YORKSHIRE SCHOOLBOY WINS ROTARY YOUNG CHEF 2008
20th April 2008
Thomas Souter won the Rotary Young Chef in association with Filippo Berio 2008 competition with a splendid three course meal at Rotary’s Great Britain and Ireland Final, at Westminster Kingsway College in London on Saturday 19th April.

Cancer awareness campaign triumph
10 April 2008
The Institute of Cancer Research and Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI) have announced success in their joint cancer awareness campaign.

ROSA BRANSON’S ROTARY PAINTING UNVEILED AT HOUSE OF LORDS
19th March 2008
A painting by Rosa Branson, one of London’s foremost painters, entitled Service above Self, was unveiled today by Baroness Hayman, The Lord Speaker, in the River Room at The House of Lords, in front of an audience of politicians, business people and diplomats.

Rotary’s $100 Million Challenge launched to Rotary Clubs to end polio
23rd February, 2008 
A GIANT ROTARY WHEEL AND THE WORDS "END POLIO NOW" was  beamed onto the side of the House of Commons to the left of Big Ben on Rotary International's 103rd Birthday on Saturday, 23rd February -- to start a challenge to raise $100 million to help finally to eradicate polio from the world. 

ROTARIANS MEET BILL GATES AT WORLD LEADERS LUNCH
30 January 2008
Allan Jagger President of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland today met Bill Gates at the IoD World Leaders Lunch in London.

ESSEX ROTARY CLUBS RAISE OVER £35,000 FOR ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL
11 January 2008
Rotary Clubs in Essex have raised over £35,000 for The Royal Marsden Drug Development Unit.

More Rotary Flood Disaster Appeal Projects announced
8 January 2008
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland announce today the third batch of projects to be allocated funding from the Rotary Flood Disaster Appeal.

Polio survivor returns to birthplace to help eradicate the disease
that changed the course of his life
5 December 2007
Thirty-year-old polio-survivor Gautam Lewis of London traveled last month to his birthplace of India to help in the effort to immunize some 75 million children under the age of five against polio

Rotary International and Gates Foundation together commit
$200 million to eradicate polio
26 November 2007
Rotary International today announced a partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that will inject a much-needed US$200 million into the global campaign to eradicate polio.

More Rotary Flood Disaster Appeal Projects announced
16 November 2007
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland announce today the second batch of projects to be allocated funding from the Rotary Flood Disaster Appeal.

Celebration for worldwide peacemaker programme
31 October 2007
The city of Bradford is hosting a celebration of a programme that sees around 12 international peace fellows come from around the world to study at the University of Bradford every year.

HULL FREEDOM TRAIL SEND OFF
25 October 2007
On Thursday 25th October at 6.30pm, the Lord Mayor of Hull and the Mayor of Freetown  escorted the Hull Freedom Trail convoy from Victoria Square to the Ferry where they began their 4,500-mile journey to Freetown, Sierra Leone

ShelterBox provides rare glimpse from inside North Korea
23rd October 2007
An exceptional glimpse of life inside one of the world’s most isolated regimes – North Korea – has been provided thanks to the disaster relief charity ShelterBox.

Rotary Flood Disaster Appeal Projects announced
17 October 2007
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland announce today the first batch of projects to be allocated funding from the Rotary Flood Disaster Appeal.

Naomi Campbell's Fashion For Relief Taking London's Catwalk By Storm
19 September 2007
Star Studded Fashion Show To Benefit The Rotary Flood Disaster Appeal

The Excitement of Science!
18 September 2007
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland, and the Royal Institution, London, are pleased to announce the official launch of ‘The Excitement of Science 2008’.

Rotary Flood Disaster Appeal Reaches £270,000
7 September 2007
Rotary Clubs across the country have responded to the national Rotary Flood Disaster Appeal set up in response to the devastation caused by the recent flooding.

The Duchess of Cornwall becomes ShelterBox President
20th August 2007
The Duchess of Cornwall is to become President of ShelterBox, the Cornwall-based disaster relief charity set up by the Rotary Club of Helston-Lizard.

