The Magic of Father Christmas

Ryde Rotary Club invites you book a personalised call with Father Christmas live on Zoom!

Friday 11th, Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th of December 2020
Friday 18th, Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th of December 2020

Other dates and/or times may be added in the future

Some of us will not be able to spend Christmas with the people we love, perhaps left feeling isolated and alone. Help Mountbatten give Islanders and their families the hospice care and support they need this festive season.

From the comfort of your own home, join Father Christmas for a wonderful, personalised Zoom meeting lasting up to 10 minutes.
This year Ryde Rotary is very excited that Father Christmas has kindly agreed to make himself available for some very special live video meetings using Zoom with children and their families.  During your personalised meeting, which will last up to 10 minutes, Father Christmas will listen as you tell him all about your Christmas wishes and dreams and he'll give you an update on what he and the elves have been doing to get ready for the big day
A digital certificate of the meeting for each child to keep forever.
A minimum payment of £5 is required per booking.  All preceeds will be distributed equally between Mountbatten (Hospice) Christmas collection and Ryde Rotary’s Christmas yearly giving to good causes in the local community.

 All children MUST be accompanied online by a parent, guardian or responsible adult over 18.

"Some feedback from our Daughter/Granddaughter who had one of these calls this afternoon. Apparently it was a full 15 minutes and the chap used all of the information they were given to personalise the call and to make it extra special for one excited little girl. Thoroughly recommended so do book a call for your own little ones as they can't go to Santa's Grotto this year. We made up a pretendy Santa gift that he sent by special delivery as he's trying to distance so he can do his deliveries on Christmas Eve. Monies raised go to charity. Still time to book now."

"We’ve just had our call from Santa and you have absolutely made Sophie’s year! She’s been so anxious about if Santa will be safe this year if he will be able to visit as usual- to have this personalised call and for Santa and his elf to know all about her absolutely blew her mind and put the sparkle back in her eyes. Thank you sooo much Rotary Club for arranging such a brilliantly planned event - you’re super stars in my eyes . "

2020  - 2021 President of Ryde Rotary Club Peter Wellington 

Welcome to the Ryde Rotary Club’s website.

Ryde Rotary Club has a wide ranging and varied programme of Club meetings, social events and exchange visits with Clubs and students in this country and abroad.

Our Club's monthly programme is relaxed which give members flexibility and choice regarding attendance.

Ryde Rotary Club values - We build lifelong relationships, we honour our commitment, we connect diverse perspectives and we apply our leadership and expertise to solve local issues. You can learn more about our involvement in our local community, our support of overseas projects and how we enjoy ourselves in Rotary by clicking on the "What we do" tab at the top of this page.

Fellowship is integral to our Club, we enjoy fun and fellowship in a relaxed and convivial atmosphere of friendship and goodwill, we recently celebrated the 90th anniversary of our club's charter.

Join Rotary and make a world of difference to your own community, to the lives of those less fortunate around the world, to your fellow club members - like-minded men and women of all ages - and, just as important, to yourself! The projects Rotarians get involved in are incredibly fulfilling, worthwhile and rewarding - and there's plenty of fun involved.

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Rotarians are just ordinary people who together do extraordinary things:
save lives, change lives and give hope.