Many thanks to Jeremy Prescott for his inspirational presentation on the history of the poppy as a symbol of remembrance.… Read More

An enjoyable evening of (social) skittles and a meal at The Kings Arms, Easton in Gordano.… Read More

Virgin Money giving is soon to be closed down. We have now moved to Give as You Live Donate to assist with our fundraising for our charities and good causes.

The link below will take you to our donations page:

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Several members and their partners enjoyed a visit to this privately-owned museum of retail and farming history. Many memories were evoked as we viewed items that we (or our parents/grandparents) used to own.… Read More

The club was delighted to take part in St. Peter's Church's celebration of 701 years serving Portishead.

Individuals and organisations were invited to decorate a small cardboard boat with their own Portishead story. The Club provided one of the hundreds of storyboats now displayed in the church. The GBRC boat … Read More

Gordano Breakfast with Nailsea & Backwell Rotary Clubs are delighted to present to you Luke McCall, the youngest Welsh artist who has played two of the most iconic roles in musical theatre: The Phantom (in Phantom of the Opera) and Jean Val Jean (in Les Miserables). … Read More

Spring is almost here and the 4,000 crocus bulbs planted in support of our ‘End Polio Now’ campaign by Gordano Breakfast and Portishead Rotary Club, with the valued help of Portishead in Bloom, are now in bloom at the Lake Grounds. An impressive display!

Thank you to everyone who entered our first art competition. The standards were very high and selecting the winners was not an easy decision. We hope to repeat the competition again next year!

THE RESULTS:

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The demand for help from food banks has increased dramatically since the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic. Some Rotary Clubs have taken a very active role in supporting this service (as in the video below). Gordano Breakfast Rotary Club has made a financial contribution to our local food bank.

Members of Gordano Breakfast Rotary and Portishead Rotary Clubs have arranged for the tower of St. Peter's Church to be lit in a purple light to mark World Polio Day (24th October). The colour is not so obvious to the naked eye but if you take a photograph on your … Read More

To mark World Polio Day: Using crocus bulbs, the slogan "End Polio Now!" has been planted into the bank at The Lake Grounds in Portishead. This was a joint operation with Portishead in Bloom, Gordano Breakfast Rotary Club and Portishead Rotary Club. Internationally, Rotary has worked tirelessly to eradicate wild … Read More

Adopt a purple crocus and help end polio now!

Gordano Breakfast Rotary and Portishead Rotary are combining with a global initiative to help rid the world of Polio... a terrible disease that can kill and severely disable children. Rotary is a founder member of the global polio eradication initiative where … Read More

Huge thanks to Chief Constable Andy Marsh for taking time from his busy schedule to speak to the club (via Zoom) about the police's response to the current Covid-19 crisis.… Read More

The triage shelter paid for by a donation from Gordano Breakfast Rotary Club is now in operation. It allows the nurses to assess patients for Covid-19 before they are allowed into the main clinic. They are very grateful to the club for the ongoing support and enabling them to protect … Read More

The club has made a donation of £500 to Ebenezer Clinic in eSwatini (Swaziland) this week (via Vula Amehlo Trust). We heard that there was an urgent need for patients to be assessed for COVID-19 (temperature and history checks) before being allowed into the clinic to protect staff and the … Read More