Club News

The Rotary Year starts on 1st July and that’s the date when new Club Presidents take office.
Faversham Rotary Club’s President for the new year will be Scott Reeve who was previously President in 2009/10.

Scott takes over from Dave Darby whose year started when we still couldn’t meet face-to-face, but that didn’t stop members from supporting events and good causes, both locally and internationally, with Dave leading from the front.

Dave said, “It has been a considerable honour to be President of the Rotary Club of Faversham for the last 12 months. The fantastic members and friends of the club organised and supported many great local events, including bringing back the Faversham Family Bike Ride. One local good cause that readily springs to mind is the Club’s recognition of the unsung Heroes who are young carers within our community. I was also extremely proud of the people of Faversham who supported us so generously in raising a considerable sum to help the Ukrainian refugees.”

Dave added, “Aside from helping others, we also like to ensure we have fun and a laugh in the process and I know Scott, the incoming President, will lead the Club on to greater achievements with the same fun element firmly in place.”

New President Scott Reeve said, “I will be looking forward to carrying on the good work the Club does for the local and international community. We have a busy and exciting year ahead with several key community events including the Faversham Family Bike Ride and the much loved Rotary Christmas Carol tour. We will also be welcoming fellow Rotarians from our four European contact clubs in May next year.”

Scott continued, “Growing our membership will also be an important focus for 2022/23. The more members and friends we have, the more we can achieve.”

If you would like to know more about Rotary in Faversham please look around the website to find out who we are and what we do.

After a break of two years, Faversham Open Gardens returned on Sunday 26th June.

Rotarian Sue Hoey has taken part in Open Gardens before, but this year she decided that she’d like to offer refreshments as well.
Several Club members, together with family and friends, set about baking scones, cakes and meringues to tempt the visitors. Tea, coffee and soft drinks were available too, with Club members taking it in turns to “man the café” in Sue’s kitchen!

The garden looked fabulous and people were full of praise for how lovely it was. “A hidden gem” was a phrase used by more than one visitor. 
The English summer weather couldn’t have been better and an amazing number of people came through the gate to enjoy the beautiful colourful garden created by Sue and her late husband Michael.

Many visitors took the opportunity to sit and soak up the atmosphere while enjoying their tea and cake. Thanks to their generous donations £400 was collected which Faversham Rotary will put to good use supporting local projects.

The Rotary Club. of Faversham weekly meeting has, in the past, always been held on a Monday.

With effect from the 17th May 2022 the weekly meeting night has been moved to Tuesdays.

The meeting time remains 6.45pm for 7pm at the Faversham Golf Club, Belmont.