This page will provide you with:

1. where to locate the best source from which to obtain the full details on the project which is of interest to you and your Rotary Club (usually electronically from a District Community and Vocational Service Committee member with expertise in that project.)

2. latest information on individual projects as it becomes available and

3. key dates associated with projects.

Some of the projects which may be of interest:

1) RIBI (Rotary International in Britain & Ireland) Preferred Projects

These are projects which are be chosen usually each year by the RIBI President with a request that they be supported by all clubs in RIBI. This year, RIBI President Alan Jagger has chosen The Institute of Cancer Research and local cancer support groups.

2) RIBI Project Library

The RIBI library contains a number of approved projects with useful contact numbers for further details.  Every club is issued with two copies of the Project Library but it can also be viewed on the RIBI website.

3) The District Community and Vocational Service Committee also promotes:

Calvert Trust                             Drugs Awareness

Excitement of Science                Stroke & Health Awareness

Kids Out                                   

Sailability                                  

4) District projects also supported are:

Macmillan Cancer Care, Literacy, Environment

Macmillan Cancer Support helps people who are living with cancer. Each and every day 739 people in the UK are told they have cancer. More than one million people in the UK today have had a cancer diagnosis, and more than one in three will be diagnosed at some time in their life. Macmillan is one of the chosen charities to be supported in 2008/09 by Rotarians in Rotary District 1070.

For further information on how you or your Rotary Club can become involve in supporting this worthy cause, contact Rotarian Roger McDermott, Rotary Club of Coalville.

Download the District Leaflet.

Literacy

 

For further information on Literacy Projects, please contact

Pam Wiggins, Rotary Club of Melton Mowbray.

Calvert Trust

For further information contact: Rtn. Mark Winfield (Rushden)

 

Disabled Young People enjoy a week of challenges.

 

Abseiling is hard even without a wheelchair!

For more information about Calvert Trust, Click Here. 

Stroke & Health Awareness

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rtn. Alan Eldred (Peterborough Minster)

 

 

The next Stroke Awareness Day is scheduled for April, 2010. 

 

Download Draft Press Release (MS Word Document - Editable)

Kids Out

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rtn. Simon Adlam (St. Neots St. Mary’s)

Duties/Position	Name	Rotary Club of:
Chair	Simon Adlam	St Neots St Mary's
Secretary	Howard Bartlett	Wigston
Calvert Trust	Mark Winfield	Rushden
Competitions & Service Recognition Awards	Bill Watson	Shepshed Charnwood
Environment	Bill Burton	Bedford Park
Excitement of Science	Margaret Morley	Corby Pheonix
Health & Stroke Awareness	Alan Eldred	Peterborough Minster
Literacy Projects	Pam Wiggins	Melton Mowbray
Shannon Trust	Pam Wiggins	Melton Mowbray
Kids Out	Simon Adlam	St Neots St Marys
D4L	Pam Wiggins	Melton Mowbray
Sailability	Tony Robbs	Kettering
Service Recognition Awards	Bill Watson	Coalville
Liaison Governor	Terry Gooding	Oadby