Rotary Children's Fun Day

Rotary Children's Fun Day provides positive experiences for some of the UK's most vulnerable and disadvantaged children.

Rotary Children's Fun Day provides positive experiences for some of the UK's most vulnerable and disadvantaged children.

The programme is organised by Rotary Clubs across the country. It is supported by Kids in Mind, a children's charity that offers mental health and wellbeing support for children escaping domestic violence.

For more than 3 decades, Rotary has been giving disabled and disadvantaged young peple the chance to enjoy new experiences, taste adventure and have fun trips and days out.

More than 1 million children have enjoyed a break from the ordinary in a range of ways.

Exciting activities within school settings
A taste of the arts with theatre visits
Trips out to theme parks, activity centres, zoos, seaside resorts and more

All of this is made possible thanks to Rotary clubs, who help to organise and fund activities, with many Rotary members also volunteering a helping hand. It brings fun into the lives of children who often have come from difficult backgrounds, escaped domestic violence, or are disadvantaged in a number of ways.

For 2025, Rotary is planning to give at least another 30,000 children that special experience.

Locally five clubs: Dumfries, Dumfries Devorgilla, Annan & District, Lockerbie & District and Thornhill & District work together to organise and fund a summer and Christmas event each year...

In 2025 these events will be in June and December

On Monday 9 June, a Rotary Children's Fun Day for Primary and Secondary pupils in supported learning in our area, at The S.R.U.C Barony Campus
The Rotary Children's Christmas Party will be held over two days for the first time this year at the Cairndale Hotel in Dumfries:

the Primary Pupils' party will be on Monday 1 December

the Secondary Pupils' party on Tuesday 2 December

Want to get involved with either sponsorship or children's entertainment?

Please contact Rab Smith on 07816 633460

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Inaugural Kite Festival

Images from the first Rotary Annan & District Kite festival, in conjunction with Annan The History Town, held Sunday 27 August 2023

On Saturday 21 September 2024 we supported the annual Annan Harbour Festival with a stall with candy floss, children's games, bric a brac.

Rotary Young Artist Competition 2021-22

District 1020 Heat Junior Category, High Commended Nadia Grzechowiak, St Columba’s RC School, Annan Congratulations!

Defibrillator Awareness Session

Community support by growing potatoes for free use by charities and local people

Eastriggs School project for Lend with Care

2018/19 Primary School Young Artist

Excellent speaker

Youth Services

Rotary is committed to offering young people opportunities to unlock their potential, develop their skills and broaden their horizons.

Primary School Quiz winner 2023 - Newington School

Congratulations to the 2023 winners

Young people are our future and we work very closely with our local schools on a number of exciting projects

Local Primary school leavers all presented with scientific calculators

Presentations to the winners of Rotary Young Writer competition and donations to Christmas collection recipients

Rotary Children's Fun Day provides positive experiences for some of the UK's most vulnerable and disadvantaged children.

With rising energy costs and food bills, there are many living locally who will struggle to keep warm in the coming months and local groups are trying to reach out to them and offer some warmth and support.

Annan & District Rotary have purchased a quantity of Sherpa Blankets to be donated towards a local initiative in Annan providing warm blankets to local residents struggling to afford heating over the coming winter months.

Our Young Chefs Mya and Tyler competed in the Scotland final of Young Chef 2023 - 2024

Rotary Children's Fun Day