News Archive

September 2022: Rotary Club of Lincoln Colonia awarded Rotary Citation for 2021-22
April 2022: Great to be part of the 2022 Disability Games to be held on 24th April 2022 in Lincoln.
December 2021: What a wonderful comeback for the Lincoln Santa Fun Run on Sunday 12th December. 1100 runners of all ages and abilities joined us on a crisp sunny winter day to have fun and raise funds for charity. Thanks everyone. See you next year !
December 2021: Delighted to be one of Lincolnshire Co-oP Community Champions this December
Coming very soon. Lincoln's first Pollinators Awareness Conference presented by The Rotary Club of Lincoln Colonia. More details shortly
February 2022: Great news the date for our 2022 Lincoln Santa Fun Run is Sunday 11th December.
January 2022: The Romans to Railways project at Lincoln Station is completed. The official launch date is 25th February.
January 2022: The Great Australian Breakfast returned for 2022 on Sunday 23rd January at the Lincoln Hotel. Thanks to everyone who helped make it a success.
January 2022: Sizzling news: We are so excited to announce the return of the popular Lincoln Sausage Festival on 15th October 2022.
January 2022: Great to be part of the 2022 Disability Games to be held on 24th April 2022 in Lincoln.
December 2021: What a wonderful comeback for the Lincoln Santa Fun Run on Sunday 12th December. 1100 runners of all ages and abilities joined us on a crisp sunny winter day to have fun and raise funds for charity. Thanks everyone. See you next year !
December 2021: Delighted to be one of Lincolnshire Co-oP Community Champions this December
December 2021: We are delighted to announce the Boultham Park Sensory Garden Competition. We are running this in conjunction with Linkage and Lincoln City Council.
November 2021: We are delighted to announce the 16th Lincoln Santa Fun Run will be held on 12 December. Register your place here
September 2021: We ran our first Lincoln Family Treasure Trail this summer. Thankyou to all the businesses who supported this and thankyou to everyone who took part. The uptake was not as much as we had hoped for but all the feedback has been very positive. We will now evaluate and decide on whether we repeat it. The income raised for charity will be added to our santa fun run income in December for disbursement to charities in 2022.
July 2021: Regrettably we have had to take the very difficult decision to postpone this year's Lincoln Sausage Festival planned for October until 2022. This decision has been made in light of the continuing challenges from the Covid Pandemic and the risks associated with holding the event. (We will be back !)
July 2021: Look out for our Community Imp which we sponsored in partnership with the other 3 Rotary Clubs in Lincoln to sponsor a community Imp as part of the Lincoln Imp Trail in 2021.
June 2021: Members plant tulips at the International Bomber Command Centre Lincoln
April 2021: Induction of new member. Welcome Marilyn
February 2021: During those challenging winter months of 2020/21 ten members and friends of Lincoln Colonia completed a sponsored cycle ride for 1587 miles around the county as a virtual ride from Lands End to John O Groats and back (it was quicker coming back as it was downhill)
They raised £1500 for Cancer Research UK , the Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire Air Ambulance , The Warm Rail and other Rotary Charities
January 2021: Well done to everyone who participated in the 2020 virtual Lincoln Santa Fun Run. Your donations and sponsorship meant we were able to donate £ 250 to each of the 8 selected charities.
November 2020: We were delighted to deliver multiple bags of warm clothes donated by our members along with 17 pairs of new shoes/boots, 36 new T-shirt vests, 77 pairs of new socks and 81 pairs of new boxer shorts to the WarmRailProject run and organised by development plus
November 2020: A welcome delivery of second hand TVs donated by our club members for residents of the Lincoln YMCA Nomad centre
October 2020: We joined members of Clean Lincoln Everywhere And Now at Jasmine Park, Birchwood and collected 26 bags of rubbish, a roll of carpet, an armchair, two other chairs, some ride-on toys and a metal pram frame.
October 2020: We have had to take the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 Lincoln Sausage Festival. But we have launched a special virtual Sausage Festival for October half-term with the support of Visit Lincoln. Of course for 2021 we are already planning the next Sausage Festival for Saturday 16th October – make sure it’s in your diary !
Rotary Club of Lincoln Colonia achieves Rotary Citation for 2019-20
September 2020: Rotarian Jo Owens receives Paul Harris Fellowship Award. Well done Jo - well deserved.