ROTARY AND SCOUTING CHIEFS MEET AT SCOUT WORLD JAMBOREE
August 17th 2007 
President of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland Allan Jagger, a Scout of many years standing, and currently President of the West Yorkshire Scouts Council, was present at the World Jamboree in Essex celebrating 100 years of scouting.

FIFTEEN LONDON WELCOMES ‘ROTARY YOUNG CHEF 2007’ ANNA FARRELL
August 15th 2007
Anna Farrell, winner of Rotary Young Chef  2007 in association with Filippo Berio Olive Oil, is spending today at Fifteen London, founded by Jamie Oliver.

Aid for 500,000 disaster victims from UK charity
7 August 2007
A unique UK charity marks a remarkable achievement today – the provision of aid for half a million disaster victims worldwide.

Rotary Flood Disaster Appeal Reaches £80,000
6 August 2007
Rotary Clubs across the country have responded to the national Rotary Flood Disaster Appeal set up in response to the devastation caused by the recent flooding. Appeals were set up initially by Rotary in Yorkshire and Gloucestershire but when other areas became affected, a central appeal was launched with a separate fund. To date Rotarians have responded magnificently, both in service and fund raising and more than £80,000 has been raised. Specific examples have been Rotarians working with first responders, filling sand bags, helping in community halls with social services, looking after those displaced from their homes, cleaning and flushing toilets with buckets of water, collecting and laundering people’s clothes, distributing bottled water, essential food supplies and fuel. Rotarians have also housed displaced persons and are now heavily involved in clean up projects.

Polio immunization campaign to protect nearly 5 million children in north of Sudan
Additional effort comes in face of polio case reported in neighbouring Chad
Khartoum, 5 August 2007. An estimated 4.9 million children across the north of Sudan will be targeted in a special round of polio immunization starting on Monday 6 August. Led by the Ministry of Health and backed by UNICEF, WHO and other partners, the three day campaign to protect children against the virus comes in response to reports of polio being discovered in neighbouring Chad.

ROTARIANS TO HOLD CENTENARY CONVENTION IN BIRMINGHAM
July 27th 2007
Rotary International has announced that Birmingham has been successful in its bid to host the 100th Rotary International Convention in June 2009.

YORKSHIRE BUSINESSMAN TO LEAD ROTARY INTERNATIONAL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
30th June 2007
Yorkshire businessman Allan Jagger will be inaugurated on June 30th as President of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland at The Royal Armouries, Leeds. 

Rotary helps world move closer to polio-free status
(SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – 17-20 June 2007) – In 2006, Rotary International contributed US$ 22.6 million and countless volunteer hours to help immunize more than 350 million children in 33 countries against polio – a crippling and sometimes fatal disease that still threatens children in parts of Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

Shadow Minister of Health helps promote Stroke & Health Awareness in Northwich Town Centre
20 May 2007
Last Saturday, The Rotary Club of Northwich Vale Royal ran a Stroke & Health Awareness Day in Northwich Town Centre.

Rotary acknowledged in BBC Reith Lecture
10 May 2007
There was a strong positive mention of the success of Polio Plus in the 5th Reith Lecture on Radio 4 given by Jeffrey Sachs on Wed 9th May "The control of polio, down by a factor of more than 100 in the past 20 years, has been championed by Rotary International, in collaboration with the World Health Organization."

YOUNG CHEF ANNA’S AN IMMACULATE WINNER
6 May 2007
Anna Farrell became Rotary Young Chef 2007 by producing an immaculate meal at Rotary’s Great Britain and Ireland Final at Lutterworth, Leicestershire on Saturday 5th May.

Rotary Clubs win a £175,000 grant for malaria project in Tanzania
23 April 2007
The Rotary Clubs of The Island & Royal Manor of Portland in the UK and Arusha in Tanzania  have been awarded a 3H Grant from the Rotary Foundation worth in total £175,000  to support the Rotarians Eliminating Malaria in Tanzania (REMIT) project.
This grant matches funds raised by Rotary Clubs in Great Britain and Ireland.

