On behalf of all our fellow members of The Rotary Club of Bolsover, I welcome you to our Club website.

In the run up to another Christmas season, we are gearing up to help Santa on his travels around the area. We shall again be bringing him to meet everyone at the Bolsover Christmas Festival and Lantern Parade on 30 November. We shall also be with him at Heron Foods, Staveley; Tesco Chesterfield; Tesco Clowne; Morrisons Bolsover; as well as his usual session in Bolsover Marketplace on the Saturday before Christmas (21st December). I hope that you will be generous to our charity collections which will be happening at these events.

This year I would like the Club to become more involved in Youth related activities in the area, for example, liaising with local schools to conduct mock interviews.  If you have links with a school and you think we might help, I would love to hear from you.

The Committee Chairs for my year all understand that we must continue to develop our links with the growing population in the area, and have developed plans setting out how they can contribute to the continued success of Bolsover Rotary.

We are delighted that Bolsover’s MP, Natalie Fleet has agreed to be an Honorary Member of Bolsover Rotary and we look forward to welcoming her to more events throughout the year. We have also invited Rob Lee, the proprietor of our new home, Twin Oaks Hotel to become an honorary member, and I am delighted that he has agreed.

Of course, as you have come to expect of Bolsover Rotary, our traditional community support will continue, spearheaded by our very successful Community Grants scheme.

Geographically, we cover a wide area, including Staveley and Inkersall where we have been involved in community activities in the last few years.  We continue to widen our activities to include other parts of our area, and we have lots of ideas for future events. If you have something you think we should be involved in, please let us know.

We are always looking for new members, who have the enthusiasm and community spirit to become good Rotarians. If you want a challenge why not think about how you can contribute to The Rotary Effect in Bolsover?

Contact me by email on president@bolsover-rotary.org.uk  if you would like to come to a club night as our guest. We can guarantee you a very warm welcome.

John Bowskill

President 2024/25