Ayrshire Alps Sportif 2024

"The hill roads of South Carrick make up the ultimate road cyclist’s playground. Popularly referred to as ‘the Ayrshire Alps’, the landscape offers fantastic scenery, cycle friendly roads, and a tough cycling challenge. This exciting new sportive launched with great success in 2022, with a choice of the long 80 ... More

Coylton Primary School, Penny Playground Project

Taken at Coylton Primary School in December, the photographs show activities during Ayr Rotary's Aquabox presentation. Each child was asked to bring a "penny" which was then placed on the playground in a large circle to demonstrate miles which  children have to walk in some countries, just to fetch water. The ... More

Ayr Rotary Club 2023 Annual Charity Golf Day at Belleisle

A shotgun start at 9.30am on Friday 5th May saw eighteen teams tee-off to compete in the Ayr Rotary Club Annual Charity Golf Day at Belleisle Park. This event is the main fund-raiser in the club’s calendar, and raised an amazing £9400 for local charities. The principal beneficiaries this year are the local ... More

Boswell Book Festival in partnership with Ayr Rotary

   Fundraising event for Ukraine, in partnership with Rotary Club of Ayr  Catherine Czerkawska & Lyudmila Proniakina Time and date to be confimred. Ayrshire writer Catherine Czerkawska’s father Julian was the son of a Polish lancer born in 1926 near Lviv in Ukraine, the former Polish city of Lwow, whose ... More

Trolley Dash in Morrisons Supermarket

The amazingly generous people of Ayrshire donated a total of £650 by buying £1.00 tickets to enter the Morrisons Trolley Dash. All proceeds raised by Ayr Rotary Club are going to the local Salvation Army Food Bank. The winner, Stephen Drummond, a chef from Ayr and father of three, planned his dash with precision. ... More

Tree of Remembrance update

The dust has now settled after a hectic few weeks for Jim Nelson and his team. With the go-ahead being given in November,  there was a great deal to be done, to be ready for opening day on 10 December 2021. South Ayrshire Council have been very supportive, giving us a grant to cover setup costs, and providing and ... More

Tree of Remembrance

Ayr Rotary, jointly with Alloway and Prestwick Rotary, will launch the Remembrance Tree in Ayr High Street, opposite M & S at the Fish Cross from 10th to 24th December 2021.   People are invited to remember their loved ones in a simple yet poignant way in the midst of the Christmas rush, by writing their ... More

Poppy Appeal 2020

  The PoppyScotland Appeal for Ayr is run through Ayr Rotary. As we are unable to collect and sell poppies in the normal way, we are inviting peole to make on online doination. Simply click the button to be taken to the official donating page.Thanks for your support. More

Do you shop at Amazon?

Many of our members are shopping online at Amazon. But did you know that Amazon will make a donation to your nominated charity from every purchase you make? It's so simple, the Amazon Smile site is exaclty the same as the main Amazon site. Make sure you always use https://smile.amazon.co.uk , make Rotary Club of Ayr ... More

5K Challenge

Huff, puff, splash!  This is what half of the membership of Ayr Rotary gets up to on Friday mornings or thereabouts.  Lockdown due to Covid 19 has caused all of the Club’s fundraising activities to be cancelled but the need in the community is even greater than before. One of the members suggested that every Friday ... More