WIGAN ROTARY CLUB
101 YEARS 1924 - 2025
How to Get Involved
With Upcoming Projects
PROUD SPONSOR: Wigan Rotary Club
We're proud to have Wigan Rotary Club as Progress sponsor for #WiganPride22.
The Rotary Club have supported Wigan Pride year on year, showing strength in the community and demonstrating the true value of leadership for such a worthwhile cause.
Come and see our stall on Saturday 13th August 2022
What We Do
Past Projects
AGE UK Wigan Borough
In 1995 three members of the Rotary Club formed Age Concern Wigan Borough (now renamed Age UK Wigan Borough), This provides a wide range of services for the elderly throughout the borough. It has offices in Market Street and Pennyhurst Mill Wigan and newly opened charity shop in Standishgate.
Wigan & Leigh Hospice
Through the incredible support of the community, medical, religious, health and political bodies the Rotary Club raised £86,000 (today equivalent to over £500,000) to establish the first hospice in Poolstock. It opened in 1983.
RUN 4 A LIFE
This 5Km fun run event started in 2004 held in in Haigh Parkland before moving to DW Stadium and in the ten years it ran raised the equivalent of £100,000 for men’s cancer research. In later years supporting the local Wigan charity Men Matters Appeal.
Mother & Father Christmas
December is the clubs major fund raising month when Santa and his sleigh tour the district. Thanks to the Wigan public’s generosity it raised over £12000 last December which will be donated to charities and voluntary organisations both locally and overseas.
Community Day & Concerts
Now firmly established in the summer programme the Community Day in Wigan town centre along with number of concerts and recitals.
Sponsored Skydive
I'm Marchia Ogden, a proud Associate Member of Wigan Rotary Club. Sponsored Sky Dive raising over £1000