Making a difference in our communities
Our gathering times vary during the month, meeting in the Alexandra Hotel, Fort William, on Wednesdays at 12:30 for 1 pm, except on the first Wednesday of the month when we meet at 5 for 5:30pm.
If you want to be in touch with us, please write to our Secretary by using the form on our Contact Us page.
Rotary’s programmes can change lives and young people can earn scholarships, travel on cultural exchanges, or help a community through a service project. We encourage all family members to take part to help young people to develop personal skills, supported by Rotarians.
We support and work in partnership with a wide range of businesses, charities and projects at a local and national level. By combining our skills, time and resources, we are able to successfully deliver local and national campaigns which have a positive impact on our communities.
Lochaber Rotary is again running the Young Writers’ Competition with this year’s theme being ‘Wonderful Water’, which can be interpreted as broadly as the Young
Lochaber Rotary is again running the Young Photographer Competition with this year’s theme being ‘Wonderful Water’, which can be interpreted as broadly as the Young
Lochaber Rotary will again be running the Young Musician Competition in conjunction with the Lochaber Music Festival. There are three age groups: Junior, up to
As well as Faye Steel from Elliot Lake, Ontario, mentioned in an earlier post, on 4 September we enjoyed Rotarian visitors from BC too. Deirdre and Brian o’Ruairc, President and member respectively of South Surrey Rotary Club in Vancouver were
“You’re aye welcome in Lochaber!” was President Malcolm’s heart-felt greeting to Faye Steel, widow of one our founder members, Charlie Steel. Faye, now boasting her 90-plus years visited us again from her home Elliot Lake Rotary Club in Ontario; quite
On 26 June, we appointed Kinlocheil-born Malcolm MacRaild as our new President for session 2024-25, who received the chain of office from 2023-24 President Flora McKee. Malcolm steps up from his post of President-Elect to become the Club’s 75th president.
Guest speaker on 12th June was the modest but truly inspirational Narek Bido, currently District Governor of Rotary District 1320, a member of the Falkirk Rotary Club, Chief Executive Officer of Recovery Scotland and a Fellow of the Royal Society
Rotary’s programmes can change lives and young people can earn scholarships, travel on cultural exchanges, or help a community through a service project. We encourage all family members to take part to help young people to develop personal skills, supported by Rotarians.
We support and work in partnership with a wide range of businesses, charities and projects at a local and national level. By combining our skills, time and resources, we are able to successfully deliver local and national campaigns which have a positive impact on our communities.
Eradicating polio has been Rotary’s main humanitarian focus for over 30 years. Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland’s Purple4Polio campaign is providing communities with ideas and opportunities to get involved in ridding the world of polio
Our full name of Rotary is Rotary International and that’s precicsely what we are, an international movement of 1.4 million members in 46,000+ clubs across more than 200 countries, working together to
We’re looking for men and women of all ages and backgrounds to join us either as volunteers, members or both. You can use your time, talents, professional skills and energy to improve the lives of people in our local communities and around the world.
If Rotary sounds like the organisation for you, we’d like to hear from you! Simply send an email using our “Contact Form” page, telling us how you found out about Rotary and giving your name, address and postcode so that we can suggest a club local to you, where you can find out more and ask all the questions you like.
When you join Rotary, you can be sure that the enormous sense of achievement that you’ll experience helping your local community – and even communities around the world – will be matched only by the fun that you’ll have doing it!
OFFICE BEARERS
President: Malcolm MacRaild
Pres-Elect: Iain Johnston
Vice President: Vacant
Secretary: Donald Young
Treasurer: Flora McKee
The Rotary Club of Lochaber Benevolent Fund.
Charity Number SC007767.
RI Club No.: 20090.
This Club is a member of District 1320.
Date of Charter: 19th June 1950.