Rotary Stroke and Health Awareness Campaign At the House of Commons
23 April 2007
Some 450 Rotary Clubs are likely to have taken part in the annual partnership event this year. Based on past events some 60,000 members of the public will have blood pressure tests taken and in excess of 10% are likely to need referral to their GPs for professional advice.

Local community and business support funds new lifeboat
23 April 2007
Anstruther’s newest RNLI lifeboat, funded by the Fife Rotary clubs and Anstruther community, will be officially accepted into the RNLI fleet this weekend. The traditional ceremony will be held at midday on Saturday 28 April, at the Anstruther RNLI lifeboat station.

1000 CHILDREN BREAK  WORLD RECORD FOR KITE FLYING  AT ROTARY’S ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN BOURNEMOUTH
14 April 2007
82nd Annual Conference of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland
13-15th April 2007  The BIC, Bournemouth

ROTARY STROKE AND HEALTH AWARENESS DAY 28th April
17 April 2007
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland and The Stroke Association are teaming up for the sixth year running by offering free blood pressure checks and information to communities throughout the country on Saturday April 28th.

ROTARY HUMANITARIAN REPORTING AWARDS WINNER ANNOUNCED
17 April 2007
Rotary International Humanitarian Reporting Award  2007 was presented today to  Neal Butterworth, Editor, The Bournemouth Echo.

YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE SPOTLIGHT AT  ROTARY’S ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN BOURNEMOUTH
4 April 2007 
82nd Annual Conference of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland
13th-15th April 2007 Bournemouth International Centre

TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS PUT TO THE TEST IN ROTARY BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY TOURNAMENT
6 March 2007
HUNDREDS of students are due to test their technology skills and ingenuity today at a design and build competition.

Wexford Rotarian Ronan receives papal knighthood
6 March 2007
AN UNUSUAL ceremony took place at the 10:30 Mass in Castlebridge on Sunday morning, when Bishop Denis Brennan presented a knighthood to one of the Diocese’s longest serving lay people.

MISBOURNE MATINS ROTARIAN LEADS SUPPORT MISSION TO NEPAL
6 March 2007
People in a remote village in Nepal are toasting the health of local Rotarian Tony Robinson who recently led a month-long mission to Nepal as part of a project to instal a hydroelectric generator.

ROTARY TO EXTEND DEMENTIA CAMPAIGN
27 February 2007
A Dementia Campaign, offering support to families living with dementia, started by the Rotary Club of Tavistock last year is now being rolled out to other clubs in Devon and Cornwall.

Celebrity Support for World Book Day
21 February 2007
Oscar winning screenwriter, author and actor, Julian Fellowes will be supporting the Rotary Literacy campaign to mark World Book Day on March 1st. The Rotary Literacy campaign seeks to promote awareness of the RNIB Talking Books Service for the visually impaired, and the promotion of reading habits in the sighted adult community via the Rotary Rotating Books project.

ROTARY ESTABLISH  A POLICY ON GLOBAL WARMING 
14th February 2007
The challenge facing the world through global warming has recently been summarized in a UN report.

Filippo Berio joins Rotary and Fifteen to discover the UK and Ireland’s Top Young Chef
31st January 2007
Filippo Berio, the UK’s favourite Olive Oil, is delighted to announce that it will be working with Rotary and Fifteen – the restaurant founded by Jamie Oliver – to support Rotary’s renowned Young Chef Competition, Filippo Berio acting as sponsor for both the 2007 and 2008 events.

Kofi Annan Recognises Rotary’s Crucial Role In Polio Eradication
11 December 2006
Kofi Annan has delivered his final speech as United Nations Secretary General at the Truman Presidential Museum and Library in Independence, Missouri.

Rotary helps with sixth formers interview techniques.
10 December 2006
Sixth formers fron St John the Baptist School,  Woking have been helped with mock interview evenings by members of the Rotary Club of Woking District..

Star Studded Cast For ICR Christmas Carol Concert
6 December 2006
Rotary in Great Britain and Ireland  President Peter Offer joined a star studded cast for a memorable Carol Concert at the Royal Hospital Chelsea Chapel on Tuesday December 5th  hosted by the Institute of Cancer Research.  

