With a four-day Bank Holiday Weekend to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, Rotarians from every corner of Great Britain and Ireland took the opportunity to celebrate the historic occasion whilst also doing some good for local communities.
From Thursday the 2nd to Sunday the 5th of May, Rotary clubs around the country were helping to set up all sorts of commemorative events to celebrate the Queen’s 70 years of service on the throne.
Many clubs helped organise the lighting of Jubilee Beacons, bring the community together for a litter-picking Power Hour and took part in the second national Thank You Day to thank those that have helped make the past few years a lot easier.
Here is a social media roundup of Rotary’s Jubilee celebrations around Great Britain and Ireland, including beacon lighting from around the Commonwealth!
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Rotary Club of Donaghadee’s Queen’s Jubilee Art Competition winners Mya, Xie, Ruby-may & Rayhan!
Well done to everyone for your fantastic entries. They were outstanding!#Jubilee2022#stannesgottalent#aschoolforall
@intedfund @niciebelfast
@educationauthority @rotarygbi pic.twitter.com/S4tBEx1nAQ— St Anne’s Primary Donaghadee (@stannespsdee) June 2, 2022
#JubileeBeacons Together with other Rotary clubs in the #Commonwealth I was part of the celebrations! #Rotaryclubofdominica lit our beacon at 9.15pm! #Fellowship #JubileeWeekend pic.twitter.com/YM1KfJIm5e
— Olive Strachan MBE (@OliveStrachan) June 3, 2022
The lighting of the beacon in Lossiemouth was the first event involving Rotary Elgin in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Well done to these Rotarians and Friends of Rotary. pic.twitter.com/aJO8f3rq5A
— Rotary Elgin (@RotaryElgin) June 6, 2022
Colwall Rotary at Village Jubilee Garden Party https://t.co/n12WrFq07i pic.twitter.com/jedyZpVgAg
— Colwall Rotary (@Colwall_Rotary) June 6, 2022
@DarlRotary President Peter Phillips @PJPops29 celebrating 🍾 the #queensplatinumjubilee in indubitable style! #fun #peopleofaction @RotaryGBI pic.twitter.com/QvRV1PFDGz
— DarlingtonRotary (@DarlRotary) June 5, 2022
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Fabulous baking by young people from Battersea youth clubs! The prizes went to: Providence House for technical merit; FAST (Patmore) for best showstopper & Caius House for overall winner. Well done Battersea Rotary & Crime Prevention Panel for organising this Grt Jubilee Bake Off pic.twitter.com/DixbbRZxiF
— Wandsworth Mayor (@WandsworthMayor) June 1, 2022
Rotary Club of London and The City of Livery Club co-organised “The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee event” on 2nd June. 👏👏
The Lord Mayor, Vincent Keaveny invited to light the beacon on the night. 🔥🔥
Followed with Duke of Edinburgh’s Award performance and famous singer lorraine!💃 pic.twitter.com/3viScwafC7— Rotary Club of London United Kingdom (@london_rotary) June 4, 2022
Well done @Rotary #Vanuatu for lighting a #Jubilee beacon in Port Vila harbour this evening and thank you for having me. #PlatinumJubilee pic.twitter.com/hSyBUQM6Ek
— Karen Bell (@KarenBell) June 2, 2022
‘Sparky’ & ‘Casey’ at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Street Party today in Gainsborough Ave, Washington. Organiser Diane Simpson-Scott is helping to raise funds for community defibrillators and asked us to join her at the party. @RotaryNorthEast @WELMedical @washingtonway1 pic.twitter.com/AkTB73Ld3O
— Rotary North East ‘One Life Initiative’ (@rotaryneonelife) June 4, 2022
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#BeaulieuCommunityCentre Platinum Jubilee Street Party; first Great Beaulieu Bake Off. Our very own Paul and Prue had the difficult task of judging and tasting the entries. High quality and some wonderful decoration – and the winner was . . . the delicious crown cake. 👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/JvueotsV8S
— Chelmsford Mildmay (@MildmayRotary) June 3, 2022
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We’ve had a great #Jubilee weekend and hope you have too! We finished today helping marshal for @BurgessHillTC for ‘As You Like It’ at @BHillGirls – a huge well done to Jen (pictured here in the centre) & her team at the Town Council for an epic programme of events #Rotary pic.twitter.com/Ww1UrQjoAb
— Central Sussex Rotary (@CenSussexRotary) June 5, 2022
Feature image courtesy of Westbourne Rotary Club.
