We are People of Action

Making a difference in our communities

Meeting and Planning

We gather in the Alexandra Hotel, Fort William, on Wednesdays at 12:30 for 1 pm.

Our principal motto is ‘Service Above Self’ which we always strive to adhere to.

To be in touch, please write to our Secretary by using the form on our Contact Us page.

WHAT WE DO

Our Work

We support and work in partnership with a wide range of businesses, charities and projects at a local and national level. By combining our skills, time and resources, we are able to successfully deliver local and national campaigns which have a positive impact on our communities.

Humanitarian Focus

Eradicating polio has been Rotary’s main humanitarian focus for over 30 years. Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland’s Purple4Polio campaign is providing communities with ideas and opportunities to get involved in ridding the world of polio

Youth Competitions

News

Young Writer Competition 2025.26

Lochaber Rotary has again been  running the Young Writers’ Competition, with the theme ‘Happiness in Nature’.   The competition has now closed and the winners will be announced in early March.  The winners of the Lochaber heat will go forward to

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A Music Lesson for Rotarians!

On 25th February, members enjoyed a detailed talk from Norman Bolton, the Head of Music Development at High Life Highland, the arms-length charity that manages the former culture and leisure services part of Highland Council. Norman’s remit extends across provision

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Young Artist Winners

We are pleased to say that the Young Artist competition has been re-introduced at Lochaber High School, resulting in many excellent submissions.   We are very grateful to Lorna Finlayson for judging the entries. Intermediate Winner: Oliver Zal An S2 pupil

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Young Photographer Winners

We have again had enthusiastic entrants and excellent submissions from Lochaber High School and can now report on the winners.  We are very grateful to honorary member, local photographer, Iain Ferguson, for his assistance with judging the entries. Intermediate Winner: 

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The Rotary World

Our full name of Rotary is Rotary International and that’s precicsely what we are, an international movement of 1.4 million members in 46,000+ clubs across more than 200 countries, working together to 

  • Promote peace
  • Fight disease
  • Provide clean water, sanitation, and hygiene
  • Save mothers and children
  • Support education
  • Grow local economies
  • Protect the environment
 
Learn more about this international aspect of Rotary here.
 

Operating across the UK and Ireland, you can read about that work here.   

Lochaber is in South of Scotland District 1320; our recent magazine is here.  

Would you like to Join Rotary?

We’re looking for men and women of all ages and backgrounds to join us either as volunteers, members or both. You can use your time, talents, professional skills and energy to improve the lives of people in our local communities and around the world.

If Rotary sounds like the organisation for you, we’d like to hear from you! Simply send an email using our “Contact Form” page, telling us how you found out about Rotary and giving your name, address and postcode so that we can suggest a club local to you, where you can find out more and ask all the questions you like.

When you join Rotary, you can be sure that the enormous sense of achievement that you’ll experience helping your local community – and even communities around the world – will be matched only by the fun that you’ll have doing it!