Welcome to Whitley Bay Rotary Club

 

Welcome to Whitley Bay Rotary Website

Our Rotary Club was founded in 1923 and we remain true to our motto 'Service Above Self' to this day. There are Rotary Clubs throughout the world and Rotarians are welcome to visit any club.

We work mainly in the local community where we fundraise and then put the money back through projects and supporting individuals and groups. We do help both nationally and with worldwide disasters by donating to charities such as Shelterbox.

There are often opportunities for us to support charities as a result of a visitor. For more information about all of our fundraising activities, please see our 'Year Books' on this website. We offer different types of membership including full, associate, friend and corporate.  

If Rotary is something you might be interested in, please contact us either through this website, FaceBook or leave a message on our telephone 07419 736989.

 

 

spring 2026 - welcome to Whitley Bay Rotary Club

 

Welcome to our website

 

We have two meetings each month at The Cannon Pub in Earsdon. We meet around 7pm for a formal start at 7.30pm. We enjoy fellowship, laughter, food, and club business and then, quite often, a visitor to tell us about local events and the history of our area. There are often opportunities for us to then support charities as a result of a visitor. We raise money mainly through supermarket collections and then use this money to support local activities, individuals and groups. In April there are two meetings of the Rotary Club - on 7th April and on 21st April we hold our annual Civic Cups Presentation Evening. This is a fantastic opportunity to celebrate students from Monkseaton High and Whitley Bay High Schools.

A very warm welcome - please contact us through our website, facebook or telephone number.

 

 

 

 
 
Rotary’s Northumberland Community Tapestry
 
This project is a major community arts initiative co-ordinated by nine of the Rotary Clubs of Northumberland and inspired by the Great Tapestry of Scotland. It aims to tell the story of the county’s history, culture and landscapes through a series of large, embroidered panels organised by the Rotary Clubs in Northumberland. 
The Tapestry then, is a form of textile art, traditionally woven by hand on a loom and is normally used to depict and create images or pictures rather than patterns. However, in this case, each Rotary Club will co-ordinate the production of a single large ‘embroidered tapestry’ which will eventually be displayed with the work of other clubs in the area to form one big Northumberland story.
It is hoped that local art, craft groups, schools, and church groups etc in the Whitley Bay areas; N.Shields, Cullercoats, Tynemouth and Wallsend, will be co-ordinated by our own Lynn France, herself an accomplished seamstress. 
 
The charity's primary objects are to advance public education in the art of embroidery and tapestry, as well as the history of Northumberland, depicted in the individual panels. 
 
The key details are – 
• Artwork: The project will consist of nine 7ft tall panels, each approximately 4ft wide, representing different areas of the county organised by each individual Rotary Club involved, but with one designer responsible for designing each individual panel.
• Artist: The panels will be designed and co-ordinated by the artistic designer, Naomi Walker. Naomi will ask Clubs for their important landmarks, and she will work them a basic design. She will then return to each of the Clubs to work the agreed sketch into a form for stitching. This will take time. (After selecting your landmarks, discuss these with Naomi, before any stitching actually occurs. This will allow her to conform your panel’s design to fit in with all the other panels. This is important for the overall look and final appearance of the tapestry). 
• Template: The template design is a portrait presentation on the 7ft by 4ft panel with the central part being stitched by our experts. The ten or so border sections will be stitched by the non-embroiderers from our charitable groups under the supervision of the experts. The AI view gives a basic idea of what the whole tapestry might look like. 
• Embroidery Leads: There are three leaders who will look after the nine clubs taking part; ours in Whitley Bay is Lynda Wadge and she can answer questions etc before the actual embroidery starts.
• Costs: It is envisaged that materials and workshops for all stitchers will be covered from a central funding scheme, c/o northumberlandtapestry.co.uk so the costs to each club will be minimal.
• Collaboration: Local groups of "stitchers"—including experienced sewers and beginners—will contribute to the embroidery picture, designed by Naomi and organised by the clubs involved.
• Permanent Home: Once completed, it is hoped the tapestry will be housed in a bespoke building based at The Alnwick Garden.
 
The official website for the Northumberland Tapestry is –  northumberlandtapestry.co.uk which is a registered charity, number 1216842 and based in Morpeth where donations for the project can be sent.
We are still looking for stitching volunteers for this project and If you are interested in joining us, please contact us through the website – enquiries@whitleybayrotaryclub.co.uk or our Facebook page – Whitley Bay Rotary 

 

 
 
 
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Community

The Rotary motto is “Service Above Self”. Whitley Bay Rotary Club has always focussed on helping our local area through a wide variety of activities. We fund raise through cash collections, help local activities including the annual fireworks display on The Links and the Fiesta in the town centre. We support many local schools by donating dictionaries, acting a school ambassadors and fundraising at school events. The club is keen to be at the heart of the town and to help both charitable good causes and groups or individuals seeking support for a project.

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Fundraising

Members of the club are repeatedly involved in fundraising for a huge variety of diverse events. We organise regular cash collections, seek grants and willingly offer our time and energy to assist with numerous activities. One of our many proud achievements is to be part of the Rotary international programme to eradicate polio throughout the world.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTS OUR FUND RAISING EVENTS

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Club History

Whitley Bay Rotary Club has been in existence since August 1923. We enjoy a proud history of friendship within the business world and social community supporting both with activities and fund raising events and over the years, the club has benefitted many thousands of people.
We meet on the first & third Tuesday each month at The Cannon Inn, Earsdon; we enjoy a broad social and active programme combined with opportunities for service both locally and further afield.

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Club Officials

The club has a simple structure with a president, vice presidents, treasurer, secretary and co-ordinators for membership, club service, fund raising and social activities. The president and vice are elected annually and the remaining posts are generally held for a number of years.

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