‘One in a Million!’
27 November 2006
Hampstead man receives unique award
On Monday November 27, at the Rotary Club of London’s annual Stanley Leverton
Lunch, Hampstead Rotarian George Thompson was presented with a specially created plaque, marking him as the one millionth person to receive Rotary’s ‘Paul Harris Fellowship’.

Rotary International welcome government funding for polio
November 14th 2006
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland welcomes the announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, The Rt Hon Gordon Brown, on the International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm). The IFFIm will deliver 4 billion dollars over the next ten years to be spent on the immunisation of up to 500 million children in the world’s 70 poorest countries against preventable diseases like polio, measles and diphtheria. It is estimated this will save 5 million lives in the years up to 2015, and a further 5 million afterwards, and lead to the eradication of polio.

“RIBI President goes to prison!”
12 November 2006
On a recent visit to District 1220 RIBI President Peter Offer was very surprised when he was whisked away immediately after a lunch time meeting to look at a literacy project undertaken by the Rotary Club of Sherwood Sunrisers.

ShelterBox team deliver ‘school aid’
12 November 2006
An aid team helping earthquake victims in Kashmir has also delivered much-needed supplies to schools in the mountainous region.

Ealing Police Backs Cancer Awareness Drive
8 November 2006
The battle against cancer has gained a new recruit - Ealing Police has joined the ranks of organisations across the borough, who are taking part in a major drive to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of the disease.

Kite Flying Record Attempt At Rotary’s Annual Conference In Bournemouth
8 November 2006
82nd Annual Conference of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland
14-17th April 2006  The BIC, Bournemouth
Around 2500 deleagtes will be in Bournemouth for the annual conference of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland to be held at the Bournemouth International Centre from April 14-17, where a kite flying record attempt will be made on Friday morning on the beach front.

Bringing Peace Home… Global Challenges, Local Solutions
The Class IV Rotary World Peace Fellows Seminar
University of Bradford  November 4th
1st November 2006 
The Class IV Rotary World Peace Fellows will host a Peace Seminar at the University of Bradford on Saturday 4th November 2006. Rotarians and other business professionals from across the globe will attend  to celebrate the work of the Rotary World Peace Fellows.  The Deputy Lord Councillor John Godward will give an address.

CELEBRITIES LEAD THE PARADE FOR ROTARY AND THE INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH  AT THE LORD MAYOR’S SHOW - SATURDAY 11TH NOVEMBER, 2006
31 October 2006
Christopher Biggins and Lesley Joseph will be leading the parade on Saturday November 11th for Rotary International in Great Britain & Ireland and The Institute of Cancer Research at the Lord Mayor’s Show - the colourful procession, traditionally held on the second Saturday in November, in celebration of the appointment of the new Lord Mayor.

Pound Challenge creates hundreds of wheelchairs!
31 October 2006
Rotary District Governor Norman Jones put members on the spot with a challenge the minute he took up office in July this year.

Pakistan honors Rotary’s quake relief efforts
30 October 2006
The government of Pakistan has announced an award to recognize Rotary's swift response to the plight of survivors of a 7.6-magnitude earthquake, the worst in the country's history.

RECORD NUMBER OF ENTRIES FOR 25th ROTARY DISABLED SPORTS TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
26th October  2006
More than 300 disabled athletes will compete in the 25th Rotary Disabled Sports Team Championship to be held at the Midlands Sports Centre, Tile Hill, Coventry on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th November.

Rotary honors An Taoiseach Ahern for supporting a polio-free world
3 October 2006
In recognition of his country’s outstanding financial contribution to polio eradication, Rotary International today presented An Taoiseach Mr. Bertie Ahern, T.D. with the Polio Eradication Champion Award.

Rotary Clubs support Tesco National Collection for Barnardo’s
September 29th and 30th
Rotary Clubs throughout the country will be supporting the Tesco National Collection for Barnardo’s on Friday 29th September and Saturday 30th September at Tesco stores across the UK. Rotarians will join other Barnardo’s volunteer groups with the aim of raising £250,000 at 480 Tesco stores.

