January 10th, 2026

CHRISTMAS ROTARY IN ACTION! - COLLECTING FOR THE NEEDY OF WINDSOR & AREA

To be completed...

'W&E ROTARY CLUB CLEARS AWAY REFUSE THAMES WALKWAYS AND AREAS!      NOV. 2025
It was a truly cold day as your local Windsor & Eton Rotary Club members helped, along with others, to clear the garbage from along the walk ways of the Thames. Rotarian Member Guy Barlow (Pic. left) commented "I'll admit there was far more than we all expected, but in the end it was most rewarding job to do". Rotary will be arranging another refuse clear up early in 2026 - if you want to join us, connect the Clubs Secretary

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THE CLUBS'S NEW PRESIDENT TAKES HIS PLACE..                                    03/08/2025

In line with all other Rotary Clubs through the UK, Windsor & Eton's Club's 2025/26 new President Ron Lewandowski received the Clubs valuable chain of office from the past President, Richard Carleton. For Ron, this was second time around in this important role, having been the Clubs President a few years back! One of his first comments was...how heavy the chain is now, since last time! The medallions placed each year go back to the 1930's!
At the Clubs first meeting in his year he detailed his intentions for the clubs direction, headed by a focus of increasing corporate membership and to ensure all members are driven by this same focus,  along with a fun, relaxed social side throughout the year.

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UNIQUE HAPPENING - NEW CLUB MEMBER ON HAND-OVER DAY!      

It's not often that a new member joins a Rotary Club on the same occasion that a change over of Presidents happen! Well, it happened this year. The clubs outgoing President Richard Carleton had the joyous opportunity to enrol Ceri Davies in to Rotary.

Ceri has had a tremendous career background which includes many years with British Airways. We are truly pleased to have Ceri with with us. Pleasingly too, as the club wishes to increase its lady members.

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A rare special club moment - three paul harris awards      03/08/2025   

Left to Right - Bob Pickles, Andrew Try, Now past President Richard Carleton, Adrian Benge.

The Rotary Club of Windsor & Eton annually considers the presentation of the prestigous Rotary 'Paul Harris Award'. This award should be looked upon as rare and each Rotary member or outside of Rotary persons will have to have set a particularly high level of achievment to be awarded it.

Windsor & Eton Rotary Member Chris. Clark, the head of the clubs Paul Harris awards committee explained that "it takes many months prior, in confidentality, following assessments and discussion, finally to be accepted by the previously awarded committee members to agree if a person should receive this very special prestigous award". It was quite a surprise to all at meeting, as never previously has three such awards been handed out in one evening by the Club!

The awards were presented to Bob Pickles, Windsor & Eton Rotary Club, Chairman Social Committee, for his outstanding social event arrangements over so many years, and other club services. Adrian Benge the Clubs Secretary and numerous outside of Rotary works. A recent one  being the high risk he took during the pandemic in assisting the Windsor NHS Vacination teams over many months.  Andrew Try, for his renowned 'outside of Rotary' works.  These include Andrews many local areas of support within the Windsor Community. He is also the founder and CEO of the Comxo Company and the Royal Country of Berkshire Lieutenancy. - All three of the above having outstandingly met the important Rotary principle of 'Service before Self'.

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'SWAN LIFELINE' ROTARY TALK - RELEASES SHOCKING NEW PROBLEM ENDANGERING THAMES SWANS!             

Examples of the cruel catapults being used to injure and kill Swans!

Cindie an executive of Swan LifeLine gave a truly inspiring talk covering their history, the charity is amazingly the oldest registered charity devoted to the care of sick and injured swans in the Thames Valley and surrounding areas. They can care for an impressive up to 180 injured swans at their their base on Cuckoo Weir Island, Eton. The damaged Swans are brought to their headquarters from both accidental, but also now the growing fast damage to Swans by cruel people, and over more recent times the numbers haver grown with the arrival swans in terrible condition from both children and adults getting a kick from firing metal balls from powerrful catapults at a swan! 

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