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November 05, 2025

Recent Visitors Welcomed

Since the Club reconvened after the summer break President Heather has been delighted to welcome many visitors to Club meetings: Rotary Direct Member Maurizio Liberante who is living in Belfast and has recently joined Rotary having heard about it when attending a Peace Conference organised in Dublin by RC Raheny.Nikki Milligan, Ancastor AM Rotary Club, Ontario, Canada, who became a Rotarian in June and is loving being part of her very active Club with 50 members. She was visiting family here as she comes from a large NI family who are all living here - she and her sister are the only…
October 27, 2025

John Savage Award 2024-25

The Club is delighted to award the 2024-25 John Savage Award and Bursary to Harmony Community Trust (HCT); it is awarded by the Club annually to an individual or group selected as giving great service to the Community. President Heather was delighted to present the Cup to HCT Chair Judith Thompson and Board member Seamus Camplisson at the Club meeting Monday 20 October. HCT is a charitable organization founded in 1975 which promotes social inclusion and fosters positive community relations throughout the province. In their residential and activity centre, Glebe House, situated on an 8-acre site in the village of…
October 24, 2025

The Lord Mayor Welcomed

Councillor Tracy Kelly Lord Mayor of Belfast, who is an Honorary Member during her term of office, gave an overview of the current and future plans for the city in her well received address Monday 29 September. She noted that Belfast is a very changing city particularly over the last 30 years and the Council's Belfast Agenda, building on current strengths, sets out their clear ambitious but realistic vision for the city by 2035. She pointed out that Belfast is a city of talent, industry and innovation, the leading centre for professional services in cyber and technology and the universities…
October 24, 2025

Nearly There...

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October 24, 2025

Nearly There...

Today is World Polio Day when every year Rotary highlights its commitment to ending one of humanity’s longest-running public health efforts by eradicating polio - once and for all. This year it comes at a pivotal moment with shifting geopolitical realities and significant cuts in global health funding. On this World Polio Day Rotary: - celebrates what has been achieved – since Rotary pioneered the global fight to end polio in 1985, cases have fallen by 99.9%, saving more than 20 million children from paralysis, and it is endemic now in only 2 countries honours the tireless contributions of those…
October 24, 2025

Tidying Up at Lowry Court

The Club was delighted to again provide gardening help for Alpha Housing at their Lowry Court accommodation. President Heather was joined by Club members Hon. Treasurer Tim Browne, Past Presidents Marnette Lyons and Alan Rundle and Chris Warnock on a beautiful autumn day. Using an array of new tools, they made a huge difference to the very overgrown bed. They also enjoyed chatting to the residents who were very appreciative of what they were doing and had a few gardening requests of their own! more here...
October 22, 2025

Guest Speakers Autumn 2025

Belfast Homeless Services Charity Liz Rocks and Claire Crummey, gave an update to the Club meeting 17 November on the Charity's work and new premises Liz is the Charity's Service Co-ordinator and Claire is Executive Assistant to James McGill, Hastings Hotels MD and Board Member of the Charity. They highlighted the refurbishment of the new premises has enabled them to increase their volunteers and greatly expand their opening times and services. They still have many difficulties especially with no crash beds provided by the Housing Executive after 5pm so they have no option other than to give them a sleeping bag for them to sleep…
September 30, 2025

Club Walk

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September 30, 2025

Club Walk

The 1st Club Walk was held on Wednesday 24 September and was greatly enjoyed by 17 including President Heather with her mother Margaret and brother Raymond, Derek & Jenny Baxter, Maurice & Hilary Brooks, Brian & Rosie Clements, Trevor & Judy Hinds, CT Hogg, Marnette Lyons and Alan Rundle with his sister Jane. All enjoyed gently walking along the really smooth (and unexpectedly spongy!) track - though not everyone walked or walked the same route and the chat was so good they lost count how many times they went around it! President Heather was also delighted to welcome Moira Wright, Lisburn RC. The…
September 29, 2025

District Conference 2025

The Club was delighted to attend the District Conference held in the Royal Court Hotel Friday-Sunday 26-28 September with 5 members joining President Heather. Extremely well organised by the Ballymoney Club it was well very attended and an excellent weekend of the usual formal and informal gatherings. Excellent speakers covered a most interesting and wide range of topics blending Rotary and non - Rotary themes, humorous and serious. The Club was particularly honoured to receive the Cecil Whaley Award for District Outstanding Community Project - Seeds of Hope and the District Governor Citation Certificate for achieving 10 of his 12 targets for 2024-25. which were…

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The Rotary Club of Belfast.

 

Please explore it and get a flavour of how volunteer Rotarians use our skills and vocations throughout our various projects to Make a Difference to people less fortunate than ourselves at home and abroad and the fun and fellowship we enjoy being members of the family of Rotary. 

The Rotary Club of Belfast is a vibrant club, welcoming and friendly
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Pres Steven

I am honoured to take on the role of President of Belfast Rotary Club for the year 2025-26 and grateful for the chance to work with people who are dedicated to service and community with integrity, whose aim locally and globally is to create meaningful change.

Our projects, which range broadly through education, health, peace and reconciliation and disaster relief, can be seen in detail throughout this website and our weekly meetings, which welcome all current and prospective Rotarians, feature engaging speakers. However, we are looking to broaden our meetup options and enhance our activities to foster greater community engagement in both practical and enjoyable ways and we warmly welcome anyone interested to join us in making a positive change around the world.

This year’s Rotary message is Unite for Good.
We welcome you to join us on this positive journey! 

Heather Shiell, President 2025/26

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Membership of the Club is an incredibly rewarding and enjoyable experience and we are actively looking for new people to invite to join and breathe new vibrancy and ideas into the Club and take Rotary into its second century in Belfast.

If you think Rotary may be for you, or for further information, please contact us.

Getting involved with Rotary could be the most important thing you ever do.

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