Fundraising

Priory Rotary and its Satellite Club have donated £480 to Baby Basics West Norfolk, helping provide safe sleeping spaces and essential items for newborn babies.

Four teams of food lovers enjoyed an evening of cooking, tasting and friendly competition at Rotary King’s Lynn Priory Satellite’s Charity Cooking Experience with Foodie Friends with Linda Taylor. From Champagne Lemon Slush and Mushroom Risotto to a lively foodie quiz and raffle, the event combined great food and fun while raising funds for Rotary’s local good causes.

Teams, sponsors and volunteers came together at North Wootton Village Hall to celebrate the success of the latest Priory Rotary Swimarathon, which raised over £17,000 for 18 charity teams.

Hundreds of swimmers took part in the annual Rotary Swimarathon at Alive pools in King’s Lynn and Hunstanton, covering more than 70 miles in total and raising thousands for local charities.

Priory Rotary invites the community to a Charity Cooking Experience and Foodie Quiz Night on Saturday 7th March at South Wootton Village Hall. Hosted by Foodie Friends with Linda Taylor, the evening promises great food, a fun quiz and fundraising for local charities.

Rotary King’s Lynn Priory Satellite has revealed that its 2025 Firewalk to Fundraise! raised an outstanding £32,062 for 18 charities, celebrating the result at a special publicity evening.

An incredible 151 firewalkers stepped across the embers at Lynnsport for Firewalk to Fundraise! 2025, raising over £25,000 for 18 local charities in a powerful night of courage and community spirit.

Eleven cyclists completed the 120-mile Tour de Tapping ride across West Norfolk, visiting hospice charity shops and raising over £4,500 for Tapping House.

More than 800 people joined Priory Rotary’s Easter Egg Trail at Sandringham Estate, raising around £2,500 for the East Anglian Air Ambulance.

Priory Rotary’s Satellite Club donated £500 to Baby Basics West Norfolk following a successful Christmas Fair fundraiser, helping support vulnerable families with essential items for newborn babies.

Proceeds from a Priory Rotary quiz evening have been donated to the Lavender Hill Mob Theatre Company, supporting its mission to create inclusive original musical theatre.

Priory Rotary has donated £1,000 to the Alzheimer’s Society following a sponsored weight loss challenge by Rotarian Paul Batterham, supporting dementia care and research.

For the third year running, Priory Rotary Satellite members provided 50 Christmas food hampers to support families using the King’s Lynn Food Bank during the festive season.

Mark Collins from Priory Rotary Satellite Club met the Mayor of King’s Lynn while running the club’s stall at the local Christmas Market, raising over £200 for charity.

Priory Rotary members raised £6,000 for Children with Cancer UK and Norfolk’s Big C through a series of charity skydives and fundraising efforts.

Priory Rotary has donated £700 to support the Fairstead Community Shop’s annual summer coach trip, helping local families enjoy a day out in Skegness.

King’s Lynn Priory Rotary has received a ShelterBox Partner Club Bronze Award after raising £2,537.50 to support global disaster relief efforts.

Priory Rotary Satellite Club raised over £900 for Little Miracles at a garden party filled with music, food and community spirit.

Priory Rotary King’s Lynn has donated £600 to Home-Start Norfolk, helping support families with young children across West Norfolk.

Priory Rotary members and two university students completed tandem skydives for cancer charities, raising over £4,000 for Children with Cancer UK and Norfolk’s Big C.