In Read All About It, we round up some of our favourite coverage of Rotary Clubs in the media and local press.
INVERURIE ROTARY
A family joke inspired Aberdeen Rotarian and grandmother, Dorothy Lamb to scale the heights of the Mither Tap in the Bennachie hill range to raise money for ShelterBox.
Dorothy, 79, told Aberdeen Live: “As we drive from the south into the village where we live, we get a fantastic view of Bennachie and when our grandsons were little, I always used to say to them that I’d take them up there one day. It became a family joke.”
Dorothy’s twin grandsons joined her on the climb to raise £1,100, supported by family and friends from Inverurie Rotary Club, which she and husband Alex are members of. FULL STORY >
KINGSHOLM ROTARY
Ten public defibrillators have been installed around Gloucester after fundraising efforts from Kingsholm Rotary Club.
BBC Gloucestershire reported that when Bernard Dunkley became club President, he made it his mission to increase the number of life-saving kits around Gloucester.
It comes after data revealed that the city had the lowest number of defibrillators in the country. FULL STORY >
LONGNIDDRY ROTARY
In Scotland, the East Lothian Courier, reported how Longniddry Rotary Club had helped to secure an easily accessible defibrillator in the town after a year-long campaign by business owner, Jane Muir.
She said: “The Rotary and the Co-op have been great at helping me out and I want to thank them for all their help.
“If it saves one life then it is absolutely worth it and I am over the moon it has been installed.” FULL STORY >
SWINDON NORTH AND THAMESDOWN ROTARY
Swindon North & Thamesdown Rotary Club was praised by the Wiltshire Community Foundation in the Swindon Advertiser for their partnership working. The Wiltshire Community Foundation is an independent charity which aims to combat disadvantage, strengthening communities through facilitating philanthropy and supporting voluntary groups.
The Rotary club’s endowment fund, under the care of the Wiltshire Community Foundation, has distributed thousands of pounds in grants to Swindon charities since 2001.
Oliver Selfe, philanthropy director at Wiltshire Community Foundation, said: “The Rotary Club of Swindon North and Thamesdown is a fantastic example of how setting up an endowment fund with us can have such a lasting impact on lives within the local community, both now and for years to come.” FULL STORY >
FURNESS ROTARY
In Cumbria, Furness Rotary Club has handed £1,400 to the mother of a girl with a rare condition so she can buy a new chair, according to The North West Evening Mail. Three-year-old Mìa Amor Morgan from Barrow has hydrocephalus having been born with excess fluid in her brain.
According to the website, the Rotary club learnt of her mother Sarah Forster’s appeal to get Mìa a new chair which would increase her independence at nursery.
NUNEATON ROTARY
In Warwickshire, a special school in Nuneaton has taken delivery of a Peace Pole thanks to Nuneaton Rotary Club. According to Warwickshire World, members of Nuneaton Rotary joined staff and pupils at ARC School Ansley for the dedication ceremony in their peace garden recently.
The independent specialist school provides education to children and young people on the Autism Spectrum with social, emotional and mental health needs, communication needs and cognition and learning needs. FULL STORY >
ABERYSTWYTH ROTARY
Aberystwyth Rotary Club has donated £2,000 to Blood Bikes Wales Aberystwyth.
The money, raised at a garden party at Club President Phil Evans’ home, was presented to Mathew Leeman of Blood Bikes Wales Aberystwyth when the club returned to its usual lunchtime rendezvous at Gwesty’r Marine, reported Cambrian News. FULL STORY >
NORTHAMPTON BECKET ROTARY
An ambulance full of supplies for Ukraine has arrived in time for a handover in the war-torn country despite breaking down in Germany, reported BBC Northampton.
The second-hand vehicle, loaded with apparatus including wheelchairs and crutches, was driven more than 1,300 miles by volunteers from a Northampton Becket Rotary.
The ambulance was repaired by a friendly German mechanic and made its way across Poland through the night to hit the deadline. FULL STORY >
STRABANE-LIFFORD ROTARY
The Derry Journal in Northern Ireland covered the success of Seanán Gallagher, who won the club heat of Rotary in Great Britain & Ireland’s Young Writer Competition. Seanán, a pupil from St Mary’s Primary School in Cloughcor, and supported by Strabane-Lifford Rotary Club, wrote his winning piece around the theme of rebuilding on ‘Rebuilding O’ Connolly’s Amazing Wildlife Sanctuary Island’.
During an awards presentation at the school involving Rotary club President, Dr Morris Brown, the Principal of St Mary’s Primary School, Andrea Devine, congratulated Seanán and added that his success was testament to the school’s special literacy programme along with Seanán’s hard work and creativity.
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