Blandford and Stour Rotary

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Blandford and Stour Rotary The Rotary Club of Blandford and Stour supports good causes and projects in the Blandford area and in A little about what we do is described below.

The Rotary Club of Blandford and Stour is active in the Blandford area community, nationally and internationally. We support good causes and projects in the Blandford area and in the wider Rotary arena. We are friendly club of 30 members who all live in the Blandford area. We welcome volunteers to help us serve the local community without any commitment, and have a membership plan to suit all life styles and age groups. Find out more at our new website. Welfare
• Blandford Food Bank. We have supported the Blandford Food Bank for a number of years and indeed the manager of the Food Bank is a member of the Club. In 2018 we started our ‘Toys for Christmas’ project. This project was hugely successful and we repeated it in 2019, also very successfully. Each year we received over 1000 toys, puzzles and games which went to the Food Bank and to The Blandford Opportunity Group. Regrettably we were not able to hold this event in 2020 due to the Pandemic. All being well we will do so in 2021.
• Blandford Opportunity Group. The Club has helped in the past and we will continue to do in the future. In 2018 we provide then with five iPads. Just recently we joined with the Stour Rotary and the Lions to provide funding towards some household equipment for a lovely two and a half year old boy. Education
• The Blandford School – we recently funded ten laptops for the school which were handed out to disadvantaged families, essential during the lockdown caused by the pandemic.
• We provide funding for the Young Enterprise scheme run by the School.
• Every year the School holds a “Mock Interview’ session and we are always involved in that. This is a much appreciated event where we are part of a team who give each year 10 pupil a three minute mock interview to introduce them to the realities of job interviews!
• Durweston school put out a call for help as they needed to install an emergency panic button in the nursery section of the school. This was a joint effort with Blandford Stour Rotary and The Lions. We were able to fund this and having a Panic Button meant that a very young man could attend the school, even though he suffers from Epilepsy.
• Short Story Competition. We have an annual Short Story Competition with a number of different categories including an under 18 group and a poetry section. Last year we had over 100 entries and handed out prizes totalling £560.00

Health
• The Club has been working closely with the Whitecliff Surgery in delivering the vaccine programme. Volunteers were needed to control the traffic and parking. Another group were needed to help guiding people after they had their vaccination. The club organised the volunteer schedule, which for over 100 volunteers was no mean feat!
• ‘Know your Blood Pressure’ day’ is an annual event held in the Corn Exchange. The Club has organised this in partnership with the Stroke Association. We get 80 / 100 people tested every year
Civic
• Provide volunteers and marshals for the annual Yuletide Festival
• Planned and arranged finance for the riverside walk along Crown Meadows and the River Stour
• We planted 2000 crocuses on the Stour Meadows
• Planned and raised the finance for a disability ramp onto the Stour Meadows from the West Street bridge
Environment
• Heavily involved in Blandford Environmental Trust which looks after Angus Wood. Activities involve members of The Blandford School’s 6th form environmental group– Link to Web site and FB. Cheese Festival
• Marshalling and stall holder support at the Sturminster Newton Rotary Club’s annual Cheese Festival. Earning money for our local charities. Rotary Market Stall
• Our first Thursday of the month 'bring and buy' market stall sells cherished items donated by members and the public, our 'Deliciously Dorset' recipe book with a forward by Nicci Brown and promotes the work of the club. All money raised goes to local good causes. International
• Donations to support the disaster in the Lebanon
• Support for a girls school in Nepal
• Annual donations to the Rotary ‘End Polio Now’ programme
• Shoe Boxes

Updated on 8th August 2021

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Please get your teams together and join us for a great fun night out.
30/09/2026

Please get your teams together and join us for a great fun night out.

Out at the Pimperne villlage fete.
23/08/2026

Out at the Pimperne villlage fete.

Visit attractive gardens and enjoy Blandford Forum's Hidden Gardens event this Sunday 7th June 2026 - tickets available ...
03/06/2026

Visit attractive gardens and enjoy Blandford Forum's Hidden Gardens event this Sunday 7th June 2026 - tickets available from the Town Museum and The Information Centre (TIC). Blandford and Stour Rotary Club is proud to support this event which raises money for local environmental good causes, including the Blandford Environmental Trust and the maintenance of Angus Wood (our small community woodland on St Leonard's Avenue).

Blandford and Stour Rotary help the bees.We were delighted to attend the opening of the North Dorset Beekeepers Associat...
19/05/2026

Blandford and Stour Rotary help the bees.

We were delighted to attend the opening of the North Dorset Beekeepers Association on Saturday 9th May. In attendance were the president John William Dallison Chrissie Dallison Karen King Gail Del-Pinto and Steve Adamson. We were given a very warm welcome and a huge thank you for the donation.

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A new centre designed to teach beekeeping and give the public a chance to experience it for themselves has opened its doors.

The Honey Bee Centre in Shillingstone, Dorset, officially opened on Saturday after more than a decade in the planning and a £250,000 fundraising effort.

Run by the North Dorset Beekeepers Association, the new site has been designed to teach the science and craft of beekeeping to beginners and experts alike.

Bob Maurer, who attended the opening as chair of the National Honey Show, said that the centre's construction had been a "huge achievement".

Maurer added: "It's rare to see a beekeeping association acquire such an amazing facility."

The Blandford and Stour Rotary sponsors Bingo night in April in aid of Stanley Dallison, who has Cerebral Palsy. Plan wa...
16/05/2026

The Blandford and Stour Rotary sponsors Bingo night in April in aid of Stanley Dallison, who has Cerebral Palsy. Plan was to raise monies for wheelchair which he now has and monies will help pay for maintenance of the wheelchair. The President, and fellow Rotarians Chrissie and Karen were in attendance helping out on the night,. President can be seen in photo with local shop owners DW DW Sweets

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15/05/2026

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Blandford And Stour Rotary Club Meets At The Brewery Tap Hall And Woodhouse On The Second Wednesday Of The Month At 1230 For 1300, And On The Third Wednesday In The Month At A Local Hostelry
Blandford Forum
DT119HN

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+447793048075

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