WHAT IS PROBUS?

PROBUS: WHAT IS IT?

It could well be for you

A Probus club is a local association of retired and semi-retired professional and business people, and others who have had some measure of responsibility in any field of worthy endeavour, who are of character and respected in their communities. Clubs meet regularly for fellowship and an extension of their interests.
Probus is not a “senior citizens” or “lonely hearts” club.
The name is an amalgam of the abbreviation of the words professional and business. Probus is also a Latin word meaning honest or virtuous, from which the English word “probity” is derived.
Each Probus club is autonomous. There is no central organisation and each club sets its own rules. Probus Magazine, published quarterly, is the only national publication enabling clubs to communicate, share experiences and ask for or impart advice.
https://www.probusonline.org/history/

A BRIEF HISTORY

A 'simple idea'

Probus (Professional and Business) had its beginnings in two clubs, both created by members of Rotary in the 1960s.
It is acknowledged that Probus had its foundation in Welwyn Garden City in 1965 and has since spread  across the world, possibly as described by a member in Australia as the best thing England ever exported.
One of Ebenezer Howard’s aims when planning Welwyn Garden City was to achieve better opportunities for social intercourse.
By 1965 the population of Welwyn Garden City had grown to about 40,000 from fewer than 800 in 1921 and clubs and societies proliferated. Women and young people were well catered for, as were lovers of sport, music and the arts. Completely lacking were facilities for the increasing number of retired people and those who previously travelled to work were particularly disadvantaged as they knew few people in the towns where they lived.
A man called Fred Carnhill, who had moved to Welwyn Garden City eight years after its foundation, was an enthusiastic member of the local Rotary Club and addicted to cricket, bowls and soccer, but had retired and found a conspicuous lack of facilities for men in his situation.
His ‘simple idea’, as he called it, was the formation of a lunch club to serve as a focal point for the development of social activity among men of similar age and background.
https://www.probusonline.org/history/

WHY NOT JOIN US?

You would be most welcome

Want to join our us but not sure where to start?  Get in touch with us today and we will arrange to meet with you to tell you more about who we are, what we do and how you can share the benefits which we enjoy from our association as members of Probus

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