Heritage trail

Rotary St Helens in partnership with the Council and other key partners is creating a Heritage Trail around this famous Borough of ours.

Rotary St Helens in partnership with the Council and other key partners is creating a Heritage Trail around this famous Borough of ours. President of Rotary Club of St Helens Paul Winstanley stated “St Helens is steeped in history on how this town of ours became world beaters. By creating a heritage trail around the Borough will increase the community’s awareness; sense of pride of our St Helens Borough and raise young people and older generation’s aspirations, it will also be a benefit to our local economy. The plan is to have the first Heritage Sites in place before the Rugby World Cup in 2022. The first sites include, Totally Wicked Stadium, The Hotties, Cannington Shaw, Parish Church, Friends Meeting House and the Historical Centre of St Helens. This project will really complement the plans the Council have to regenerate our Town Centre, exciting times ahead, watch out more exciting updates in the near future”.

Tanya Wilcock ,St Helens Council stated “As Director of Communities with responsibility to deliver on our Heritage Strategy, our partnership with Rotary St Helens allows us to deliver one of the key actions within that strategy which are Heritage Walking Trails within the borough. St Helens has a wealth of heritage and history shaped by the Industrial Revolution and driven by innovation.  The natural resources of coal, sand and water provided the foundations for industry to grow which led to England’s first canal and a significant section of the world’s first passenger railway. Innovation still plays its part in St Helen’s borough today and these Heritage Trails which the Council and the Rotary are working on together will bring residents and visitors on a journey of discovery. This will help our young people and older generations to be inspired and to understand how their future and the future of their town continues to build on that proud heritage“.

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St Helens Rotary Club and St Helens Council

St Helens Rotary Club and St Helens Council are installing a dozen plaques around St Helens town centre to create a heritage trail to celebrate the town's proud history. Click on the QR Code

Membership

Team Leader - Simon Hairsnape

Walk in the Sand Dunes

Public Relations

Team Leader - Keith Unsworth

Garden tidy up

Pupils share card joy with care residents

Rotary St Helens helps the community to find help during COVID During 2022

Congratulations

The Looking Glass

Our Monthly Newsletter

Collection of usable coats for use by the needy

Words that define us

A small village Rotary club called Mhasla on a social visit.

On a recent family visit Monoj paid a visit to a local Rotary club

Latest member to our family of Rotary

Clean up St Helens Canal

We are always looking to swell our membership

Youth/Interact

Team Leader - Derek Downey

Cleaning Up

Tanya Wilcock, St Helens Borough Council's Director of Communities

Nominations @AccordWills Community Impact Award @prideofsthelens @sthelensrotary Wonderland Community Centre @ThinkFASTAcad And the Winner are St Helens Rotary @sthelensrotary @sthelensstar

Rotary St Helens in partnership with the Council and other key partners is creating a Heritage Trail around this famous Borough of ours.

Joint production with Cowley International College Choir & St Helens Rotary of Heritage song

Fund Raising

Team Leader - Steve Culley

Keeping St Helens Warm

Collecting usable unwanted coats for distribtion to the needy

Santa and his helpers getting ready in Eccleston

Santa was in Eccleston

A warm welcome for those fleeing Ukraine

Our warm welcome has been supporting those seeking sanctuary in St Helens from every continent for almost seven years. This year they include those fleeing the war in the Ukraine.

Keynote speaker last night was John Tabern Chairman of the St Helens Town Deal Board

Rotary gets involved

Foundation

Team Leader - John Frodsham

The opening of the first St Helens Heritage Trail. St Helens Rotary in Partnership with St Helens Council has created and delivered the First trail at the Hotties. The opening ceremony took place at The World of Glass. Visitors with the use of QR code

Photo Archive

Photos which have been used in the website

President Paul Winstanley pictured with D.G. Eric Russell

District Governor Eric Russell is pictured with President Paul Winstanley at our 98th Charter

Keynote Speakers Sophie O'Neill and Janice McLeod

We have adopted St Helens Central Station

Simon Hairsnape elected St Helens Rotary Centenary President 2023-2024

Looking Glass Archive

All our yesterdays!

Our first BBQ of the year

Max Woosey Jnr known as The Tent Boy

Rotary St Helens approached Northern asking whether they could adopt Central Station. Northern agreed as they are always seeking for community groups to adopt their stations to help them to become a community station.

Charity Run

The centre has been leased from St. Helens Council by local people who are all volunteers and have become a not for profit registered charity. We want the centre to be the hub of the community working to meet the residents ever changing need.

Bonfire & Fireworks

Paul Winstanley President 2021-2022

The Club from time to time awards Paul Harris Fellowships to honour the founder of Rotary International and acknowledge the service which the recipients have given to community.

Come and join us

New Member for our Rotary Family. Local business man David Sheridan joins the team. Pictured with President Paul Winstanley and Membership Lead Simon Hairsnape

We visited a small village called Mhasla on a social visit.

Charity fundraiser

Twenty members of St Helens Rotary and volunteers embarked on a Litter Pick down the St Helens Canal (Hotties).