About our Club
Meetings: Thursdays 7.30 for 7.45. (Business meetings: 4th Thursday each
month)
By invitation - contact secretary@rarc.org.uk.
Lawn Hotel. 74 Bath Road, Reading RG30 2BE (part of Parkside International
Hotel).
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Help others through fund raising and community service
Make new friends and business contacts
Meetings
Reading Abbey is one of six Rotary Clubs in Reading
and many more in the Thames
Valley region. Our 40 members meet for dinner
with a speaker on Thursday evenings and also at social events such as Sunday
pub walks and informal family get-togethers. There is also a golf
group within the Club.
Fund raising
Through public events such as a golf tournament, a St George's Day dinner,
a charity run in Englefield House park and others we raise up to £20,000
a year for charitable projects chosen by
Club members. These are primarily local where our support can make a difference.
We also contribute to national and international appeals.
Community service
From mock job interviews for school leavers to visiting elderly war veterans
and helping primary school children with reading difficulties there's a variety
of opportunities for all our members to
play their part.
Youth programmes
We are active in a range of world-wide Rotary initiatives to develop tomorrow's
leaders and build greater international understanding, such as exchange study
visits for young professionals with overseas Clubs. We also organise the southern
region finals of a Rotary-sponsored youth debating contest.
World wide welcome
Other Clubs meet on different evenings, or at lunch time or over breakfast,
to suit members’ circumstances.
And wherever you travel, at home or abroad, as a Rotarian you will be welcomed
as a friend at a local Rotary Club. There are 1.2 million Rotarians in 32,000
Clubs
in 200 countries and any Rotarian is entitled to attend any of their meetings.
Want to join us?
Rotary membership is by invitation
but we welcome anyone of any age, race, culture or creed who wants to give
back to the community through working together for others.
Come along to one of our meetings as our guest and get to know us better.
For an invitation email secretary@readingabbeyrc.org.uk.