COVENTRY BUSINESSMAN TO LEAD ROTARY INTERNATIONAL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
July 1st 2006
Coventry businessman Peter L Offer was inaugurated today as President of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland at the Ricoh Stadium, Coventry.

Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland announce partnership with Pendragon plc
July 1st 2006
Today Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland  (RIBI) is launching its latest fundraising campaign,  with  the announcement of a partnership with Pendragon plc.

ROTARY LAUNCH A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH THE INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH
July 1st 2006
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland launches today a partnership with The Institute of Cancer Research to help raise awareness of the importance of early detection in the successful treatment of cancer.

ROTARY LAUNCH A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH  IMPACT
July 1st 2006
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI) launches today a partnership with   the IMPACT Foundation, a charity which focuses on preventing needless disability throughcaused by disease, lack of knowledge or shortage of health services.

ROTARY LAUNCH A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH WHEELCHAIR FOUNDATION UK
July 1st 2006
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI) launches today a partnership with   the Wheelchair Foundation UK, a charity which provides disabled people worldwide with new wheelchairs suitable for their environment.

MESSAGE FROM BRITISH AMBASSADOR IN INDONESIA
8th June 2006
I have just returned to Jakarta after spending today in Yogyakarta looking at the  damage and the relief efforts in the earthquake affected area around the city...

TONY BLAIR RECEIVES AWARD FOR UK’S FIGHT TO CREATE A POLIO-FREE WORLD
May 11th 2006
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair was today named Polio Eradication Champion by Rotary International. 

MEL GIBSON GIVES ROTARY $1 MILLION FOR MEXICO DISASTER RECOVERY
April 11th, 2006
While scouting locations for his film Apocalypto, Mel Gibson came upon a near apocalyptic situation in southern Mexico: the aftermath of Hurricane Stan.

GOVERNMENT MINISTER PRAISES ROTARY TECHNOLOGY TOURNAMENT
March 3rd, 2006
John Hutton, secretary of state at the Department for Work and Pensions praised the Rotary Technology Tournament when he called in to see the event in full flow in his constituency of Barrow and Furness.

THE LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY FROM ASIAN TSUNAMI
March 2nd, 2006
It’s been a year since Rotarians first responded to the South Asian tsunami they’re still hard at work.

NIGERIA IMMUNIZES OVER 30 MILLION CHILDREN
March 2nd, 2006
More than 30 million children received the oral polio vaccine during National Immunization Days in Nigeria, held 11-14 February.

THE CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE AGENDA FOR ROTARY’S ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN BELFAST
February 7th, 2006
81st Annual Conference of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland.

POLIO ENDEMIC COUNTRIES HIT ALL-TIME LOW OF FOUR
February 7th, 2006
Eradication drive enters new phase with global roll-out of monovalent vaccines.

ROYALS TO KICK START WESTONBIRT’S ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
January 19th, 2006
HRH The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will visit Westonbirt, the National Arboretum, on 30th January on a joint official visit that marks the start of the anniversary year for the National Arboretum and the end of the centenary celebrations for Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland.

SUN ONLINE CHILDREN’S HOSPICES CAMPAIGN
November 22nd, 2005
The Sun Online has launched a campaign to get the Government to increase its funding for terminally-ill kids in children's hospices.

VIRGIN ATLANTIC TO FUND FLIGHT FOR ROTARY AID FOR PAKISTAN
October 28th, 2005
Rotary Clubs in Great Britain and Ireland have been working around the clock to meet the urgent demands for aid in Pakistan.

ROTARY AID REACHES PAKISTAN AND INDIA
October 13th, 2005
Rotary Clubs in Great Britain and Ireland have responded to the Asian earthquake disaster by raising funds for Rotary Shelter boxes and  Rotary Aquaboxes, in response to requests from Rotary Clubs in Pakistan and India.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND WELCOMES GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR GLOBAL VACCINES ALLIANCE
September 9th, 2005
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland welcomes the announcement today by the Chancellor Rt Hon Gordon Brown that the UK will provide $130 million a year for the new Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunisation, to help vaccinate millions of children against diseases such as polio, hepatitis B  and tetanus in the world’s poorest countries.

