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The Rotary Club of Eastbourne was formed in 1922 - it has always been a very vibrant club of around 35 members, meeting weekly on a Monday lunchtime.

We are delighted to welcome you to our lively, friendly and inclusive Club of around 50 professional and business people joined together for fun and fellowship, but also committed to improve the lot of others. We meet at 12.30pm for lunch at 1pm, every Monday (excluding Bank Holidays) at The Lansdowne Hotel, Eastbourne, BN21 4EE. For further information please contact :-
Paul Gietzen, Hon. Secretary
Email: [email protected]

29/10/2026

Rotary Club of Eastbourne held a very successful Racenite at the Chaseley Trust last l Friday evening , 23rd October. Following our lovely fush and chips supper produced by Chaseley's Chef, we all settled down to enjoy a fun evening with 8 races each of us hoping to win from the choices we made. Miller, the Club Secretary and Graham Larcombe ran a superb raffle with a host of prizes which in itself raised £130. Michael Thompson and Simon Gisby managed proceedings whilst the Tote was expertly run by Jess Gisby and Jo Thompson.
As many will know Chaseley Trust is an independent home which, since the end of the Second World War 78 years ago, has supported adults with diverse neuro-disabilities through specialist therapy and care for both war veterans and civilians. Rotary regulary supports this worthwhile cause and were pleased to donate the £550 we raised on Racenite. On receiving the funds, Patricia Dark, our host for the evening, said "Wow. That is amazing. This will go towards our much needed funds which we need to continue our efforts to empower our residents to lead fulfilling and vibrant lives despite their day-to-day challenges".
The photo below shows one of the Chaseley residents enjoying himself - so much so he spoke to his carer, Kirsty, about it throughout the weekend!

20/10/2026

Rotary Club of Eastbourne followers will recall our recent support for the school children in Nepal at the Tribhuvan Trishuli School, Nuwakot. The Rotary Club of Katmandu have sent us an update. You will be pleased to hear that with the help of our £1500 contribution and those from a number of other Rotary Clubs around the world, they have managed to distribute school uniforms, stationery materials and school bags to two affected schools. This has benefitted a fantastic 802 students. In addition they have provided support for teachers by way of donations such as electric cooking stoves, a pressure cooker and other kitchen utensils. Attached are some photographs showing their efforts. You will see a mention is made of our Eastbourne at the bottom left hand corner of the large banner they created and that each of the school bags shows the logo for the Rotary Club of Katmandu. I am sure you will agree that the pictures of the young children are enough to melt anyones heart ! We shall keep you posted.

18/10/2026

Chamber member The Rotary Club of Eastbourne are hosting a Race Night at 📍The Chaseley Trust . 🐎

On 📆 Friday 23rd October 2026, there will be 8 races with 8 runners each taking part, horses are already named and you can buy one for just £5!

Tickets are just £25 which include entry and a fish (or pie) and chips.

Bar doors open for ⏰ 6.30pm, with the first race at 7pm.

More information and ticket reserve can be made via ➡️ [email protected]

11/10/2026

Some of you may not be aware that Rotary provides opportunities for our Youth to become involved in community activities at an early stage. Three of those opportunities are via Clubs. These are Rotakids (aimed at 7 to 12 years old), Interact (aimed at teenagers) and Rotaract aimed at young adults 18 and over.
The Rotary Club of Eastbourne runs a Rotakids Club at the Haven School near Sovereign Harbour. Formed in 2018 by the Rotary Club of Sovereign Harbour, it was handed over to our Club in 2024. The School Club has about a dozen members who on joining make the pledge "As a Rotakid I endeavour to be fair to all, to serve my community and show respect to others"
The Club has been supported from the outset by Rotarian Graham Parish. They are working on four projects at present. They regularly help with litter picking on a section of the beach near the Harbour, alternating with members of the School Council. The school works with the Love in a Box Christmas Shoe Box Appeal and the Rotakids Club agreed to work on a plan to promote this at the School Assembly. They are also working on an accessibility educational initiative receiving coaching from Defiant Sports and are raising money by way of a cake sale to raise money for their fees. We at Rotary have donated 500 crocus bulbs to the Club as part of our support for the annual Rotary International Polio Eradication Project. The purple crocuses reflect the colour of the mark made on a child's finger after receiving the vaccination. The Rotakids Club have agreed with the School Gardening Club to prepare the ground chosen to plant them and as you will see from the photograph below, many hands make light work !
Our Members congratulate the Haven School Rotakids Club for all their efforts to support both their school and the local community and are proud of their energy, enthusiasm and dedication. Thank you from us all.

07/10/2026

The Rotary Club of Eastbourne is extrtemely proud of its rapid response to the terrible disaster in Nepal. Making contact with our colleagues at the Rotary Club of Kathmandu, we were able to transfer a donation of £1500 from our Benevolent Fund directly to them. With this, along with similar donations from other Clubs, they were able to purchase a wide range of goods to help in their disaster relief and recovery project in support of the Tribuhvan Trishuli School in Nuwakot.
The school was the local secondary school which and was completely destroyed by the flood. We understand that luckily the headmaster was warned of the impending disaster by a friend who lived further up the valley and managed to evacuate all the children and teachers quickly. Sadly the school caretaker stayed behind checking all the classrooms and did not survive.
Attached here are some of the photographs sent to us recording the preparation of goods to be delivered to Nuwakot.

22/08/2026

The Rotary Club of Eastbourne is proud to announce the success of Scarlett Gates of St. Catherine's School in achieving 3rd place in the whole of the UK in Rotary's annual Photographic Competition.
Scarlett's photograph (see below) depicted a Sunflower in which a bee was extracting nectar from the flower.

The annual Rotary Photographic Competition attracted many entries this year. Each entry is judged locally and the successful ones go on to be judged again across the whole of South East England and those selected to go further are submitted for national scrutiny. Scarlett's photograph went through all three stages to come 3rd overall. A massive achievement for which we give her our heaviest congratulations.

In the coming year we are running 4 competitions. These are Young Artist; Young Photographer, Young Writer and Youth Speaks. Watch out for more details which will be published soon.
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29/07/2026

A record three hundred entrants took part in this, the fourth Annual Eastbourne Skittles Championships for camaraderie, competition and occasional calamity during June.
Organised by the Club and sponsored by Stephen Rimmer LLP Solicitors, the event was once again successfully held at the Saffron Sports Club. Congratulations to the winners Eastbourne Motoring Centre shown in the photograph receiving their trophies.

30/06/2026

At Monday’s meeting following an interesting talk by Fenya Sharkey of Compass Community Arts we welcomed Ian Huke as our President for 2026-27 (shown receiving his chain of office from outgoing President Chris Dye). His supporting team will include President Elect Jess Gisby and Vice President Mike Thompson (also shown in the photos).

24/06/2026

The judging of the Rotary Young Artists Competition 2026 has been completed. Certificates of special commendation were presented, last Monday, to Ratton School students Neassa and Poppy by President Chris Dye in the presence of art teacher Miss Hulstrom.

22/06/2026

The Eastbourne Community Awards, for unsung heroes, was held at the Glass House on Thursday 18th June. Chris Dye and Fran Moore-Khan presidents of the Rotary Clubs of Eastbourne and Eastbourne AM respectively, are seen presenting the Rotary Excellence Award to the volunteers of Radio DGH.

Address

Lansdowne Hotel, King Edward’s Parade
Eastbourne
BN214EE

Website

http://eastbournerotary.org.uk/page60.html

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