The club used a military drill hall to establish a Services Welfare and Athletics club. One club member was rostered for duty every night and this became just another duty for Rotarians throughout the war years, together with the Rotary Garden, which still provided vast quantities of vegetables for the hospitals of the area.

The Drill Hall was well patronised by 3,043 people, with 2,552 attending the Buffet; 319 using the hairdressing salon and 127 joining the library.

A motion was passed at a cub meeting that the Club’s long-range post war objective be the creation of a youth centre to provide means for the cultural, social and recreational needs of the youth of both sexes in the community.

A hall 90′ x 30′ was built for a cost of 600 pounds in Downlands as a recreation hall. This was relocated in 1947 to Newtown Park, with the club funding the new Youth Centre with 3,500 Pounds. A public committee headed by a board of directors drawn from the Rotary Club and members of the community was set up to run the centre.

Christmas hampers were sent to the children of Rotarians serving the the armed forces. The club donated hundreds of pounds to the Prisoner-of-War Fund.

The meal charge for Club meetings was reduced from 2/- (20c) to 1/9 (17.5c).