Rotary Club of York
About us
1212-2012 celebration!
About the Rotary Club of York
The Rotary Club of York was inaugurated in 1921, and 2011 marked our 90th year!
We currently have around 75 members, male and female, and are a friendly, welcoming Club, with a range of events for Fellowship as well as our weekly lunch meetings.
We are very active in the York community, and along with many other community and fundraising activities we are the organisers of the annual York Rotary Dragon Boat Challenge on the River Ouse, which have raised more than £600,000 for charity since they were started in 2003.
over 90 Years of Service!
To read more about the 90-year history of our Club, click here
Interested in joining?
We are always keen to welcome new members...
Click below for information on how to join our Club.
The video below shows Rotarians from Great Britain and Ireland explaining the perceptions and reality of being a Rotary member.
More about Rotary, and the York Club
Our Club meets every Friday at 12.40 pm at the Churchill Hotel in Bootham. Lunch is normally followed by a guest speaker. The meeting finishes promptly at 2.00 pm.
We are one of 78 clubs in District 1040, which covers large parts of North and West Yorkshire. The club was inaugurated in 1921 and has around 75 members. There are two other Rotary Clubs in York – the Rotary Clubs of York Ainsty and York Vikings
You'll make firm friends as well as worthwhile business contacts; you'll learn valuable new skills
Many of our charitable activities are detailed on other pages notably the annual York Rotary Dragon Boat Challenge but in addition to the wide range of local charities supported the Club has also contributed to many overseas projects including the eradication of polio, bringing clean water to villages, and many disaster appeals.
Through our various activities, fellowship and friendship is developed. Our social events are many and varied, formal and informal, sporting and otherwise; please consult our diary page for examples.
Rotary is the world's largest service organisation with 1.2 million members, in 32,000 clubs, in over 200 countries of the world. Rotary membership is open to business and professional people.
The objectives of Rotary are the same throughout the world. They include the maintenance of high standards in business and professional practices, the promotion of community service, the advancement of international understanding, and the development of fellowship.
Each club is autonomous in its activities and has the freedom to select the local, national, or international projects it wishes to support. Members attend regularly at the weekly meetings of their own club but are also welcome as visitors at other clubs.
To learn more about Rotary Basics
click here
and grow as a person; and you'll be sure of a warm welcome from other Rotarians around the world whenever you're on your travels.
As a Rotarian, there's a vast array of things you can get involved in, from organising events and competitions, supporting local charities and developing young people, to assisting with disaster relief and fighting diseases and poverty worldwide.
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