Christmas Shoeboxes
For more than 30 years Rotary has provided Christmas shoeboxes to disadvantaged and displaced children in many countries across Europe including Moldova, Montenegro, Romania and Ukraine.
Portsmouth North have contributed to the Wessex region scheme with more than 20,000 boxes collected and distributed from the region during 2024 alone.
Working with locals schools in Portsmouth, together with friends and family, boxes have been caringly assembled to provide a child a present at Christmas who might otherwise have nothing.
The scheme is based on boxes of ‘shoebox’ size that clubs pass onto friends, supporters, churches and schools. Eachbox is filled with gifts appropriate to the selected age and gender on the box, then taken to a distribution centre for loading and distributing by road to host Rotary clubs overseas who in turn arrange local distribution to disadvantaged and displaced children in Eastern Europe.
The scheme relies upon the generous contributions from schools and our wider group of friends of Rotary.
If you or your school, church or club wish to get involved in this rewarding scheme and bring joy to a child at Christmas then please email us on xxxxxxxxx and a Rotarian will be in contact with you and provide more information.
Some of our current projects
Golf Day
Entry is now open for this year’s Charity Golf Day which will be held on the 6th June 2025 at Rowlands Castle Golf Club.
This will be the 25th anniversary of our Charity Golf Day, in that time, we have raised over £330,000 for charities.
Christmas Shoe Box Scheme
Portsmouth North club and other clubs up and down the country organise the collection and distribution of thousands of boxes to go to disadvantaged and displaced children in many countries including Moldova, Montenegro, Romania and Ukraine.
ShelterBox
Over the last few years Portsmouth North has donated dozens of Shelter Boxes for this fantastic charity,who work with disaster-affected communities.
They provide the emergency shelter, essential items and training needed to support people in the long process of rebuilding their lives.
Our Local Schools
We work with and support our Local schools in Portsmouth North with Dictionaries for Life, project donations, reading, writing, youth speaks & sponsorships
They support us with Shoe Box’s at Christmas