Founded 1916; R.I.B.I. Club No. 13
Charity Fund Charity Registration No. 507525
Introducing the Rotary Club of Leicester Officers and Committees, 2009- 2010 Presidential Address and Work Programme for 2009 - 2010 Neigbouring Clubs (Rotary District 1070) Information on the History of the Club: History of the Rotary Club of Leicester, Recollections of Leicester Rotary, 1939, by Founder Member Robert Holt Eighty-eight years of Rotary meetings and meeting places in Leicester by Patrick Boylan, 2006 Rotary Links: Inner Wheel District 7 (East Midlands) Rotary Club of Guimaraes, Portugal (Leicester's Twin Club) Visiting other Clubs: Search engine to find where 33,000 Rotary Clubs meet worldwide General Leicester & Leics. Information Leicestershire Chamber of Commerce
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Our weekly meetings:Members meet each Monday lunchtime (except Bank Holidays) in the city centre at the Ramada Leicester Hotel (formerly the Grand Hotel and then the Ramada Jarvis Leicester Hotel), Granby Street, Leicester, LE1 6SE (tel. 0844 815 9012). (Click here for location and travel directions, including a Google Map)Visiting Rotarians and guests meet from 12 noon in the bar, with a two course lunch available for collection from the Servery from 12.30 pm onwards (last serving of main course at 1. 05 pm). At 1.15 pm we have a speaker who gives us an insight into many and varied aspects of our community and international issues, and the formal close of the meeting is at 1.45 pm, though members and guests are encouraged remain for fellowship to 2 pm if business or professional commitments permit this.To assist with the catering, will visiting Rotarians and other visitors please inform the Club by 10 am. on our Visitors and Apologies Telephone Line: (tel. 0116-242.5350)Current Club meetings programme:Monday lunches16th
November: First Business Meeting, including Election of Principal Officers for 2010-
2011 (The locally-based Fuchs
Foundation commemorates the life and work of explorer Sir Vivian Fuchs, whose 1956-58
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition inspired a generation of school children. Today
the Fuchs Foundation aims to inspire future generations by sending young geography and
science teachers to the Polar Regions to do scientific projects the harshest of
conditions, and through this inspire their own teaching, that of their colleagues, and
encouraging their students to study science and geography.) 2010 4th January: Annual New Year Address by the Bishop of Leicester, Rt. Rev. Tim Stevens Other dates for your diary Saturday 14th November: 6.00pm for 6.30pm. Charity Event organised with Asaf and Freda Hussein at the National Space Centre: An Evening of Intercultural Entertainment, Refreshment and Information to Help END POLIO NOW.The National Space Centre is in Exploration Drive, LE4 5NS (accessed via Corporation Road, off the A6 Abbey Lane, about a mile north of the City Centre. Plenty of secure, free parking. Just £20 per person. Bring family members and friends. Book your places by contacting Rtn Robert Mansfield on <robertrmansfield@btinternet.com> or tel. 0116.270-8284. Friday 11th December: Carol Service, St Mary's Parish Church, Knighton Becoming a Rotarian
Rotary In Britain and Ireland's new 'How to Join Rotary' web page and video Membership of Rotary is by invitation, but the Rotary Club of Leicester always welcomes enquiries from professional and business men and women and community leaders living and/or working in the City and County:Click here to e-mail our Membership
Committee Rotary Club of Leicester contacts: Secretary: Bob Collins, 1 Kestrel Close, Leicester Forest East, Leicester, LE3 3NN, tel./fax: 0116-238.7320, E-mail: RB.Collins @ btinternet.com Speaker Finder: Bernard Greaves Web Editor: Patrick Boylan Click here for the full list of Officers and Committee Chairmen© 2009, Rotary Club of Leicester. The titles "Rotary" and "Rotary International", and the various Rotary logos and images are © Rotary International Inc. and Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland. Website last updated: 6th November 2009. Web Editor: Patrick Boylan |
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