ROTARY TSUNAMI DISASTER RELIEF FUND SUPPORTS SIX LONG TERM  PROJECTS
August 16th, 2005
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI) announce six major re-construction projects in areas affected by the tsunami in December, in India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.

ROTARY RAISES OVER £445,000 FOR AIDS ORPHANED CHILDREN IN RWANDA AND SOUTH AFRICA
August 15th, 2005
Rotary Clubs in Great Britain and Ireland announce today that they have raised over £445,000 in the last Rotary year to July, for Rotary’s Africa Hope to support aids orphaned children in Rwanda and South Africa.

ROTARY’S CENTENARY ROSE WINS INTERNATIONAL AWARD
August 8th, 2005
Winner of Gold Medal and Prize of the City of Belfast.

RI APPROVES US$250,000 FOR EMERGENCY POLIO IMMUNIZATIONS IN INDONESIA
August 3rd, 2005
Rotary International has approved a US$250,000 grant to the World Health Organization to fund polio immunization activities in Indonesia.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL WELCOME GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR POLIO
July 6th, 2005
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland welcome the announcement today by the Secretary of State for International Development Hilary Benn that the UK will provide £60 million to help eradicate polio and urges other world leaders at the G8 summit to do likewise.

WELLS ACCOUNTANT TO LEAD ROTARY INTO ITS SECOND CENTURY
July 1st, 2005
Wells accountant Mike Webb, is inaugurated today as President of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland.

ROTARY LAUNCHES PARTNERSHIP WITH MERCY SHIPS TO BENEFIT THE DISADVANTAGED IN AFRICA
July 1st, 2005
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland today launched a partnership with Mercy Ships, to bring health care to those who have no access to medical treatment, and to assist disadvantaged communities through sustainable development projects.

ROTARY LAUNCH A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH HEARING DOGS FOR DEAF PEOPLE
July 1st, 2005
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland launches today a partnership with Hearing Dogs for Deaf People to help sponsor hearing dogs and raise vital awareness of how a hearing dog transforms a deaf person’s life.

MPs MARK ROTARY'S CENTENARY –TUESDAY, 22ND FEBRUARY 2005
February 21st, 2005
On 22nd February, an early day motion will be signed by MPs from all parties marking One Hundred Years of Rotary, Early Day Motion from Tony Colman MP’s Office, To be tabled on 22 February 2005.

ROTARY CELEBRATES 100 YEARS WITH A QUIET REVOLUTION
February 15th, 2005
Rotary International celebrates its centenary on February 23rd. A recent MORI poll, examining public awareness and perception of Rotary, confirms the quiet revolution that has occurred within the organisation, especially in the last decade.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CENTENARY 23rd FEBRUARY 2005
February 10th, 2005
Rotarians all around the world will celebrate a century of service to their communities on February 23rd 2005.

ROTARY TO PAY TRIBUTE TO WORLD WAR TWO VETERANS AT VICTORY IN EUROPE AIR SHOW, IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM DUXFORD
February 10th, 2005
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland will pay tribute to World War Two veterans at the Victory in Europe Air Show at the Imperial War Museum Duxford on Saturday 7 May and Sunday 8 May 2005.

ROTARY RAISES OVER £1,000,000 FOR CHILDREN’S HOSPICES
February 8th, 2005
Rotary Clubs in Great Britain and Ireland announce today that they have raised £1,006,722 for children’s hospices in the last Rotary year to July.

LETTER FROM CRISPIN BLUNT MP PUBLISHED IN THE SURREY MIRROR
January 27th, 2005

AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY BACKS THE TSUNAMI APPEAL
January 17th, 2005
The South of England Agricultural Society is planning to boost the Tsunami Appeal at its flagship Show in June.

ROTARY CLUBS ASIAN DISASTER FUND RAISING REACHES £5 MILLION
January 12th, 2005
Funds raised by Rotary Clubs in Great Britain and Ireland for the Asian Disaster survivors have reached £5 million. Rotary Clubs responded quickly and continue to work tirelessly to assist communities affected by the earthquake and tsunami that devastated south Asia’s coastal regions on December 26.

