The Big Lunch - Free Community Event - Sun 1st Jun at 12.00

The BIG LUNCH! Our popular community-wide and FREE event will return again on Sunday the 1st of June 2025

The Big Lunch event in June

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The Big Lunch - Free Community Event

The Big Lunch - Free Community Event

The BIG LUNCH! Our popular community-wide and FREE event will return again on Sunday the 1st of June 2025

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Current Activities

Current Activities

Socials, Speakers and Meetings

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Club Meetings

Club Meetings

2nd & 4th Tuesdays at 6.45pm.
The Plough in Manston
Please contact us for details.

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Cheese Festival 2025

Cheese Festival 2025

Sturminster Newton Recreation Ground,
Food, Crafts Entertainment & more

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Shoebox appeal 2024

Shoebox appeal 2024

Sturminster Newton Rotary Club Shoeboxes are on their way.

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About us

Welcome to the Rotary Club of Sturminster Newton. 

The Rotary Club of Sturminster Newton

 

Sturminster Newton is a small market town in the heart of the beautiful Blackmore Vale in North Dorset. Sturminster Newton Rotary Club is an active and friendly club. 

For the past 80+ years, our members have dedicated their time and skills to serve international and local communities raising money and changing lives with our popular events such as 'The Cheese Festival' and 'The Big Lunch'. 

In the two years prior to Covid, we raised over £20,000 with 100% of all monies raised going directly to registered charities, local and international causes such as the Air Ambulance, local schools, eradicating Polio across the globe and disaster relief for Nepal, all whilst making great friendships and having fun.

Rotary is an international organisation with 1.2 million members in 35,000 clubs worldwide. Throughout the clubs of Rotary International, people come together to pour their passion, integrity and intelligence into projects that have a lasting impact in their local and international communities, whilst exchanging ideas and forming friendships.

Since 1943, Rotarians the world over have followed a foundation or code of ethics called 'The Four-Way Test' in their business, personal and community lives. Now translated into over 100 languages, the 'Four-Way Test' is as follows:

  1. Is it the TRUTH?
  2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
  3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
  4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

    Sturminster Newton Rotary is a fun, friendly and welcoming club working to change lives and we welcome all prospective new members. If you would like to find out more about becoming a Rotarian, please contact the club Membership Officer, using the 'contact' form in the link on the top navigation bar. 

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    The Big Lunch - Free Community Event

    Sun, Jun 1st 2025 12:00 pm

    The Big Lunch - Free Community Event

    The BIG LUNCH! Our popular community-wide and FREE event will return again on Sunday the 1st of June 2025

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    Meetings & Venue

    Where and when:

    We meet on Tuesdays at 1845

    (2nd & 4th Tuesdays - we usually meet at The Plough in Manston contact Secretary for variations.) The Plough
    Shaftesbury Road
    Manston
    Sturminster Newton
    DT10 1HB

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