Rotary Club Faringdon and District

January Evening Club Meeting
2024-01-24 19:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | The Old Crown Coaching Inn, 25 Market Place, Faringdon, SN7 7HU, United Kingdom
Join us for a drink and discussion of our upcoming events and recent successes.
After the meeting a few of us will head off for dinner in town.
If you are not a member but would like to come along then please use the contact form. Visitors are always welcome.

January Morning Club Meeting
2024-01-13 10:00 - 12:00 | The Old Crown Coaching Inn, 25 Market Place, Faringdon, SN7 7HU, United Kingdom
Join us for coffee and discussion of our upcoming events and recent successes.
Chat from 10am, then the meeting starts at 10.30am.
If you are not a member but would like to come along then please use the contact form. Visitors are always welcome.

December Morning Club Meeting
2023-12-09 10:00 - 12:00

November Evening Club Meeting - ShelterBox
2023-11-22 19:30 - 21:30 | Old Town Hall, Market Place, Faringdon, SN7 7HU
Join us for the evening to learn about Shelterbox.
Members of Faringdon & District Rotary invite you to join us to learn about Rotary International’s project partner in disaster relief.
ShelterBox began in 2000, in a Rotary club in Cornwall. In 2022 ShelterBox provided shelter to over 400,000 people in 11 countries including Ukraine, Philippines, Cameroon and Pakistan.
Everyone is welcome, including accompanied children. This is not a fundraising evening, it’s simply a great opportunity to learn about the amazing ShelterBox organisation.
Greg Wilkinson is the representative for ShelterBox for our Rotary District. He will tell us about the history and current activities, and how Rotary clubs across the globe help with ShelterBox logistics when responding to disasters.
Please let us know if you would like to join us for the evening. We will serve hot & cold drinks (no alcohol) and everyone is welcome to stay for pizza after the presentation and discussion.
Note that we will be in the Old Town Hall for this meeting.
Read more about ShelterBox: ShelterBox Emergency Disaster Relief

November Morning Club Meeting
2023-11-11 10:00 - 12:00 | The Old Crown Coaching Inn, 25 Market Place, Faringdon, SN7 7HU, United Kingdom

RCFD Fireworks 2023
2023-11-04 18:00 - 22:00
Rotary Club Faringdon and District in partnership with Faringdon Rugby Club will be hosting the annual charity fireworks once again on Saturday 4th November 2023 at Faringdon House. Gates will open at 6pm and the display will start at 7pm. Live music will be pre and post the fireworks by Lucky Generals
The 2023 ticket prices are:
Online – before the day of the fireworks:
Adult £11 – Child £8 – Family £30
On the day of the fireworks – at the gate:
Adult £13 – Child10 – Family £35
Children under 4 are free.
Book Tickets

End Polio Dinner
2023-11-01 19:00 - 22:30 | The Snooty Mehmaan, Littleworth, SN7 8PW
We look forward to welcoming friends and family to join us for our annual polio dinner at the Snooty Mehmaan on Wednesday the 1st November at 7pm. We are very grateful for the support that the team there gives us and the buffet is always fabulous.
It’s an informal evening, with a raffle and some information about the polio eradication campaign. Mostly it’s about having fun with friends and meeting others.
You can purchase tickets here: https://rcfd.club/annual-eradicate-polio-dinner-2023/

October Evening Club Meeting
2023-10-25 19:00 - 20:30 | The Old Crown Coaching Inn, 25 Market Place, Faringdon, SN7 7HU, United Kingdom

World Polio Day
2023-10-24
It’s World Polio Day!
Rotary International and our global charity, The Rotary Foundation, have been at the forefront of the fight against polio since 1979.
Working in partnership with the World Health Organisation, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Unicef, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, this global campaign has succeeded in reducing cases of wild polio virus from 350,000 / year across 125 countries in the 1980s to less than ten cases in just two countries so far in 2023.
Rotarians across the globe will be celebrating this success and reminding friends, colleagues and families that we are committed to completing the job. When we do, it will be only the second human disease to be fully eradicated.
Read more on these websites.
GPEI – Global Polio Eradication Initiative
Home | End Polio
Listen to Gordon McInally, Rotary International President, speaking about the polio eradication programme. (2min 45sec)

And from the End Polio website Resource Center | End Polio, watch this ‘zero dose children’ video (2min 30sec)

October Morning Club Meeting
2023-10-14 10:00 - 12:00 | The Old Crown Coaching Inn, 25 Market Place, Faringdon, SN7 7HU, United Kingdom

September Evening Club Meeting
2023-09-27 19:00 - 20:30 | The Old Crown Coaching Inn, 25 Market Place, Faringdon, SN7 7HU, United Kingdom

September Morning Club Meeting
2023-09-09 10:00 - 12:00 | The Old Crown Coaching Inn, 25 Market Place, Faringdon, SN7 7HU, United Kingdom

