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- Michael Deaville
Committee members - Iori Jones, Philip Evans,
John Pugh-Jones, Paul Finch, Hugh Davies, John Davies, Eifion
Lewis, Richard Morgan.
The role of
the Community and Vocational Service committee is to identify
areas of need, either directly or through local charitable organisations,
within the community and provide the appropriate service work
or financial assistance. Emphasis is given to the 'Ideals of service',
acknowledging the fact that as a fund raiser and provider of funding,
Rotary is merely one of many, but as a provider of service, it
is without peer. The committee is responsible for raising the
funds it distributes.
Committee
meeting 15 June 2010
The
following programme of projects and coordinators was agreed for
2010/11
Age Concern Transport Volunteers - John Pugh-Jones.
The list of volunteers would be refreshed in the new Rotary year.
Message in a bottle - Eifion Lewis.There were
some suggestions for identifying more clients as our only outlet
last year was via Age Concern. There are currently about 50 assembled
bottles, so we need to have an early assembling session.
Vocational Visit - Hugh Davies. May 2011- suitable
venues will be researched and, in due course, proposals will be
put to the club.
Environment Project - Paul Finch and RichardMorgan.
Rotary Environment Day sometime in May 2011.Projects such as a
beach-clean-up or tree planting (at an appropriate time of year)
will be explored.
Christmas Collections - Michael Deaville and
Iori Jones in 2010
The following dates and venues have been arranged:
CK’s - Wednesday 8 December
Co-operative - Thursday & Friday 9 & 10 December
Morrisons - Thursday & Friday 16 & 17 December
Owain Glyndwr Square - Tuesday 21, Wednesday22 & Thursday
23 December - a licence has been received.The committee will consider
requests for donations, and the key recipient charities will be
identified on our collection publicity as usual.
Charity Presentation Evening - Michael Deaville
and Iori Jones in February 2011. The collection proceeds will
be allocated and distributed as soon as practicable.
AGM
2009/10 report - 27th April 2010 (Chaiman Michael Deaville)
Age Concern drivers - Rotarians
continued to provide transport, through the year, for clients
of Age Concern’s lunch club. Our coordinator, Colin Bancroft,
is appreciative of the cooperation received from Rotarians. In
the first half-year, Eifion Lewis had provided a similar service
for the Visually Handicapped but with a change to daytime meetings
they could use public transport.
Christmas collections - The
usual pattern of Christmas Collections was slightly modified to
reflect local changes in supermarket ownership. We collected for
1 day at CKs, ex-Co-op, and for 2 days at the Co-op, ex-Summerfield,
followed by 2 days at Morrisons and 3 days in Owain Glyndwr Square.
The committee was gratified by the support of Aberystwyth Rotarians
and was pleased with the amount collected, over £3000.
Presentation to charities - At a Presentation
Evening at the Richmond Hotel on 18/02/10, the proceeds were distributed
as follows:
• Aberystwyth Riding for the Disabled £500
• NACC Aberystwyth & District Group £200
• Aberystwyth & District Citizens Advice Bureau £200
• The Breastfeeding Network £100
• Papur Sain Ceredigion Talking Newspaper £1000
• Arad Goch Theatre Company £100
• Cylch Meithrin Llanfarian £100
• Mid Wales Colo-Rectal Cancer Fund £100
• Cruse Ceredigion £200
• Retained for Rotary Kids Out trip £500
The representatives of the recipient charities were grateful for
our donations and also appreciated our hospitality, thanks to
Richard Griffiths. The evening also provided the opportunity for
Rotarian William Williams to present cheques to Papur Sain Ceredigion
and to Macmillan Cancer Support following his participation in
the 10 km Run, with sponsorship from the club. There had been
a good report and photographs in the Cambrian News. Thank-you
letters had been received and had been circulated at Club meetings.The
charitable donations listed above were the outcome of the Committee’s
careful consideration of all requests received. There were also
3 requests that were not approved, for reasons such as being in
the area of another Rotary Club, as reported to Club Council and
Club.
Message in a Bottle - this project, coordinated
by Gareth Williams, continued with 144 bottles being supplied
to Age Concern. Samples and information about sources were provided
to Knighton R C.
