday 13th  March: Visit to Cormar Carpets Greenmount, 5.30 pm followed by meal in the area. Numbers for either/both to me Pat Neininger 07885 492 901

Week beginning Monday18th March: Projects week

Wednesday 20th March: Litter pick Kirklees trail 2.30 pm

Wednesday 20th March: Launch of Associate Membership 7.30 pm- SEE ABOVE

10th April: Ten Pin Bowling event followed by meal

Wednesday 26th June: Club Handover and Assembly at Greenmount Golf Club

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, Stroke Awareness Day in the Mill Gate Centre, 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