Some facts about Rotary in the UK

Some Facts about Rotary . . .
General
There are 1,840 clubs in RIBI. There are more than 55,000 members in RIBI. The first Rotary club in GB and Ireland was formed in Dublin in 1912, closely followed by one in London the same year. RIBI supports 67 official charities and projects, in addition to the thousands of local and international projects clubs choose to support individually.
Our charity, the Rotary Foundation
Our charity The Rotary Foundation has been running for 61 years, since 1947. The Rotary Foundation has awarded more than 1.1billion in humanitarian and educational grants. In GB and Ireland, more than £2.27 million is raised every year towards The Rotary Foundation. The charity finances projects to help care for people in need, reaching out to thousands of people every year to overcome poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, pollution and other barriers to decent living.
Ambassadorial Scholarships
Rotary’s Ambassadorial Scholarships Programme is currently the world's largest privately funded international scholarships program. The programme has been running for 61 years, since 1947. Nearly 38,000 men and women from nearly 100 nations have studied abroad under its auspices. Through grants totalling approximately £270 million ($500 million) recipients have studied in more than 70 different nations.
Peace Scholarships
Since starting in 2002, more than 300 fellows from over 50 different countries have taken part in the programme. Up to 60 Rotary World Peace Scholars are chosen from countries and cultures across the world every year. Study two-year master’s level degree or certificates focusing on peace, international relations and conflict resolution. There are seven hosting universities across the world, including Bradford UK.
Polio
Rotary made polio eradication its top priority 23 years ago, in 1985. Since then, Polio cases have fallen from 350,000 a year to 1,000. 125 endemic countries has been reduced to just four; Afghanistan, India, Nigeria and Pakistan. Rotary members in Great Britain and Ireland have raised £10.5 million to date. Rotary members across the world combined have raised £376 million ($700 million) to fund polio immunization activities. Two billion children have been protected from the disease.
Shelterbox
The disaster relief charity was formed in January 2001 by Rotary club of Helston Lizard in Cornwall. It is now heavily supported by Rotary clubs in Great Britain and Ireland and across the world. Estimated relief has been given to 500,000 people who have been affected by disasters such as earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, wars and volcanoes. Relief workers have worked in more than 40 countries including Uganda, Serbia, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Kenya, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, East Timor, Philippines, Louisiana, Mississippi, Guatemala, Peru and Bolivia.
Aquabox
The charity, which helps to provide safe clean drinking water in the event of a disaster, was formed in 1992 by Rotary Club of Rotary Club of Wirksworth in Derbyshire and now heavily supported by Rotary worldwide. To date 81,328 boxes have been dispatched. 403,994,800 litres of unpolluted water has been delivered. More than 20 countries including Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, Serbia, Kosova, Uganda, Kenya, India, Zambia, Bangladesh, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, and Albania. AQUABOX can be used to purify up to 1100 litres of polluted water.