JULY 2024
IN THIS ISSUE
Dave King
Managing Editor
A warm welcome to the July issue of Rotary Digital, which we have had a lot of fun writing and pulling together. This is a converged edition where we produce both a digital and print magazine in the same month. Normally, Rotary Digital runs to 25 pages, but in a converged month we extend the digital pagination to 35 pages so when added to the 84-page print magazine, that is a lot of editorial to get your teeth into! READ MORE >
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THIS MONTH: NORTH STAR
North Star - What’s in it for me?
AMANDA WATKIN
Rotary GB&I General Secretary, Amanda Watkin, sets the scene for North Star, including where Rotary is heading, what lead us here, and what's in it for you.
Club Membership - Helping it survive and thrive
KEN MCLENNAN
Club membership has been the mainstay of Rotary since its founding in 1905, but how can clubs stay fresh and relevant to appeal to a wider community?
Corporate Membership - Making Rotary relevant to business
JOY PALMER COOPER
We meet Alnwick Rotary in Northumberland to see how Corporate Membership has been transformative for their club’s impact.
Direct Membership - Rotary without borders
tim mason
Direct Membership has gone from strength to strength since its launch. But what is it? How does it differ? And how is it giving hundreds of people a Rotary experience that works for them?
Enterprise Membership - Being brave and innovative
NITESH JOSHI
A new membership channel being introduced as part of North Star is Enterprise Membership, allowing larger businesses to fulfil their social impact aspirations through Rotary’s network.
ROTARY YOUTH COMPETITIONS
Rotary Young Artist:
Climate, War and Isolation explored by this year’s winners
Talented painters and illustrators from across Great Britain and Ireland have been showcase their talents in this year's Rotary Young Artist Competition.
Rotary Young Photographer:
‘Rebuilding’ proves enticing theme
Budding photographers from across the country have put their skills and creativity on show for this year’s Rotary Young Photographer competition. Come and take a look at the winners.
Rotary Young Writer:
Moving tales and poignant poetry
Stories and poems about identity, companionship and connection were the powerful winners in the 2023/24 Rotary Young Writer competition.
Rotary Young Environmentalist:
Finding solutions to reduce waste
Waste Minimisation was the theme for this year’s Rotary Young Environmentalist competition, giving young people the opportunity to develop innovative solutions to one of society’s biggest green challenges.
Rotary Young Filmmaker:
Building block blockbusters
Stop motion animation proved to be the key to success for this year’s winners in the Rotary Young Filmmaker competition, with tales of friendship and environmental protection scooping top prize.
ROTARY GLOBAL
Stephanie Urchick:
The Playmaker
DIANA SCHOBERG
As an avid sports fan, Rotary International's new President, Stephanie Urchick, is looking to coach Rotary to another winning season.
14 photographs that
light up our world
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
View the stunningly vibrant winner from this year’s Rotary International Magazine Photography competition.
Sprit of cricket lives
on in Rotary
Sarah van Heerden
Cricket loving Rotarians from more than 10 countries came together in Chennai to go head-to-head in the annual Fellowship of Cricket tournament.
Monthly Theme: Child and Maternal Health
MAX THORNE
Explore a two-day programme that will leave a legacy on maternal and child health in Afghanistan for a long time to come.
Global progress in polio fight highlighted at convention
Christopher Nial
End Polio Now remains Rotary’s number one humanitarian project. Rotary Ireland’s End Polio Now Coordinator reports on progress from the Convention in Singapore.
Public Image Team: Convention offers celebration of service
PHIL DYER
Rotary GB&I Public Image Team Lead gives his verdict on the Convention in Singapore, with a behind-the-scenes look at his event breakout session.
ROTARY SERVICE
The Big Issue:
Homelessness
sue campbell
In parallel with Rotary Magazine in print, each quarter we take a deep dive at one of society‘s most pressing issues. This time, it is homelessness.
Peace and water partnership lead Action Summit programme
JAMES BOLTON
Grab a first look at three of the ten inspiring sessions forming part of the programme for the Rotary Action Summit in Newcastle this November.
Humanitarian Service Team: How Rotary is meeting today’s needs
JANNINE BIRTWISTLE
Rotary GB&I Humanitarian Service Team Member, Anne Sutcliffe shares how Rotary has been responding and adapting in her community.
Rotarian “left speechless” by King’s birthday honour
DAVE KING
A number of Rotary members from across the country have had their social impact and humanitarian efforts recognised in the recent King’s Birthday Honours list.
Action Group Focus: New GB&I Chapter of Peace group to open
CREZ DICKENS
Rotary Digital speaks to Alison Sutherland, Chair of the newly-launched Peace Chapter for Rotary in Great Britain & Ireland on the impact of Positive Peace.
OPINION AND COMMENT
Towards a
greater vision
STEPHANIE URCHICK
In her first regular column, Rotary International President, Stephanie Urchick, explores why inclusivity is key to fulfilling Rotary's vision.
The engine that
powers us
MARK MALONEY
Mark Maloney, the new Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair, looks at the power of our charity, and how it is kickstarting projects around the world.
We all have shared ownership of North Star
Nitesh joshi
New Rotary GB&I Chair, Nitesh Joshi, looks closely at North Star, and why working together is essential for the vision to become reality.
You will never reach for the stars without the courage to lose sight of the ground
dave king
Editor, Dave King, gives his backing to North Star and argues that in a world often woven with negativity, "shooting for the Moon" is the ideal we should be targeting.
PEOPLE OF ACTION
Rotary clubs commemorate
D-Day anniversary
Rotary clubs from across Great Britain & Ireland, as well as other parts of the world, marked the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.
Shrewsbury Severn’ race against time for sleigh refurbishment
Shrewsbury Severn Rotary are racing to complete refurbishments on their fundraising Santa Sleigh ahead of a busy Christmas schedule collecting money for good causes.
Tough competition in Dorking for Rotary Youth Speaks
We catch up with the winners of the South-East England Cluster Final for Rotary Youth Speaks: A Debate, who were unable to participate in this year’s National Final.
Sticking up two fingers to Parkinson’s Disease
Yorkshire Rotarian, Richard Longthorp, is working with two organisations to tackle Parkinson’s by completing a 1,000 press-ups a day for an entire month.
Rotary clubs provide warmth for school children
Coats4Kids, an initiative forged by the Rotary in the East Midlands, has provided warm clothing to almost 3,000 children in need in nearly 200 schools.
Rotarians get egg-cited for charity
Two structural engineering teams went with high hopes when they took part in the Great Egg Race in Eastbourne to support a local charity supporting people with learning disabilities.
IN OTHER NEWS
Rotary Book Club
BECKY TURNER
Rotary Magazine’s resident bookworm, Becky Turner, is back with the next instalment of the Rotary Book Club.
Read all About It - Rotary media round up
DAVE KING
A short, sharp round up of some of our favourite Rotary stories that have appeared in the media and local press.
Letters To The Editor
Each edition we’ll pick our favourite letters from our readers. Did you make it?
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