Rugeley Rotary

08/11/2026

Rugeley Rotary Club Remembers 🌺

Today, four members of Rugeley Rotary Club proudly joined the Rugeley Town Remembrance Parade to honour those who gave their lives in service to our country.

Our Club President, Mr Ron Ashley, laid a wreath at the War Memorial on behalf of Rugeley Rotary Club.

A moving occasion that brought our community together in remembrance and gratitude. We are proud to be part of Rugeley and its wonderful community! ❤️

We will remember them. Lest we forget. 🌺

26/10/2026

On Sunday, a few of us braved the weather and joined in a Walk a Mile for Polio event at Chasewater Park.(although we actually walked 3½miles).
Including support from some of our Rotary Volunteers at Brereton Library we raised £65 which with Bill Gates' 2/1matching grant, will total £195. This will not only fund vaccines but also a global network of investigative laboratories who find the source of every single case of Polio so that vaccination programmes can be targeted.
If you are one of the many new local names who have liked our page in recent weeks, why not pop into Brereton Community Library on Monday 2nd November between 7.00 and 9.00pm to see how we can change your life, and how you can change others.

24/10/2026

With plenty of things to worry about right now, let's at least get rid of one. Polio still exists and in a troubled World could spread even quicker. We are so close to eliminating a paralysing virus for the first time since smallpox 50 years ago. You can donate at Brereton Library For EVERY £1 we collect, Bill Gates will add 2 more..

24/10/2026

This week our District Governor Don Lovejoy, joined us at the HQ for our corporate member Upper Moreton Rural Activities. He presented them with their wall plaque to proudly display their part in Rotary. We look forward to helping them with their amazing work changing people lives as well as them joining us in some of our projects.
Don told us of his plans for his year as District governor, responsible for 54 clubs in Staffordshire, Shropshire and the Black Country. His emphasis is going to be on the environment and all clubs will be encouraged to tackle an environmental project and we are already planning some joint work with Carol and her team at Upper Moreton

09/09/2026

On Monday we joined the on line meeting of Mercia & Marches Rotary whose guest was Prof. Kassahun Kebede who joined us from Washington U.S.A. He is head of a project called Libraries for Ethiopia who empower communities by creating safe and welcoming spaces for reading, learning, and self-expression. Their libraries provide free access to books, computers, educational workshops, and creative programs all designed to broaden horizons and foster lifelong learning. By connecting people with resources and opportunities, they are building Generation Read and supporting the future of Ethiopia. He surprised us by telling us that in Ethiopia, books of any kind are extremely rare and that less than 25% of children attend school. Reading is not even on the curriculum and Parents see no value in teaching their children to read. They have already opened their first library in Sandafa-Beke a town of 150,000 people including 25,000 children.
Rotary Books4Home will be looking for ways to support them.

I can't help thinking what Rotary would be like today if Paul Harris (Founder of Rotary in 1905) had had this technology enabling Rotary clubs all over the World to meet up simultaneously as we did on Monday.
If you fancy joining in with us in such exciting opportunities, message us on FB or email [email protected]

31/08/2026

All donations will be managed by Rotarians in Nepal. Nothing will be used for admin. Local Rotarians are already working on the ground. Rotary really makes a difference and so can you by joining us. 1m NPR has already been allocated.

30/08/2026

25/07/2026

Events like this, and all of the others taking place at the library during the Summer holudays are entirely due to us working to keep this library open for the community. We need more members to help us manage the library. To find out how you can help message us or email [email protected]

14/07/2026

We were delighted when we recently welcomed Upper Moreton Rural Activities as corporate members of Rugeley Rotary. Carol and Emily were there representing the organisation. We look forward to being able to work with them and their users as well as being able to find some volunteering opportunities for them.
Upper Moreton Rural Activities CIC provides a range of rural based activities to promote learning and wellbeing. We support vulnerable adults recovering from mental ill health, young people and children with learning difficulties and disabilities, schools, colleges and community groups.Their membership will be to our great mutual benefit.

05/07/2026

https://rotaryforvenezuela.org/

Rotary is and has been for some time on the ground in Venezuela helping with the rescue/recovery work. Any donation that you would like to make goes 100% to Rotary Districts 4370 and 4380 and is CLOSELY audited. Nothing is taken out for overheads as it is with most others major charities. If you want to help with the disaster in Venezuela, this is how to make ALL of your donation work. Click on the link to see how.

Rotary International Dist. 4380