Countdown to Christmas! - Thu 24th Dec at 11.59 pm

Santa Float Dates and Routes, Rivendell Garden Centre, Asda Collections, Santa Tracker and Domations , Santa is coming to Widnes! Find our Christmas Float dates and routes, details of Santa at Rivendell Garden Centre, Asda collections, our live Santa Tracker and ways to donate. Help Widnes Rotary support local good causes this Christmas!

Welcome to our Website! Please take a look at our featured pages below and also click on 'What We Do' above to see a little more about what we get up to .... you may be surprised!

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Our Big Band Fundraising Gala Dinner 2026

Our Big Band Fundraising Gala Dinner 2026

What a wonderful evening!

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Rotary District 1285 Disability Sports Day 12th September 2026

Rotary District 1285 Disability Sports Day 12th September 2026

A fantastic day celebrating talents, abilities and achievements!

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Collecting and Recycling Used Spectacles

Collecting and Recycling Used Spectacles

Another 4,000 pairs delivered to York Ainsty Rotary!
Collection boxes are available in several Widnes opticians and community hubs, so if you have any to recycle, see below for more information on where to take them! THANK YOU.

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Another 1,000+ pairs collected this year! Another collection will start next year and thank you!

Another 1,000+ pairs collected this year! Another collection will start next year and thank you!

All footwear goes to ShoeAid Uk, a UK charity who repurpose and distribute them all to those in need!

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Countdown to Christmas!

Countdown to Christmas!

Santa is coming to Widnes! Find our Christmas Float dates and routes, details of Santa at Rivendell Garden Centre, Asda collections, our live Santa Tracker and ways to donate. Help Widnes Rotary support local good causes this Christmas!

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Recognising Young People

Recognising Young People

We have followed Aidan Jackson since nominating him for a Rotary Young Citizen Award in 2017. Almost ten years on, he has gone on to do great things! ......

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About us

 

WELCOME!  We are a very small group of like-minded men and women, part of Rotary International, one of the largest volunteer organisations in the world with 1.2 million members.  

We have also welcomed our first Corporate Members this year too!

Widnes Rotary was first formed in 1937 and for the past 89 years has been involved not only in our local community, but also abroad, trying to make a difference to the lives of others, following Rotary's motto 'Service above Self'.

Many in Widnes will have seen our Christmas float, bringing joy to young and old since the early 1960's, raising vital funds for our local community,
.... but this is not all we do, so t
ake a look around our website to see what else we get up to!

We meet in two ways:-

Main Group - a more traditional get together over a meal, followed by business or a speaker, meeting on the 1st and 3rd Monday's in the month (except bank holidays).

Impact Group - a recently formed action-based group for those with less time.  Meeting at the moment once a month to discuss ideas and how we can help our community.
 
We appreciate everyone leads busy lives and can't always commit,
but that's fine too - just get in touch in you'd like to know more - we are a friendly bunch!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Meetings & Venue

Where and when:

We meet on Mondays at 6.00 pm

(Meeting on 1st and 3rd Monday (unless a Bank Holiday) in the month. No meetings in December as we're out with the Christmas Float!)
The Woodlands Bar & Grill
Liverpool Road
Widnes
WA8 7XU
 0151 424 8480

Rotary News

Be 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.

Rotary serving communities through supporting foodbanks

Diversity is part of Rotary’s core values