Havant Rotary Club

Havant Rotary Club Havant Rotary is a thriving, active group. We support our local community and worldwide.

Havant Rotary's Feed Havant Collection at Tesco HavantThankyou so much to everyone who who donated food and money during...
28/06/2026

Havant Rotary's Feed Havant Collection at Tesco Havant
Thankyou so much to everyone who who donated food and money during our collection to help the food banks today.
So many people really need help at the moment and the food banks do an amazing job and we are pleased to be able to help them in any way we can. Thanks again it really helps

Do You Have any Good Quality Children's Books that you no longer need.We Would love to hear from You.Havant Rotary have ...
26/06/2026

Do You Have any Good Quality Children's Books that you no longer need.
We Would love to hear from You.
Havant Rotary have developed a new project to encourage children to read at home. Amazingly, we are advised that many children do not own a book and do not read at home. We are working with local schools to provide good quality previously loved books that can then be given to the children to keep.
If you have books let us know by emailing [email protected]

The results for Havant Rotary's Easter Egg Project 2026 are in. We are so pleased to announce that the local charities, ...
31/05/2026

The results for Havant Rotary's Easter Egg Project 2026 are in. We are so pleased to announce that the local charities, projects, food banks and schools that received eggs this year raised a massive £30,000 to help them with their projects.

It is a great project that works for everyone. Havant Rotary donates the eggs to help the charities, and the results are amazing.

This year Havant Rotary donated 110, 1.5kg Easter eggs to enable them to raffle the eggs and raise much needed funds. All the money they make is theirs to support their work.

Congratulations to all the charities that benefitted this year and to Geoff James who leads this project so professionally

This year we also worked with other Rotary Clubs in our area and they also helped local charities in their areas to raise a further £16,000.

Havant Rotary's President Graham Smith was awarded the Havant Honorary Citizen Award on the 20th May as part of the Mayo...
24/05/2026

Havant Rotary's President Graham Smith was awarded the Havant Honorary Citizen Award on the 20th May as part of the Mayor making ceremony at The Plaza, in recognition of his services to the Havant community over the last 30 years.

Graham who was responsible for starting Havant Rotary’s Christmas sleigh which celebrates 20 years this year, is well known for coming up with “a cunning plan”.

Graham leads a team at Havant Rotary, that run a number of projects in the community that aim to make a positive difference. These projects include Feed Havant, that works with all of the food banks in the borough, the Rotary Christmas sleigh, the easter egg project that this year has helped charities raise over £30,000, the QA Children's emergency department art project, Make a difference fund and many more.

Graham who was advised of the award in February, said while it is nice to be recognised and a proud day, but none of these things can be achieved by yourself, I have always been supported by my family and the great team at Havant Rotary.

Graham who is a resident of Hayling Island was delighted to celebrate a good day for Hayling as Marilyn Skennerton also received a similar award and Mark Coates became deputy Mayor.

Hi as promised more details about how we spend the money we raise. Project 4. Make a difference fund.This is a project w...
11/01/2026

Hi as promised more details about how we spend the money we raise.
Project 4. Make a difference fund.
This is a project where we work together with professionals such as Schools, food bank leaders, doctors surgeries, social prescribers etc to to use our contacts and some of the money raised to help solve problems. Sometimes a little money well targeted can as it says make a difference.
The fund is not directly open to direct applicants and we only work with professionals. We fully understand confidentiality so I won't mention individual cases. However, quietly in the background together with the professionals we have been able to help find solutions that have genuinely made a difference to families in our area.
That help is only available because of the monies that we raise at Christmas. Thank you for all your support.

As promised Project 3. Feed HavantHavant Rotary runs Feed Havant which is a dedicated project to support all of the Food...
11/01/2026

As promised Project 3. Feed Havant
Havant Rotary runs Feed Havant which is a dedicated project to support all of the Food Banks in the Havant Borough area, including Leigh Park, Hayling Island, Havant, Waterlooville, Emsworth.
We have regular collections at major supermarkets of both cash and food which we pass onto the Food Banks. Our Food Banks do an amazing job and helping people that are in genuine need. Sadly at a time that demand for help is almost at record levels donations are going down.
As part of Feed Havant we also work with local businesses with our take a can to work scheme which encourages staff at businesses to bring in a can to work and we collect these on a regular basis and distribute to the food banks on a regular basis.
At Christmas we were able to pass on over 750 toys that had been donated to us to distribute to the food banks.
Because we work with all the food banks we are able to ensure that the donations that are given to us end up where the need is greatest at any time.

Hi as promised here is project 2: Bleed Control KitsIn the event of an emergency where there is a catastrophic loss of ...
11/01/2026

Hi as promised here is project 2: Bleed Control Kits
In the event of an emergency where there is a catastrophic loss of blood from a stabbing, glass cut or road accident etc, every second counts. Ambulance arrival national target times for a category 1 callout, which is the most serious category, where loss of life is a real danger is 7 minutes. In our area the actual arrival times being achieved are significantly longer, increasing a real risk to life.
Working with the Daniel Baird Foundation, Havant Rotary is working to make available as widely as possible, a bleed control pack. This vital piece of emergency equipment is designed to help save lives in the event of a serious injury or incident. Major blood loss reduces the chances of survival significantly. The pack contains equipment that can stop bleeding and buy time for the ambulance services to arrive.
We have started by donating packs to senior schools and some commercial premises in the area with a larger and wider distribution being planned.
The funds raised this Christmas will help us to get more packs into the community as fast as possible.
If you are interested in sponsoring a pack let us know.

Hi as promised this is the first of few posts setting out what we do with the money that we raise. Project 1. Easter Egg...
11/01/2026

Hi as promised this is the first of few posts setting out what we do with the money that we raise.
Project 1. Easter Eggs
Last year we purchased 108 Large 2kg Easter Eggs and we donated them to schools, food banks, scouts, guides, Pubs, charities, the Rowans, projects and various supporters of charities. Most recipients raffled their eggs and together they raised just over £25,500 for their causes. All the money raised they keep or donate to their chosen charities.
It's a great way of making the money go further and who doesn't love chocolate. The Easter egg project will return in the spring.

Hi I just wanted to say thanks to everybody who came to see our sleigh this year and I am pleases to be able to let ever...
11/01/2026

Hi I just wanted to say thanks to everybody who came to see our sleigh this year and I am pleases to be able to let everyone know the Christmas sleigh raised £3,154 which will be used to support our local charities.
The poor wet weather made it a difficult year and caused several cancellations. Sometimes we got those decisions right and sometimes wrong but for the right reasons.
We are so grateful for our excellent volunteers who made such a difference this year.
I always the sleigh as yes it raises some money but I think the value is so much more as a community event and some fun for families.
Thanks for all the help this year.
I am going to add a few posts over the next few days explaining what we do with the money we raise.
Graham

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