The Rotary Club of Arbury 

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Don Bunney

 

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Club Chartered
5 December 1978

Registered Charity
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1033087.

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WELCOME TO THE  ROTARY CLUB OF ARBURY WEBSITE

I am proud to be a founder member of the Rotary Club of Arbury which was Chartered in 1978.  With 1.3million members worldwide Rotary International is the biggest service organisation in the world.  As members of Rotary International we give of our time freely as our motto “Service above Self” signifies. 

The Rotary Club of Arbury supports a number of local projects such as the Mary Ann Evans Hospice, the Air Ambulance, Help For Heroes, Acorns Children's Hospice etc.  An international project which we, like all other Rotary Clubs support, is “Thanks for Life – End Polio Now” campaign.  Rotary is collaborating with the World Health Organisation and others to try and wipe out this crippling disease. 

Our Club has a programme of many interesting speakers attending our weekly meetings.  We have local people working for the benefit of the local community, visiting overseas students and many charities each presenting a very different view on life. 

We recently contributed towards the cost of a group of young people from the Camp Hill Children's Group attending an activity weekend on Cannock Chase.  In early July, at the Civic Hall in Bedworth, we presented in association with three local dance schools, DANCE X 3 with approximately 250 young performers enthralling a capacity audience. Annually we hold “Safety Show” which this year saw around 700 school children from years 1 & 2 attending.  They were told of the dangers in the home, on the roads and in the swimming pool.  They saw the inside of a St John ambulance, were told of the dangers of fire by the Fire and Rescue Service and also instructed in the use of the 999 emergency phone calls. 

The Rotary Club of Arbury is a very friendly club and is very active in trying to help others less fortunate be they local or overseas.  With collections and donations we were able to dispatch seven “Shelter Boxes” to Haiti to help the survivors of the earthquake.

 Joining Rotary is by invitation but if you think you would like to put something back into society then elsewhere on this website are details of who to contact if you are interested in being a member of the Rotary Club of Arbury.

Don Bunney

President

WHERE IS ARBURY?

The Rotary Club of Arbury is part of Rotary International’s District 1060. District 1060 is at the heart of England, covering Birmingham and the West Midlands, including parts of Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Staffordshire. From Lichfield in the North to Shipston-on-Stour in the South, from Rugby in the East to Bewdley in the West it serves those multi-racial communities which are truly at England’s heart.

 The Rotary Club of Arbury is based in Nuneaton, which is a Warwickshire town very close to the geographical centre of England and in George Eliot country.

The name Arbury comes from the local Arbury Hall, known as the Gothic Gem of the Midlands, and the home of the Newdegate family for centuries.

The author George Eliot ( Mary Ann Evans) was born in 1819 on the Arbury Estate and lived in Griff House ( now a hotel) for 21 years. She is commemorated in many ways in the town. The large George Eliot Hospital and the nearby Mary Ann Evans Hospice are living memorials to her and her book titles and their characters feature widely as names in the town, the schools and hospital wards; there is a nice statue to her memory in the town centre. 

Rotary International is the world's largest service organisation for business and professional people, with some 1.2 million members in over 200 countries world-wide.

Great Britain and Ireland has over 56,000 Rotarians in 1838 Clubs, helping those in need and working towards world understanding and peace. 'Service above Self' is the organisation's motto.

Not a Rotarian?

Rotary is a worldwide organisation of 1.2 million men and women providing humanitarian and educational support to local and international communities. Are you looking for a challenge and interested in helping your fellow mankind? Then read on at www.ribi.org and at ‘What is rotary?

Arbury Rotary club meets each Thursday evening at the Weston Hall  Hotel in Bulkington, Nuneaton  7.30pm for 8.00pm. If you think you may be interested in coming along to one of our meetings, click on this link to contact our Secretary
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