The return of Ian McAnulla on Satirical Cartoons

Ian McAnulla was welcomed back as the guest speaker at Ayr Rotary Club last Tuesday. Ian’s speciality is political cartoons and using many slide examples he showed his large interested and inquisitive audience the hidden meanings behind popular and cleverly framed drawings. He explained that more than just the ... More

Kayleigh Hamilton on Raising Awareness of Additional Support for Young Carers

Kayleigh Hamilton gave us a talk on “Raising Awareness of Additional Support for Young Carers” which made us aware of the current needs and challenges faced by Young Carers in Ayrshire. Young Carers are those under the age of 18 and still at school who support a relative/friend with physical or mental illness, ... More

Burns Supper Night

The Rotary Club of Ayr hosted a Burns Night on Tuesday 24th January, attended by members, family and friends. A huge thanks to Douglas Haddow for organising the whole event, and to all those who spoke and performed on the night. 13 year old piper Adam greeted everyone as they arrived at the Savoy Park Hotel for the ... More

Wheels in Motion update

The Wheels in Motion charity was our main beneficiary from the 2022 Charity Golf Day. They were desperate to add a canopy to their bus, to provide some shelter in wet weather. Part of our donation was used to purchase this canopy. They have recently recieved a fantastic donation from Dodds of Troon of a larger bus, ... More

Allan McFarlane Joins Ayr Rotary Club

New member, Allan McFarlane was enrolled by President Bob Cherry during a recent meeting earlier this month. As a recently retired Retail Bank Director, Allan has returned to his Ayrshire roots after having spent many years in various UK locations. He will join the Treasure Chest committee More

Salvation Army Receive Morrisons Vouchers

During our Trolley Dash event at Morrisons Supermarket, Ayr, the generous people of Ayrshire bought an amazing £650 of £1.00 tickets with which we were able to buy vouchers for the Salvation Army food bank in Ayr More

Mike & Rosemary win Christmas Hamper

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Rotary GB&I Ukraine Crisis Taskforce Update

As the unjustified war in Ukraine continues to have its dreadful impact on the lives of innocent civilians throughout the country, the Rotary GB&I Ukraine Crisis Taskforce increases its efforts to provide much-needed help in numerous ways. Can you help? Read the update More

Geology of Ayrshire Explained – 6 September 2022

Well-known local speaker Denis Rattenbury made a welcome return to our club last week, this time to explain to us how Ayrshire was shaped by geology, or as he put it “The Deep Time Story of Ayrshire”. Although referring to himself as an “amateur”, Denis had studied pure, or physical, geology at university many ... More

Past President Hazel at Corfu Rotary Club

Swapping if flags with rotary corfu Kapodistrias and Ayr Rotary club, @ en Plo, Faliraki, corfu More