Welcome
to
Gordano Breakfast Rotary Club
A Quick Introduction
Gordano Breakfast Rotary Club is a relatively young club having been formally recognised by Rotary in Great Britain and Ireland in March 2015. We currently have 10 members with most members playing an active part in the club. We are a member of Rotary District 1100. As a newer club, we have dispensed with many of the formalities of many longer-established clubs.
Our current pattern of meetings is breakfast on the first Thursday of the month in the restaurant of Brewer’s Fayre, Gordano Gate, Portishead and an evening meeting at The Ship Inn on the third Thursday at 6:00 pm. Breakfast meetings start at about 7:00 am and end at 8:30 am to allow members to get to work. If the breakfast venue is unavailable (during the school holidays), we meet at The Ship Inn in the evenings at 6:00 pm instead. There is no meal when we meet at The Ship.
The club hosts a local initiative called "Giving Back" - a quarterly series of events giving the people running Portishead's charities and community groups the opportunity to get to know each other, to identify common issues and find solutions!
We also meet at other times for various fundraising and social events. We have worked in partnership with several other local organisations and charities. Our main charities for the 2024/2025 Rotary year are Portishead Youth and Community Centre and Ebenezer Rural Clinic in Eswatini.
Our current pattern of meetings is breakfast on the first Thursday of the month in the restaurant of Brewer’s Fayre, Gordano Gate, Portishead and an evening meeting at The Ship Inn on the third Thursday at 6:00 pm. Breakfast meetings start at about 7:00 am and end at 8:30 am to allow members to get to work. If the breakfast venue is unavailable (during the school holidays), we meet at The Ship Inn in the evenings at 6:00 pm instead. There is no meal when we meet at The Ship.
The club hosts a local initiative called "Giving Back" - a quarterly series of events giving the people running Portishead's charities and community groups the opportunity to get to know each other, to identify common issues and find solutions!
We also meet at other times for various fundraising and social events. We have worked in partnership with several other local organisations and charities. Our main charities for the 2024/2025 Rotary year are Portishead Youth and Community Centre and Ebenezer Rural Clinic in Eswatini.
Christmas Trolley Dash Fundraiser
Our Charitable Trust
The club set up a charitable Trust in February 2018 to separate our fundraising activities from the day to day running of the club. The Trust was registered with the UK Charity Commission in August 2018 as ROTARY CLUB OF GORDANO BREAKFAST TRUST FUND. Our charity registration number is 1179753.
Have A Question Or Need More Information?
We’d like to invite you to come along and see what we do, either at one of our meetings, one of our other events or come and have a chat when you see us out collecting for good causes. Look at our Meetings & Events page to see what is happening.
Use the contact form (in the page footer) if you would like to find out more about Rotary or arrange to visit us.
Use the contact form (in the page footer) if you would like to find out more about Rotary or arrange to visit us.
Rotary Membership FAQs
We'd love to meet with you to answer any of your questions if you are considering joining us but the following may be of interest.
Members pay a subscription of £13.50 per month. This covers the cost of running the club, a contribution to the wider Rotary District and National organisation and a small donation to a major Rotary project (e.g. Polio Eradication). We pay for our own meals and other social events. We are not a "Cheque-book" club and do not expect members to make any direct contributions to our fundraising.
Certainly. Full membership is available to all irrespective of gender. All roles within the club (and wider organisation) are open to all genders. Equality and diversity are important to us. We aim to ensure equality of opportunity for all, through diversity, giving each individual the chance to achieve their potential, free from prejudice and discrimination.
Historically, some clubs were men-only but we have always welcomed everyone as do most modern clubs..
Historically, some clubs were men-only but we have always welcomed everyone as do most modern clubs..
No. We welcome members from all walks of life and all ages.
We are a very informal club. There is no formal dress code. We do not have formal ceremonies beyond handing over the President's medallion each year and a toast to "Rotary around the world" at the end of our meetings.
No. We appreciate that people often have busy lives with limited free time. to attend every meeting. We are very flexible and do not have any minimum attendance requirements but do ask members to attend from time to time and commit to our projects and activities as much as they are able. The club works best when members are involved and the members also get most out of their membership this way,
Definitely not! We have a number of purely social events with most open to partners and friends. Most of us enjoy catching up with friends at the breakfasts and our fundraising events are often great fun to be part of.
We'd love to welcome you to see what we do. We ask all prospective members to visit a few times and to meet up with some of the members before deciding to join us as a member.
