SIDCUP ROTARY CLUB

District 1120   RI Club No 19449

Founded 1935

The Rotary Club of Sidcup

The Rotary Club of Sidcup, in common with the town to which it owes its name, is a thriving community of friendly people who either live or work in Sidcup, Kent.

Service Above Self

Like all Rotary Clubs the world over, the Sidcup Rotary Club is founded on the principle of 'Service Above Self'. What this means in practice is that while we enjoy fellowship with our fellow members, a pleasant meal each week at our meetings and the entertainments that our regular events and excursions provide, we never lose sight of our over-riding aim: to use our skills and resources to help local, national and international projects. Many charities have benefited from the funds that the Rotary Club of Sidcup has tirelessly raised since its foundation all those years ago in 1935.

A Message From Our President

As the Rotary Club of Sidcup enters it’s 76th year I am delighted to be given the honour of taking the helm of such an active and friendly club and becoming it’s first female President. Throughout the years the Club has dedicated itself to helping the local community and national and overseas charities.

As a club we undertake many initiatives. This last year has seen some of our members visiting many local junior schools and erecting Shelterboxes to make the children aware of the many disasters, which have occurred throughout the world and how we can help. Our own educational trust RoSET is becoming well known amongst those young people in the borough who wish to have some character building adventures and we are endeavouring to spread this to include disadvantaged youngsters who may as yet not have heard of it. This coming year will see Young Musician and Young Enterprise events taking place and for the tiny and not so tiny, Father Christmas with his sleigh will be making his usual jaunts throughout the streets in December.

Rotary is founded on the principle of “service above self” and each year the incoming International President has his own theme which this year is “Reach within to embrace humanity” this is something I hope we will all strive to achieve throughout the year and enjoy fun and friendship whilst fulfilling our aims.

Brenda Hitchcock