Speaker Jim Slater, Rotary Foundation - Vocational Training Teams.

Tue, Jun 23rd 2015 at 6:30 pm -

Our club meeting this week featured a talk by Jim Slater - Rotary Foundation - Vocational Training Teams. Jim is the District (VTT) Officer. Jim provided a very interesting talk on Foundation and an outline on Vocational Training Teams (VTT).

The teams comprise groups of professionals who travel abroad - either to teach local professionals about a particular field, or to learn more about their own.

A (VTT) can be funded in different ways, and can include : -

District Grants.

To qualify for a District Grant activities need to support the Rotary Foundations mission to promote goodwill and peace, improve health support education, and alleviate poverty.

One or more Rotary Clubs, with or without District Grants.

Global Grants. To qualify for Global Grant it must align with one or more of the areas of focus.

Team Members can be Rotarians or Non Rotarians - with no restriction on length of a (VTT) visit.

A successful (VTT) increases the capacity of host community to solve problems and improve quality of life.

Jim made reference to VTT recruitment, and business mentors, and also where they spent 2 - 4 weeks in Ghana, with involvement in preparing and presenting seminars to a wider business audience.

Examples of businesses visited included Cooler Ice Drinking Water, Love Enterprises, and (Thrive Africa & Enliven Mama Africa - members may remember the talk by Maxwell Yaw Donker re this charity in Ghana) and where support and help is given.

Next meeting Tuesday 30th June - Douglas White (Carnegie UK Trust) Digital Dunfermline.

Reception Alan Farquharson & Ken Mackay

VOT Dave Riddell.

Reminder to Council Members - Council meeting follows club meeting on 30th June

'What We Do' Main Pages:

Duty Rota

Members allocated for reception and vote of thanks duties

Information and application form. Scroll down to see who has benefited from our grants programme.

Rotary in our Community

International Service Projects

Primary Schools linked to Rotary Club of West Fife:- Blairhall, Cairneyhill, Carnock, Crossford, Camdean, Culross, Inzievar, Holy Name, Limekilns, Milesmark, St Serfs, Saline, Torryburn, Tulliallan. Secondary Schools:- Queen Anne and Woodmill