ABOUT ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI) has over 55,000 members in more than 1,800 clubs. It is part of Rotary International, the world's first service organisation.
Members enjoy business and social opportunities while giving something back to those less fortunate. We learn new skills and have a lot of fun doing so. Why not join us!
About Hedge End Breakfast Rotary Club
HEBRC meet on Tuesdays at The Botley Park Hotel, Botley, SO32 2UA, Tel. 0844 879 9034. On the first three Tuesdays of the month we meet for breakfast at 07:00 a.m. for 07:15 a.m. On the fourth Tuesday we meet for dinner at the same venue at 7:00 p.m. for 7:15. If there is a fifth Tuesday, we organise a different event - a social gathering without specific Rotary business, perhaps a visit to a place of general interest.
At HEBRC we run a number of regular fund raising events, along with a number of events aimed at supporting the local community and humanitarian causes throughout the world, such as Elimination of Polio in Africa and provision of a solar powered fridge for medicines in Mali (in conjunction with our friends in the Rotary Club of Nantes Dobree).
HEBRC is a Registered U.K. Charity (Charity Commission Number 1125944)
Our main fund raising has been through collecting outside a major local supermarket and parading the residential areas of Hedge End with our Carol Float.; an annual evening "event" at Exbury Gardens, near Beaulieu; regular Golf Days; an annual rally for classic and modern motor cycles. see http://www.hedgeendrotarybikerun.co.uk : Jazz on the Solent and several smaller events. Our annual contribution to local and international causes is around £10,000.
The people and organisations that we have supported over the last few years include:-
Hedge End Teenage Drop-in Centre
Restoration of Botley Market Hall
Countess Mountbatten Trust
Hampshire & I o W Air Ambulance
Life Education Centre
The Stroke Association
Impact
Mali Solar Fridges Project (with Rotary Club of Nantes Doubree)
Mongol Rally
Bill Gates Polio Appeal (via Rotary International)
Members
Our members are drawn from Hedge End and the surrounding area, including Bishops Waltham, Curdridge, Locks Heath, Bitterne, Titchfield and even Selsey!
Club Management
The management of the Club is in the hands of the Council, consisting of the Office Bearers and the chairpersons of the different Committees. The Council meets once a month
