About Rotary International
Rotary International has with over 1.2 million members in 33,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and territories world-wide.
In Great Britain and Ireland there are over 1,800 clubs and around 55,000 members. Rotarians volunteer their time and talent to further the Rotary motto, Service Above Self. Rotary is the world’s oldest service organisation, having been founded in Chicago in 1905.
About Bloxwich Phoenix Rotary Club
We are a social and community based club with a very active calendar, and new members are always welcome.
As well as a wide range of social events we also take part in and organise many charitable and fundraising projects – and have a great time doing it.
A brief look at our diary will give you some idea of the range of events we organise.
We meet weekly on Sunday evenings, at The Ivy House public house in Bloxwich.
Unlike many Rotary clubs we do not eat at meetings, but we do, of course, enjoy a drink or two and generally finish the meeting with a speaker or some other entertainment.
The meetings start at 7.45pm, and are normally over by around 9.30pm.
Our club is relatively new, having been chartered in September 2003, and we have a relatively young age span (currently from early 20s to mid 50s).
Men and women are, of course, equally welcome; children are welcome at many of our meetings and events.
Browsing through the website is a good way to find out more about us and Rotary in general, but if you have any questions feel free to contact us.
There are Rotary clubs all over the world, so if you can’t make our meetings but think you’d like to become part of this great organisation contact us with your details and we will do our best to put you in contact with a club that suits you.
About Bloxwich
The town of Bloxwich is in the British Midlands, and is first mentioned in the Domesday book as Blocheswic when apparently it had a wood three furlongs long by one furlong wide, and was part of the King’s lands of Wednesbury (Wadnesberie).
The name is believed to mean, literally, the village owned by Blocc or locca.
The town grew rapidly in the 18th century around coal mining and manufacturing industries.
Manufacturing in the area consisted of bridle bits, stirrups, keys, cabinet locks, plane irons, buckle tongues, chains and saddles, but its most famous product was awl blades.
Today, Bloxwich has a population of around 40,000 people and forms part of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall.
To read more about the town, both past and present, we recommend a visit to the Bloxidge Tallygraph pages, which you can find here.
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