Keep Scotland Beautiful – Barry Fisher CEO – 28 March 2023

Barry Fisher is currently the Chief Executive of Keep Scotland Beautiful the national charity charged with creating a cleaner, greener, sustainable Scotland. Since graduating from Glasgow University and studying at Auchincruive, Barry has worked in a number of important roles, mostly in the voluntary sector, and was an ... More

Rotary & the Environment

Rotary International is committed to supporting activities that strengthen the conservation and protection of natural resources, advance ecological sustainability, and foster harmony between communities and the environment. Rotary strives to empower communities to access grants and other resources, embrace local solutions, ... More

John Scott

Rotarian John Scott still serving the community More

John Morrison SAC on Waste Management

  At our recent Tuesday evening meeting, we were pleased to welcome John Morrison from South Ayrshire Council’s waste management team. The Scottish Government said John, has set a national target to recycle 70% of all waste by 2025. To improve South Ayrshire’s current household recycling rate, which is just ... More

2022 Rotary & Ayrshire Coastal Path Beach Clean

    The annual Big Beach Clean is now a joint venture between Rotary and Ayrshire Coastal Path. The Rotary clubs of Ayr, Prestwick and Alloway, together with the help of South and North Ayrshire Councils and numerous community groups, hope to be able to cover more than a dozen beaches in this year's 14th ... More

2022 Rotary & Ayrshire Coastal Path Beach Clean

    The annual Big Beach Clean is now a joint venture between Rotary and Ayrshire Coastal Path. The Rotary clubs of Ayr, Troon, Prestwick and Alloway, together with the help of South and North Ayrshire Councils and numerous community groups, hope to be able to cover more than a dozen beaches in this year's ... More

Lorna Jarvie. Sustainable Development Policy Officer, South Ayrshire Council

At our recent meeting we were delighted to welcome Lorna Jarvie to talk about environmental and sustainable issues. She is currently South Ayrshire Council’s Coordinator for Sustainability and Fleet and was I was raised in South Ayrshire and was a former pupil of both Doonfoot Primary School and Belmont Academy. Lorna ... More

Gillian Craig, Gillian’s Walks 2021

At Ayr Rotary's evening, the guest speaker was Gillian Craig who talked about the ‘Extension of her Walks’, the sequel to her original presentation to the Club 4 years ago in September 2017. Gillian is passionate about the great Scottish outdoors, and thrives on finding new places to explore and inspire others to do ... More

Litter and Waste – A National Emergency

  Barry Fisher and Chris Johnson – 27 April 2021 These were the first speakers invited to talk to the club specifically to address environmental matters since the creation of the club’s Environment Committee. The setting up of the committee was in response to Rotary International’s granting of Environment ... More