Events and News

Easter Duck Race
Family Fun at Wyndham Park Great fun for all was had at the 2026 Easter duck race at Wyndham Park. On a beautiful spring day, a record number of entrants cheered on their highly trained ducks. There were plenty of other activties to get involved with and many thanks to

Over 500 Creme Eggs Donated to St Barnabas’ Easter Appeal
Spring has now truly sprung in Grantham, and with it comes one of our favourite annual traditions, gathering hundreds of creme eggs for the St Barnabas’ Easter Appeal! This year, the three Rotary Clubs in Grantham came together to donate over 500 Crème Eggs! Each year, these chocolate treats are

Swimarathon 2026
2026 Swimarathon The 37th “Rotary Swimarathon ” took place in February and raised over £40,000 for local charities, organisations and deserving projects/causes in and around Grantham. 1400 swimmers took part in the 3 day event. This is a real community event with all age groups and abilities taking part so

Bulbs in Bloom
Bulbs in Bloom It’s that time of year again when all of our efforts in planting crocuses and daffodils throughout the town pays off. The purple crocuses represent one of Rotary’s major causes of ridding the world of Polio. Find out more here… End Polio Now – Our Causes –

Sunflower Competition
Sunflower Growing Competition We are pleased to announce the 2026 Sunflower Growing Competition. If you would like to take part, let us know by email and we will send you a packet of our magic seeds. You have until the end of August to grow your plants as tall as

Santa Fun Run
Santa Fun Run 7th Dec 2025 The annual fun run at Wyndham Park in Dec 2025 was a huge success as usual and it was great to see so many Santas in attendance. The weather managed to stay fairly dry and plenty of funds were raised for local charities. If

Christmas Lights
Christmas Lights All three Rotary clubs enjoyed lots of meeting and greeting at the Christmas lights event on Sunday. We were really impressed with the huge amount of effort gone into organising the event which included lots of entertainment and fun. It didn’t rain at all during the whole day

Daffodil Planting
Daffodil Planting Rotarians and their friends from TESS planting 2,000 daffodil bulbs ready for blooming in early 2026. Rotary plants thousands of bulbs throughout the town every year and we are very grateful to volunteers and friends that help us. Tess is a Community Interest Company (CIC). CIC’s are created

Welcome to Our New Website
We are very pleased to announce the launching of our brand new Rotary in Grantham website. The site is packed with information and activities for all three of the Grantham based Rotary clubs and we hope you enjoy browsing the content. Please let us know via our contact us form

Remembrance Sunday
Remembrance Sunday Parade All three Rotary clubs laid wreaths at St Wolfram’s Church as part of the Remembrance Sunday parade and service on 9th Nov 2025. The church was packed for the service and it was wonderful to see the amount of youngsters attending the event.

Corporate Membership
Corporate Membership Promotion Rotary is keen to establish a better connection with businesses, organisations and other local groups in 2026. The clubs are currently working on a smartphone app to connect current Rotarians in business and will be holding several workshops and promotions in the near future to help attract

Willow Farm Kitchen
New industrial oven installed Huge praise from Sally and Ollie at the Willow Farm Equine Assisted Therapy unit near Grantham….. “A massive thank you and big shout out to Grantham Sunrise Rotary who have raised the funds and supplied us with this fabulous cooker. We will be providing refreshments to