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Community and Vocational Service committee 2010-2011
 
 

Chairman - 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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