​Supporting Our Local Community

​​Helping the local community is one of the primary roles of Rotary and you may have seen Rotarians at work supporting communities without even realising it.
At the Rotary Club of Maidenhead we take our community service seriously.  We always strive to give back to the area in which we work and live.  Our club has organised the following activities:
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  • Christmas parties, Spring tea parties and Summer river trips for the elderly
  • Taking children to Thorpe Park as part of Rotary Kids Day Out
  • The annual Maidenhead Boundary Walk
  • The annual family Bikeathon
  • Maidenhead's Got Talent
  • Schools Engagement Programme
  • Maidenhead Open Gardens weekend
  • Prostate cancer screening

​We collect donations of winter fuel allowance from those who consider they do not need it and redistribute it via the Citizens Advice Bureau and the Salvation Army to those in need.

Charity Projects

​Over the years, the Rotary Club of Maidenhead has raised thousands of pounds for charities, both in the local community and worldwide, including the most recent:
  • International Youth Camps
  • Polio Plus​
  • Shelterbox​
  • Aquabox
  • Dementia and Alzheimer’s UK​
  • Braywick Heath Nurseries 
  • Thames Valley Adventure Playground
  • Thames Valley Hospice
  • Free prostate cancer screening for local men
  • ​Charity projects in Africa and India
​The Rotary Club of Maidenhead has an associated registered charity (Rotary Club of Maidenhead Trust Fund, charity number 1025051), so that anyone making a donation can find out more about us.

Club International Projects

Rotary is an international organisation and also the largest Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) in the world. 

Each club has a role to play to make the worldwide community a better place to live.  We seek to support overseas projects where we are able to make a positive difference in an area where it is greatly needed. 

Our current projects
  • Makindu Dental Clinic in Kenya:  This is a twice monthly dental clinic where facilities & dental treatment are available, free of charge, to patients who would otherwise not have access to dental care. 
  • Chachoki Eye Camp: Our annual eye camp in the Punjab provides eye care & cataract surgery to people in a rural area. This Maidenhead project has proved so successful that now others are trying to help further villages/areas in a similar way.
  • Aarti Children’s Home and School:  This is now well-established and self-supporting so needs no further help from the club. The charity has developed over the last 14 years to include Aarti village, Harry's farm and kitchen (in memory of one of our club members), and a women's wellness centre. 
  • Zimbabwe: The club is giving help to a school to build a new toilet block.
  • On-going support for the excellent work of Shelterbox, which provides families with vital equipment to rebuild their lives after a disaster or humanitarian crisis.