ROTARY AID REACHES SRI LANKA AND INDIA
January 3rd, 2005
Rotary Clubs in Great Britain and Ireland have responded to the Asian Tsunami disaster by raising funds for Shelterboxes and Aquaboxes, in response to requests from Rotary Clubs in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and India. Eight hundred Aquaboxes and five hundred Shelterboxes have been shipped to India and Sri Lanka  in the last week to provide temporary homes and clean water for 10,000 victims of the Asian Tsunami.

ESTHER RANTZEN LAUNCHES NEW ROTARY HEART OF GOLD ROSE TO CELEBRATE ROTARY CENTENARY
August 2nd 2004
Esther Rantzen launched the Rotary Heart of Gold rose today and planted a rose tree in a new rose bed at Regent’s Park, to mark Rotary’s centenary in 2005.

EDINBURGH DENTIST TO LEAD ROTARY IN ITS CENTENNIAL YEAR
CIVIC RECEPTION AND INAUGURATION CEREMONY June 26th 2004
June 23rd, 2004

ROTARY RAISES £750,000 FOR CHILDREN’S HOSPICES
June 23rd, 2004
Rotary Clubs in Great Britain and Ireland announce today that they have raised £750,000 for children’s hospices in the last twelve months.

ROTARY’S AFRICA HOPE LAUNCHED FOR AIDS ORPHANED CHILDREN IN RWANDA AND SOUTH AFRICA
July 19th, 2004
Rotary’s Africa Hope is launched today by Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland in partnership with Hope and Homes for Children. This Rotary Centennial project is to help alleviate despair and deprivation for 5,000 children orphaned by AIDS or genocide.

ROTARY COMMUNITY FIRST RESPONDERS – A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH LIFESAVERS - THE ROYAL LIFESAVING SOCIETY UK - BRINGING HOPE TO OUR COMMUNITIES
July 1st, 2004
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland launches today a partnership with Lifesavers – The Royal Lifesaving Society UK to help save lives. This aims to raise public awareness of the issues surrounding cardiac arrest and the fact that many lives could be saved if those who suffer from a heart attack are given early treatment.

OVER 20,000 DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN TO BE TAKEN ON A DAY OUT TO REMEMBER
May 17, 2004
More than 20,000 children with special needs will once again take to land, water, air and rail for a fantastic day out as they join in the fun of the 15th annual Rotary KidsOut Day on Wednesday 9th June 2004.

ROTARY WORLD SENDS RELIEF TO VICTIMS OF IRAN QUAKE
January 20, 2004
Rotary clubs across the world are rallying to the aid of the victims of the devastating earthquake that flattened Bam, Iran, on the night of 26 December 2003. More than 30,000 residents of the 2,000-year-old city were killed and some 80,000 left homeless by the disaster.

BURNHAM ROTARIAN JOINS WATERAID TRIP TO MALAWI.
January 14, 2004
The daily struggle to find safe drinking water in Malawi will be experienced first-hand by Burnham Rotarian Ian Black.

ROTARY PARTNERSHIP WITH ACH OFF TO FLYING START WITH £150,000 RAISED
January 14, 2004
The partnership between Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland and the Association of Children’s Hospices announced in July has got off to a flying start. Rotary Clubs have participated in many fund raising events and in the first five months more than £150,000 has been donated by clubs to various hospices in Great Britain and Ireland. In addition Rotarians are giving hundreds of man hours each week at local hospices. Many Rotary Clubs organised events over the Christmas period, the Rotary Club of Windsor St George for example, had a wonderful Christmas concert which raised in the region of £3,500.

UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD TO HOST ROTARY WORLD PEACE CONFERENCE
September 2003
Peacemakers from across the globe are invited to attend a pioneering conference to promote global peace and understanding at the University of Bradford on Saturday, November 1, 2003.

