Rotary Club Of Bathavon

The Rotary Club of Bathavon was founded in 1980 and is part of Rotary International (RI). RI is a worldwide association of business and professional men and women dedicated to high ethical standards in business; the ideal of service in personal, business and community life and the advancement of international understanding and world peace.

The Club meets weekly on Thursday Evenings at 6.45pm for 7pm at the Hilton Hotel in Bath.  A typical evening will consist of dinner, followed by a guest speaker with the aim of completing the meeting by 9pm. A business meeting is held once a month.  A programme of varied outside day, half-day or evening visits are a part of the club activities. 

Rotary is a wholly voluntary organisation.  The Club undertakes service in the community as well as fundraising to enable it to support worthwhile projects locally and in the wider community. Currently, the Club has 39 members, both male and female.

FUNDRAISING

The main UK charities we are supporting this year are B&NES Inclusive Sport and Physical Activity Association (BISPAA) and B&NES Young Carers

Other Charities we support include :-

The Sundri Devi School in  India, assisting one girl through her education. 

 Neem Tree Trust UK (supportring Polio victims in India) 

Precious Sisters School, Kenya, educating five students  through Senior school.

We are in the process of identifying suitable overseas projects to be organised jointly with a Rotary Club in the recipient country.

 Polio Plus .  Rotary International is the spearheading member of the Global Polio eradication Initiative and is the largest private sector donor. World wide Polio is now  endemic in only   four countries, subsequently a major project is underway to eradicate polio  totally.

 EMERGENCIES

In addition to having a “ring-fenced” disaster fund to be called upon at short notice, The Club is able to quickly raise funds for national or international emergencies.

An example being the Haitian emergency, when over £11,000 was raised by the Club to enable a quantity of Shelter Boxes and Water Boxes to be  funded and dispatched.

 Rotary is in the unique position having 1.2 million members world wide.  This means that in an emergency there is a good chance that we already have people on the ground, which proves invaluable in organizing a swift response..  This helps also to ensure that money and materials are securely and expediently targeted where required.

If you would like to donate money to any of the above charities or other Rotary charities please contact our Secretary, Michael Wood on 01225 742289

LOCAL COMMUNITY SERVICE

Members of the Club provided "hands on" assistance throughout the year: 

• Taking children with special needs for a day out at Longleat,  

• Assisting with blood pressure testing on stroke awareness day   

• Taking on the role of painters and decorators to paint part of the Peggy Dodds  Day Centre in Bath for respite care for the carers of the elderly suffering from dementia. This year we are also assisting to trim their hedg       

• At Christmas time our members take a group of disabled people to the pantomime at Timsbury.

MEMBERSHIP

We are always looking for new enthusiastic members from the community for our Club to enhance and grow. Weekly attendance is not mandatory, and most of our members have other interests but they do share a commitment to the Rotary motto “Service above Self”. Should you be interested in exploring the possibility of joining Bathavon Rotary Club please click for more information?

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