August Evening Club Meeting
2023-08-23 19:00 - 20:30 | The Old Crown Coaching Inn, 25 Market Place, Faringdon, SN7 7HU, United Kingdom

August Morning Club Meeting
2023-08-12 10:00 - 12:00 | The Old Crown Coaching Inn, 25 Market Place, Faringdon, SN7 7HU, United Kingdom

The Great Buscot Charity Run 2023
2023-08-06 09:30 - 16:00 | Buscot Park
Rotary Club Faringdon organises a 5km and 10km run every year to raise money for charities. Both runs take place within the extensive Parkland of Buscot Park and young and old thoroughly enjoy taking part. The run possible is with the kind permission of Lord Faringdon.
For more details click HERE

July Evening Club Meeting
2023-07-26 19:00 - 20:30 | The Old Crown Coaching Inn, 25 Market Place, Faringdon, SN7 7HU, United Kingdom

Pizzas at Truck Festival
2023-07-20 - 2023-07-24
We’ll be serving pizzas at Truck Festival again this year.
We look forward to seeing you there!
If you want to join the team then please use the contact form.

July Morning Club Meeting
2023-07-08 10:00 - 12:00 | The Old Crown Coaching Inn, 25 Market Place, Faringdon, SN7 7HU, United Kingdom
Our First meeting of the new Rotary year!

Join us for coffee and discussion of our upcoming events and recent successes.
Chat from 10am, then the meeting starts at 10.30am.
If you are not a member but would like to come along then please use the contact form. Visitors are always welcome.

Walking the Ridgeway
2023-07-05
A few club members will join others to walk the Ridgeway, raising funds for Sobell House and remembering our friend and past member Roddy Benson.

As Sarah Benson explains in her Facebook post:
“Sobell House hospice is an essential part of end of life care in Oxfordshire. The super humans who work as part of the Sobell House team enabled us to nurse Roddy at home which is where he wanted to be.
Approx 30 brave super humans are taking on this walk in his memory to raise valuable funds for this worthy cause.”

Visit the JustGiving page for the Rodway Walk.
Read more about Sobell House in Oxford

Dragons' Den
2023-06-22 19:30 - 21:30
We look forward to hearing from local community groups who are looking for funding and want to present their plans to the Dragons!
We have a limited amount of funds to assist local charities, schools and organisations with projects that benefit the wider community. The application together with the qualifying criteria will be on our website very soon. Applications should be submitted by 25th May.
Successful applicants will give their presentations at an open/public meeting at the Corn Exchange.
Visit the main page for the Dragons’ Den to download the application form.

FAAAZE day out to Burford Wildlife Park
2023-06-10
Club members will accompany the young people and staff from FAAAZE.
A great day out with lunch, ice cream and a ride on the train.

Learn more about FAAAZE from their website
Social club for young people with special needs | Faaaze | Faringdon

June Club Meeting
2023-06-03 10:00 - 12:00
One week earlier than normal, so that it doesn’t clash with the FAAZE day out.

visit from Rotarians from Huizen Rotary
2023-05-18 - 2023-05-21
We look forward to the start of a new partnership with Rotarians from Huizen Rotary Club in the Netherlands. They will be visiting us from Thursday to Sunday and we’ll have lots of ideas and stories to share.

May Club Meeting
2023-05-13 10:00 - 12:00 | The Old Crown Coaching Inn, 25 Market Place, Faringdon, SN7 7HU, United Kingdom
join us for coffee, chat and planning our upcoming events

Shrivenham Boundary Walk
2023-05-13
a few members will be joining this event

District Assembly
2023-04-29 08:30 - 13:30
Club members will attend this event for our Rotary District. Planning for the Rotary year ahead and meeting up to share ideas with Rotarians from other clubs.

Speaker evening: volunteering in the Kruger National Park
2023-04-12 19:30 - 21:00
Members of White Horse Rotary Faringdon invite friends and family to join us for the evening to hear from William Thorne, from Shrivenham.
William will speak about his time in South Africa last summer. He volunteered with a charity African Impact, working in the Kruger National Park.

Lockinge Point to Point - car park marshalling
2023-04-10 08:30 - 17:00
Club members will be helping out in the car park at the Lockinge Point to Point.
We may see you there.
If you’d like to help out then please use the contact form.
OBH Point-to-Point | Horse Racing & Family Fun Day | Lockinge | England (obhpointtopoint.co.uk)

April Club Meeting
2023-04-01 10:30 - 12:00 | The Old Crown Coaching Inn, 25 Market Place, Faringdon, SN7 7HU, United Kingdom
Join us for our monthly meeting, coffee and chat.
Coffees from 10am, meeting starts at 10.30am

Club Meeting
2022-11-12 10:30 - 12:00 | The Old Crown Coaching Inn, 25 Market Place, Faringdon, SN7 7HU, United Kingdom
Our club meeting at The Old Crown Coaching Inn.
Planning for our events over the next few months, over coffees.
Visitors always welcome. Contact us in advance so that we can look out for you.
