Harpenden

SUPPORTING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

Rotary in Harpenden support local people of all ages by organising and running community events and activities, and raising funds for charitable purposes.

International

ROTARY’S IMPACT ABROAD

Rotary responds to natural disasters around the world with temporary shelters and access to potable water. We also fund health and education projects in developing countries.

Rotary’s campaign to rid the world of the debilitating disease polio reached another milestone when the World Health Organisation certified Africa as wild-polio free. Only in Pakistan and Afghanistan does the wild poliovirus remain endemic.

Connections

COMBINING OUR SKILLS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

With members from all walks of life, we meet regularly to talk, share ideas and develop events and opportunities to help our community.

Latest News

Harpenden’s emergency medical services get welcome boost

The emergency medical services available to Harpenden residents have been given a welcome boost with the appointment of three Community First Responders (CFRs). Their role is to provide crucial emergency medical assistance before the arrival of an ambulance.

Rotary in Harpenden have enhanced the CFRs’ kit by supplying them with a much-needed emergency lifting chair.

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2024/25 Young Photographer Competition

Budding young photographers are once again invited to to enter their work in the Harpenden heat of Rotary’s country-wide Young Photographer Competition.

Discover more about this year’s theme and how to enter…

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Classics on the Common celebrates 30 years

Harpenden Common was the place to be on 24th July, as thousands of the town’s residents and visitors could testify.

They were there to marvel at the 900 gleaming classic cars, motorbikes and scooters gathered for the 30th Classics on the Common, the 15th staged by Rotary in Harpenden.

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‘Something the school cannot teach them’

Finding a business idea and pitching it to three successful business people was the challenge set to Year 6 at High Beeches Junior School. Rotary in Harpenden provided the initial funding to teams, all of which are invited to run their businesses at this year’s school summer ‘Feastival’.

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Young photographers score with their ‘rebuilding’ shots

Our young photographers fared well in both the Harpenden heat of the Rotary Young Photographers Competition, and in the ensuing district level competition for Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire. They were asked to produce an image on the theme of ‘rebuilding’, which called for a stretch of imaginations. Our entrants did not disappoint!

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Tara wins the ‘Service above Self’ award

Tara Conway-Shah of Roundwood Park School is this year’s winner of the Bill Hewetson Memorial Prize and Rotary Young Citizen Award. The awards recognise a young person’s achievements in the spirit of the Rotary motto Service above Self.

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Upcoming Events 2024-2025

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Mock Interviews
November 2024

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Technology Tournament
November 2024

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Carol Concert
December 2024

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Youth Debate
December 2024

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Photography Competition
January 2025

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Harpenden Quiz of Quizzes
March 2025

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Young Citizen Award
May 2025

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Dragon’s Den
June 2025

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Classics on the Common
2025

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