Welcome to Our Vibrant, Service-Oriented Humanitarian Club
“We make a living by what we get.
We make a life by what we give.”
– Winston Churchill
Rotary is a not-for-profit service organization that brings together professionals and business leaders to promote peace and goodwill around the world.
Rotary clubs are non-religious, non-political and open to everyone.
Our lively club has more than fifty members, and together we’ve raised more than £1 million for nominated charities since our club’s founding in 1989.
As an inherantly business-minded group of people, we do charity differently.
Since Rotary International was founded in 1905, clubs around the world have collectively spent more than £2 billion on sustainable, life-changing projects. As we are largely volunteers involved directly with projects, approximately 92% of funds are spent directly on charitable projects.
Meet Our Members
Rotary Club Welcome Letter from 2020/21 President John Wittacker
Welcome to Bristol Breakfast Rotary Club
Bristol Breakfast Rotary Club was established over 30 years ago. We have around 50 members who are actively engaged in making a difference. Our club motto is to ‘Step Forward and Give Back’. Through the enthusiasm, vigour and good humour of our members, the Club provides a focus for informative weekly meetings, charity fundraising, service activities to support those in need, and a wide range of social events, thereby creating enduring friendships.
We meet at breakfast each Wednesday morning. Since the pandemic interrupted our lives, our meetings have taken place on Zoom, with presentations from key speakers from business, educational establishments and the charity sector. These high-quality presentations have attracted guests from different parts of the UK and internationally.
The Club energetically raises funds through two major annual events, The Rotary Dragon Boat Festival at Bristol Harborside, which has raised over £750,000 for good causes since 2001, and a Corporate Golf Day hosted at the prestigious Bristol […]
We Are an Active, Lively Club
International Projects
From building wells in Africa to constructing schools in Nepal, we engage in humanitarian aid around the world.
Weekly Club Meetings
We meet Wednesdays at 7:45am for an 8am start — on Zoom, of course for now.
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Community Involvement
We plant crocus flowers, help Bristol children in need, and raise funds for local charities.
Golf Tournament
We raise over £10,000 for our nominated charities in our annual golf tournament.
End Polio Now
Eradicating the Polio viruses is one of Rotary International’s largest causes.
Dragon Boat Festival
Our annual Dragon Boat Festival raises more than £25k for charitable causes.
Upcoming Events & Meetings
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3 March 2021 – Gordon Young of the Bristol Civic Society will tell us about the Bristol Blue Plaque Initiative. Visit their website here: https://www.bristolcivicsociety.org.uk“Blue Plaques” commemorate individuals who lived or worked at a specific location with a blue-coloured wall plaque giving some basic
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10 March 2021 – Vickie Wood of the Motivation Charity will explain about this local yet global disability charity and social enterprise whose vision is for a world in which all disabled people are included and can fully participate in all areas of life.Through their wheelchairs, services and training projects, t
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- 17Speaker: Leilah King of Bristol Mind | Weekly Club Meeting7:45 am - 8:45 am
Bristol Mind aims to promote a positive view of mental health and provide services that are accessible, relevant and empowering to the people using them. Their services aim to contribute to mental and emotional wellbeing and to reduce stigma and discrimination.Bristol Mind is a mental health resource for people in Bri
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- 24Speaker: Caroline Bowler of Travel Counsellors | Weekly Club Meeting7:45 am - 8:45 am
Our own club member Caroline Bowler will give a highly interesting talk surrounding her work at the Travel Counsellors. No, they aren’t a group of talking therapists for people whose holidays have been cancelled. This company have worked for many years perfecting the art of creating bespoke package holidays and o , ... - 25
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- 31Speaker: Emily Nixon of Empire Fighting Chance | Weekly Club Meeting7:45 am - 8:45 am
Emily Nixon is fundraising for Empire Fighting Chance, a charity that uses a powerful combination of non-contact boxing and intensive personal support to challenge and inspire young people to realise their unique potential.Empire Fighting Chance focuses on vulnerable young men and women, including those excluded from
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Enjoy interesting monthly social activities, take part in projects, and enjoy automatic membership in the Chamber of Commerce.
Take part in exciting projects and fundraisers.
Enjoy our interesting and informative monthly social activities.
Enjoy automatic membership in the Bristol & Bath Chamber of Commerce.
Individual Membership
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Planting Crocus Flowers for Purple Pinkies
Below is a picture of the croci our club planted in Canynge Square Garden a few years ago. There's an interesting backstory to this... Croci flowers planted by our club in Canynge Square, Bristol to raise awareness for the End Polio campaign. [...]
Rotary Club Welcome Letter from 2020/21 President John Wittacker
Welcome to Bristol Breakfast Rotary Club Bristol Breakfast Rotary Club was established over 30 years ago. We have around 50 members who are actively engaged in making a difference. Our club motto is to ‘Step Forward and Give Back’. Through the enthusiasm, [...]
Bristol Breakfast Rotary Club Nepal Visit 2019
The club visit was planned as part sight seeing and part Rotary work, to build on existing links with Rotary Pokhara Fishtail.We found Nepal a beautiful and fascinating country that is faced with many challenges, particularly following the 2015 earthquake.Objectives on Our [...]
The Digital Divide
The Digital Divide: Accounting for Inequality During Lockdown In March last year, the UK government announced a national lockdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic. All normal daily activities disrupted, education of a whole generation of young people interrupted. When schools [...]
Laptops & Tablets for Local Schoolchildren in Need
With the Corona Virus pandemic forcing the decision to work and study from home, many children residing in impoverished areas of Bristol don't have enough devices to study at home. Looking to Donate? Cash, bank transfer, and other monetary donations will [...]
End Polio Now
One of the long-standing goals of Rotary clubs around the world has been to eradicate polio. Rotary spearheaded the campaign in 1985, at a time when there were more than one thousand new polio cases a day in 125 countries, paralysing [...]
