Welcome

Rotary Club of Nottingham

Welcome to the Nottingham Rotary Club website. Rotary clubs, like Nottingham, enable people to give some of their time to help make the world a better place under the ideal of 'Service above Self'.

So we like to think that a little of the blood of our illustrious ancestor and his merry men and women still courses through our veins.

It is sometimes difficult to make a difference on your own and it can get a bit lonely too. But when you are a member of the world's largest service organisation with 1.2 million members and 33,000 clubs in 200 countries, you can achieve great things together and it can be very rewarding.

Liker the project Leni Gelblum is running for our club to raise £250,000 to register half of Nottingham's under-fives on the Dolly Parton Imagination Library Scheme to support literacy in the City.

It is also more effective doing things together as each of us has individual skills which also give an opportunity to network professionally. An active social programme makes it fun too. Some of the aspects of Rotary are listed below and if you want to know more about what we do at Nottingham go to the Club News Page, and more about rotary go to the Visitor's Area. If you want to contact us, e-mail Tony at sec.nottm@tinykong.com or ring 01159 301222




Business Connection – Do you want to expand your business network?

Rotary began as a business network in Chicago in 1905 when a lawyer Paul Harris and three business friends, a mining engineer, a tailor and a coal merchant  decided to meet together to provide humanitarian service to their community. The members chose the name Rotary because initially they rotated subsequent weekly club meetings to each other's offices.

Today, in addition to its humanitarian aims the organisation aims to encourage high ethical standards in business life through its Vocational Service. This includes promoting the ‘the fourway test’ in business and ‘walking the talk’ in our actions in the workplace, community and family life. We also try to recognise and promote the value of all useful occupations by arranging job talks and/or tours of members business premises. Some clubs will sponsor a career day for Rotarians to bring young people to their places of business to educate them about career opportunities.

We support professional development in a number of ways. At Nottingham we organise an open Business Network Meeting with business focused speakers and debate. This is aimed at small business entrepreneurs and managers to support the local business community and introduce them to Rotary. Pictured left Dr John Walsh, Head of Cardiology Services at the Queens Medical centre and the City Hospital giving an enlightening talk on how to look after your heart in a high pressure job. 

For those visitors that go on to join Rotary they can enjoy the mentoring of our experienced business and professional members and a warm welcome to an international network of 33,000 clubs across 200 countries. If you are an exporter this can be a very effective way of understanding the culture of an overseas market. Pictured right is one of our twin clubs, Rotary Club of Philadelphia participating in an information exchange Skype session with Nottingham.



(under reconstruction) Community Connection – Would you like to help your local community?

The Rotary Club of Nottingham acts as a community service group by engaging with the local community in many ways but most importantly in the areas of community health, community support and the environment.

It might be providing a mobile health check for blood pressure in our local supermarket or driving pensioners to a Christmas lunch who would otherwise spend it all alone. It might be spending an hour a week helping a young child in a local school with their reading skills and then celebrating with them when they pass their examinations. Community service is the main reason why many of us choose to join an organisation such as Rotary. To combine it with fun and really making a difference is a powerful combination. 

International Connection – Would you like to help provide international aid to those in need?

At Nottingham we get involved in a number of international aid projects. We have provided a number of Aquaboxes to disasters abroad. Based in Wirksworth, Aquabox sends water purification kits to victims of natural disasters, wars and poverty. The devices are packed inside a blue plastic box, which also includes essentials such as tools, cooking equipment and hygiene items.They have been used in Haiti following the devastating earthquake in the Caribbean country which killed 200,000 people and left more than one million homeless.

The Rotary Christmas Pudding makes you feel really good after your Christmas Dinner. That's because every one we sell clears a square metre of landmines in a one time battle zone somewhere in the world.
You can visit any Rotary Club anywhere in the world and you will be made welcome. In May 2010 we visited Randers Rotary Club in Demark one of the clubs with which we are twinned internationally. More details

Sister organisations - how else you can be involved

Inner Wheel is part of International Inner Wheel which is the largest women's Voluntary Service Organisation in the world with around 100,000 members and with clubs in over 100 countries and geographical locations around the world. Founded originally by the womenfolk of Rotarians they share similar aims to those of Rotary International, with which they continue to maintain strong links.

Nottingham Rotaract is part of a fun, dynamic and unique International organisation for people aged 18-30, offering a wide range of activities that will enable you to try something new, whilst having a great time and meeting others. Rotaractoffers a wide choice of social activities, actively supports your local community, raises money for charity and gives you the opportunity to develop your personal skills and gain new life experiences in the UK and abroad. There are about 100 clubs in Great Britain and Ireland, and more than 7,600 in 158 countires around the world. Each club organises its own social activities, which could just be a trip down the pub, ten-pin bowling, or maybe a meal, a theatre trip, or even a holiday abroad.