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Founded 1916; R.I.B.I. Club No. 13
Charity Fund Charity Registration No. 507525

Introducing the Rotary Club of Leicester

Officers and Committees, 2011 - 2012

Club Constitution and By-Laws

Neigbouring Clubs (Rotary District 1070)

Information on the History of the Club:

Club distinctions

History of the Rotary Club of Leicester,
1916 - 2000

"Family Tree" of the Club since its formation in 1916

"...one of England's best..." From the 1934 Journal of Paul Harris, Founder of Rotary, recording his visit to the Rotary Club of Leicester

Recollections of Leicester Rotary, 1939, by Founder Member Robert Holt

Eighty-eight years of Rotary meetings and meeting places in Leicester by Patrick Boylan, 2006 

Rotary Links:

Rotary International

R.I.B.I.

R.I.B.I. President's Page on Facebook

District 1070

District 1070 on Facebook

Inner Wheel District 7 (East Midlands)

Rotary Club of Leicester Novus

Rotary Club of Guimaraes, Portugal (Leicester's Twin Club)

Visiting other Clubs: Search engine to find where you can visit 33,000 Rotary Clubs across the world

General Leicester & Leics. Information

Leicester City Council

Leicestershire County Council

Leicester Mercury

Leicestershire Chamber of Commerce

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President for the 2011-2012 Rotary Year: Brian Smith 


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The 2011 - 2012 theme of RI President Kalyan Banerjee
of the Rotary Club of Vapi, Gujarat, India

Read a profile of RI President Kalyan Banerjee here


Our weekly meetings:

Members meet each Monday lunchtime (except on Bank Holidays) in the city centre at the Mercure Leicester City Hotel (formerly the Grand Hotel and then the Ramada Leicester Hotel), Granby Street, Leicester, LE1 6ES, tel. 0844-815.9012. (Click here for location and travel directions,)

Visiting Rotarians and guests meet from 12.15pm, with a two course lunch available for collection from the Servery from 12.30 pm onwards (last serving of main course at 1. 05 pm).  At 1.15 pm we have a speaker who gives us an insight into many and varied aspects of our community and international issues, and the formal close of the meeting is at 1.45 pm, though members and guests are encouraged remain for fellowship to 2 pm if business or professional commitments permit this.

To assist with the catering, will visiting Rotarians and other visitors please inform the Club by 10 am. on our Visitors and Apologies Telephone Line: (tel. 0116-223.3950) PLEASE NOTE THE RECENT CHANGE OF NUMBER FOR THE A\POLOGY LINE

showing our "daughter", "grand-daughter" (and even "great-grand-daughter"!) Clubs (in PDF format)


Current Club meetings programme:

7th May: NO MEETING (Bank Holiday)

14th May: Rtn Mary Ireland: “Rotary Polio trip to India”

21st May: Rtn Barrie Pierpoint: “………the Second Half”

28th May, in the Hotel's King's Hall (bar from 12 noon for 1pm lunch): Special Fellowship Lunch for the Club, family and guests marking the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Speaker: Mathew Easter, Regional Director, Sustrans: “Helping people travel actively across the East Midlands”

4th June: NO MEETING (Bank Holiday)

11th June: Anne French, Member of Council of Management, Leicestershire Aero Club: "The History of the Leicestershire Aero Club"

18th June: (speaker to be confirmed)

25th June: Second Business Meeting, including annual reports of the Secretary ans Treasurer

2nd July: Installation of new Club President, Richard Miller (N.B. Rotary regalia to be worn by Past Presidents etc. please!)


Download Updated Club Constitution and By-Laws

incorporating the revisions adopted on 27th June and 14th November 2011 (in pdf format)


Other dates for your diary

NOTE: If you are able to support our neighbouring Rotary Clubs at their annual Charter Dinners or similar events: please contact Past President Derek Goodman, Chairman of our Fellowship Committee to make a booking

Sunday 29th April at 3pm: Annual Bluebell Service in Swithland Woods

Friday 4th May: Charter Anniversary Dinner of our daughter club, Leicester De Montfort

Sunday 6th - Wednesday 9th May: Rotary International Convention, Bangkok

Saturday 12th May: District 1070 Assembly (open to all members of the Club)

Friday 9th June: Inaugural Meeting and Charter Presentation of the new Leicester Rotaract Club

Wednesday 12th June: Rotary "Kid's Out" Day, Wickstead Park, Kettering

Wednesday 20th June: President's Am-Am Golf Tournament in support of LOROS


Becoming a Rotarian

Rotary In Britain and Ireland's 'How to Join Rotary' web page and short video: "Rotary: Make a World of Difference"

Membership of Rotary is by invitation, but the Rotary Club of Leicester always welcomes enquiries from professional and business men and women and community leaders living and/or working in the City and County:

Click here to e-mail our Membership Committee 
(please make sure to include a phone number with your enquiry) 


Rotary Club of Leicester contacts:

Secretary:  Cathy Sansom, 61 Shipman Road, Leicester LE3 2YB. E-mail: cathysansom.rotary@googlemail.com

Speaker Finder: Stuart Almond. E-mail: stuart@almas29.demon.co.uk

Web Editor:  Patrick Boylan E-mail: P.Boylan@city.ac.uk

Click here for the full list of Officers and Committee Chairmen

© 2012 Rotary Club of Leicester. The titles "Rotary" and "Rotary International", and the various Rotary logos and images  are © Rotary International Inc. and Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland.  Website last updated:3rd May 2012.   Web Editor: Patrick Boylan