The Chairman Responsible for Community & Vocational is
Ian Brown
In the first half of the Rotary year
gave a cheque for £500 to Jacky Collins from Chase
the Children's Hospice which is based in Guildford. We have also donated £500 towards the appeal set up by Rotary
in the UK and Ireland to help with flood relief in the floods in the North and the West during July
2007.
As we have always done we joined with
the Rotary Club of Caterham and Caterham Round Table
to collect money through the Christmas Tree of
Goodwill street collection. Over the 10 nights
of collection this yielded over £3500. This
was donated to East Surrey Crossroads - a group that
provides respite care to carers in the area.
The staff of 27 support carers of all ages to ensure
that they get some time to do the things that they
personally need without having to worry about what
is happening to their charges.
We have also helped out the Aspinall
Foundation with a small donation.
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During the last few years we have provided help in the local community in the
following areas:
Chase Hospice - Guilford - a hospice for Children
Bletchingley Skills Centre - various projects including new classroom.
Surrey Air Ambulance - a donation in January 2007 of £1000
Rainbow Trust - Leatherhead - respite care for seriously ill children
Caterham Scouts - contribution towards building works for new
toilets at the scout hut.
Rotary Centenary Clock - on the roundabout opposite Church
Walk with Caterham Rotary
New play equipment at a local park
IHOT - contribution towards the fitting out of independent living
accommodation for disabled people at the barracks site.
Tandridge PHAB Club - operating the minibus to get handicapped people
to the meetings
Jubilee Sailing Trust - send physically handicapped on tall ships for the experience of a lifetime
Tandridge
Crossroads - a domicilary care organisation to provide breaks for carers
plus many smaller contributions In the last Rotary year we supported the Bletchingley Skills Centre once again with funds
for redecorating part of the centre. We also gave £1000 to Surrey Air Ambulance which is setting up an Air Ambulance for Surrey and Sussex. Our objective this year is to provide
help to a number of local organisations. A number of smaller donations were made during the course of the year,
Please note that the Rotary year runs from July to June.
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