BUTTERFLY TEA PARTIES PLANNED FOR CHILDREN'S HOSPICES WEEK
12th September 2003
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland announced today that it's clubs are planning Butterfly Tea Parties on Wednesday 24th September in support of the Association of Children's Hospices. Rotary Clubs are organising Butterfly Tea Parties in their communities to mark Children's Hospice Week. The butterfly is used by the Association of Children's Hospices to signify the short, fragile, beautiful lives of the children in the UK who have a condition which means they will not reach adulthood. Tea parties are being arranged in church halls, schools, sports and social clubs, offices, community centres and private homes for friends and colleagues.

GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR BLOOD PRESSURE READINGS
12th September 2003
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS has confirmed that Rotary International in Great Britain & Ireland and The Stroke Association have been successful in setting a new Guinness World Record for the number of blood pressure readings taken in one day. The official announcement coincides with the start of National Blood Pressure Testing Week and comes two weeks before The Stroke Association's annual Stroke Awareness Week which starts on Monday

NEW PRESIDENT OF ROTARY HIGHLIGHTS NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR HUMANITARIAN SERVICE AT HOME AND ABROAD
1st July 2003
The new President of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland is Brian Stoyel from Plymouth. On July 1st he became the leader of some 59,000 Rotarians who belong to 1,835 clubs in Great Britain and Ireland. Brian's priorities for the next twelve months are the children's hospices movement at home, and two overseas projects in Tanzania and Uganda. In 2003/2004 Rotary clubs will be asked to focus on these three new areas of support: Association of Children's Hospices; Rotarians Eliminating Malaria in Tanzania and Rotaract Overseas Projects, in Tanzania to construct a community centre, and in Uganda to build a School Clinic.

ROTARY RAISES US$88 MILLION TO FIGHT POLIO
June 2003
As part of Rotary's 20-year commitment to end polio by its 100th anniversary in 2005, the humanitarian service organization has announced that its 1.2 million members have successfully raised over US$88 million; surpassing its original goal of US$80 million.

OVER 20.000 DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN TO BE TAKEN ON A DAY OUT TO REMEMBER
May 2003
More than 20,000 children with special needs from all over Great Britain and Ireland will join the 14th annual Rotary KidsOut Day on Wednesday 11th June 2003. Rotary KidsOut Day is a day out promoted by KidsOut, the national charity for children with special needs and supported by Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland.

RECORD NUMBER OF BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS IN ONE DAY!
April 2003
Rotary Clubs in Great Britain and Ireland organized a record number of free blood pressure checks on Saturday April 5th , in communities throughout the country. More than 130,000 people had their blood pressure taken by qualified medical staff, courtesy of Rotary International in support of The Stroke Association. President Tony de St Dalmas made the announcement at the RIBI annual conference in Blackpool.

HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES OUTLINES WORLD WATER PROBLEM AT ROTARY CONFERENCE
April 2003
HRH The Prince of Wales has outlined the enormous extent of the global water and sanitation problems - which affect a third of the world's people - and discussed the practical solutions to these issues.Tthe Prince of Wales was speaking at The Rotary International Conference in Blackpool where he congratulated Rotarians for their support for WaterAid, which this year, is the preferred International charity of Tony de St Dalmas, President of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI).

PRINCE OF WALES SPEAKS ON WATERAID AT ROTARY CONFERENCE
March 2003
On Friday 11th April, HRH The Prince of Wales will attend The Rotary International Conference in Blackpool. The Prince of Wales will thank Rotarians for their support for WaterAid which provides safe water and sanitation to the world's poorest people and which, this year, is the preferred International charity of Tony de St Dalmas, President of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI).

FREE BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS - MAKE A DIFFERENCE
March 2003
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland and The Stroke Association are teaming up to Make a Difference by offering free blood pressure checks and information to communities throughout the country on Saturday April 5th.

TAKE A WINTER WALK TO HELP THOSE WHO CAN'T
Rotary to Mobilise a Million Walkers in Service Week in February
January 2003
Members of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland will be urging their communities to take a winter walk in week commencing 23rd February, 2003. Each walker will be asked to pay £1 subscription for the global polio eradication programme. The walk is not intended to be a marathon but a short walk of up to three miles; this could be around a public park, a school playing field, a football ground or even indoors on a treadmill! Local Rotarians hope to enlist the support of schools, sports clubs, church groups, youth groups, local organizations, families and friends.