Thanks for Life - John
Davies managed our contribution to the all-committees “Thanks
for Life” project and identified Magic Point as the “Window
of Opportunity” for the Club display in February.
Visit - Richard
Morgan’s arrangements are progressing for the proposed visits
to Llechwedd Slate Caverns and the Talyllyn Railway on 25/05/10.
An enjoyable outing is anticipated and we trust that more Rotarians
will sign up.
AGM
2008/9 report - 28th April 2009
(Chaiman James Carter)
At the beginning of the Rotary year it was decided to continue
with the projects that had been pursued in the previous year,
with the exception of having a presence at the students’
Freshers Fayre to promote Organ Donor Awareness. It had become
apparent that most of the students were being encouraged to enrol
as donors when applying for driving licences and also in the literature
they were given when enrolling at the university.
Christmas
Collection - This had again been successful and most
of the proceeds were distributed on Thursday April 2nd at a small
reception which was held at the Richmond Hotel where representatives
of the following organisations were invited :-
British Heart Foundation ----£1000
Diabetes Unit at Bronglais Hospital----£200
Cruse---- £200
Breast Feeding Support Group----£200
Plas Lluest----£200
Age Concern----£100
Kids Out - We are retaining £500 for the
Kids Out event . The total proceeds of the collection were in
the region of £2900 which means that there is still some
£500 available for distribution.
Message in a Bottle - This project is still proceeding
and we are receiving requests for supplies from various parties.
We do however need to prepare some more supplies so that we are
able to respond more quickly to these requests.
Age Concern - We are still involved with various
projects with this organisation and our assistance is very much
appreciated.
Visually Handicapped - We have been involved
with the transport arrangements for their visits to the local
Day Centre for many years on a fortnightly basis. It is possible
that they will be asking for increased assistance in the future.
Vocational Visit - The arrangements for the visit
to Big Pit are in hand and we are now being joined by a number
of Probus members.
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A
summary of 2005-2006 activities (Chairman - Colin Fletcher)
Message in a Bottle - Following Gareth Williams’s
talk, Ceredigion W.I. had distributed 600 bottles through the
Pat Griffiths (President Elect of Inner Wheel). Age Concern had
been given a further 100 bottles and another 100 were to go to
Michael Morgans of the St John’s Ambulance Brigade.
Heartstart - Glan Davies had been asked for dates
and was in touch with the organisers of the course. At least 10
and not more than 12 participants were needed. Partners were welcome.
The course was free but donations were accepted.
Age Concern Lunch Club and Shopping Support -
The provision of drivers and cars for the Age Concern Lunch Club
and shopping support was going well. It was understood that Age
Concern now had access to a minibus to supplement the lunch club
lifts provided by the Club.
Christmas Street Collection - £3,900 had
been distributed to local Charities at an evening event held at
the Richmond Hotel on 28 February.It was an enjoyable evening
and the representatives of the local Charities were able to exchange
information and contact details. June Jones of Ceredigion Crossroads
has offered to come and give a lunch-time talk to the Club. A
report, with a photograph, has appeared in the Cambrian News.
We made a donation of £500 to the Beacon of Hope and they
are planning to launch their Hospice at Home project at the Conrah
Hotel on 15 June. Equivalent dates have been booked for Owain
Glyndwr Square ( Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 19 to 21 December
2007) and at Morrisons (Thursday and Friday 6 and 7 December 2007)
together with Thursday and Friday 13 and 14 December 2007 at the
Waunfawr Co-op store. The licence for the street collection on
Owain Glyndwr Square was expected shortly.
Institute of Cancer Research - Information packs
had been distributed to the Public Library and Age Concern.
Barnardos - As recommended at the previous meeting,
a donation of £200 had been sent to Barnardos. During her
talk, Eileen Denekamp had referred to a sponsored walk, starting
in Barmouth, that was due to take place during October. This was
an annual event, that was stewarded and refreshments were provided
in the form of locally prepared sandwiches and cakes. Details
will be circulated when they are received as some Rotarians may
wish to take part.
Rotary Stroke and Health Awareness Day –
Saturday 28 April 2007 - Unfortunately, it had not been possible
to take this forward this year. Material has been obtained from
the Stroke Association and, given a longer lead time, it may be
possible to do something next year.
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