The guest speaker for the evening was Nadia Whitmore, from the NSPCC (National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children). She had come across from her base in Glasgow to give a great presentation, covering the various programmes run by the NSPCC ranging from Childline to 'Share Aware', designed for parents to help their children stay safe on social networks, apps and games. Indeed Jeff Abbott suggested that Share Aware was something Rotary nationally ought to be able to help with. Details of the various NSPCC programmes can be found by clicking on
www.nspcc.org. The interest from members was reflected in the number of questions Nadia fielded from the floor. The club presented her with a cheque for £100
The members were pleased to meet this year’s two RYLA
Candidates, Rebecca Blaikie and Joseph Donkin. They will both be sponsored by
the club to attend the week camp in July. Rotary
Youth Leadership Award events are for young people aged 16 to
17 years, who are about to start their working lives or to enter higher
education, and who have shown leadership potential and are likely, as adults,
to become future leaders. Students are put into mixed groups of complementary
ability where they take part in outdoor activities. They are placed in
challenging situations to help develop leadership and team bonding skills and
to increase personal confidence. Our
candidates always have a wonderful time, and the club congratulated Rebecca and
Joseph on being chosen.
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