Who Do We Support Locally?

These are some of the local projects we are involved in.

Rotary in Leyland started in 1953 and has helped many local charities and good causes by raising money and in other ways:

Locally:

Annual Charity Duck Race and Santa 'shake-a-can' collections - providing fun and entertainment whilst raising funds for selected local charities. Go to our Links page for further information.

Environmental Projects - we are collaborating with two other local Rotary Clubs to create a well-being/memorial garden at a local high school.

Helping Hand Fund - by being the major sponsor of Leyland Trucks' annual fundraising campaign by turning miles into money for local charities. For further information, click on 'More' - 'Links and News'

Leyland Barracudas Swimming Club - by sponsoring a poolside volunteer to gain accredited qualifications. For further information, click on 'More' - 'Links and News'

Leyland Festival - providing support to the Festival Committee in enabling this popular annual event to take place. For further information, click on 'More' - 'Links and News'

Wrap-Up Lancashire - by collecting, sorting and distributing unwanted warm clothing to people in crisis. For further information, click on 'More' - 'Links and News'

Leyland Foodbank - in collaboration with Leyland "Churches Together' and local supermarkets, providing physical and financial support to the foodbank.

Young People - through various Rotary programmes and competitions such as 'Youth Speaks' which is designed to improve the public speaking abilities of pupiles from our local schools and colleges, and one day 'Technology Tournament' events for multiple teams of four students to collectively design, build and test their solution to a previously unseen technology task. For further information, click on 'More' - 'Links and News'

Health Mela - supporting the local Health Mela inspired by one of our members who has been instrumental in promoting this initiative around the NW of England.

Galloway's Society for the Blind - sponsoring their Christmas Party and assisting on shopping days at a local supermarket. For further information, click on 'More' - 'Links and News'

'What We Do' Main Pages:

ROTARY QUIZZERS

After an absence of some years, Leyland Rotarians have returned to quizzing by entering the District’s 2024/25 inter-club competition.

2,095 coats distributed to 16 charities throughout central Lancashire (a 98% increase on last year). A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO DONATED UNWANTED COATS. You’ve made a real difference to your community.

We will be resuming the collection of unwanted children’s books in the New Year and would be grateful for your donations which will help children in our community.

Rotary’s Youth Speaks contributes to improving young people’s oracy skills. Students from local high schools competed in the heats of in November at Balshaw’s High School. Click on details for more information and the results.

President-elect Sue with the Friends of Leyland Station

New awards made to local volunteer organisations - including FRIENDS OF LEYLAND STATION and LEYLAND IN BLOOM.

Leyland Rotary's Christmas Collections for local charities will take place at Morrisons on 13th and 14th December, and at Tesco on 19th, 20th and 21st December. Santa will be there to help.

At the start of his presidential year, Rotarian Jim Costello outlined his hopes that in our 70th year we in Leyland Rotary will be able to expand our involvement with the local community.