What is Rotary?

ROTARY is a service organisation, united worldwide, helping those in need, encouraging high ethical standards in all vocations and working towards world understanding and peace.
ROTARY is more than 1.2 million service minded people belonging to 30,000 Rotary Clubs in 150 countries. Membership is by invitation.
Tarporley is one of approximately 1,900 ROTARY Clubs in the UK with 50,000 members
ROTARIANS meet weekly to enjoy each others' fellowship and discuss ways to serve others.
ROTARY is compassion for the underpriviledged, the ill and the disabled, who benefit from over 50,000 Rotary Club service projects in the world each year.
ROTARY runs the biggest non-government scholarship scheme in the world.
The ROTARY FOUNDATION gives more than UKP21 million every year to educational and humanitarian programmes which promote international understanding.
ROTARY began in 1905 in Chicago. The world headquarters are in the USA and the Secretariat of Rotary in GB & Ireland (RIBI) is in Alcester - Warwickshire.

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