Helping our Community and Raising Funds

We are very active in our community

Renovating our Rotary well in Tiverton town centre

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* Investing in 'Ready Steady Read' projects in three local schools giving assistance to  pupils with reading difficulties - and achieving remarkable results. 

* Organising a community event (normally) each year in Tiverton.The 2022 event was in West Exe Park and included a Family Dog Show plus plenty of music and other attractions. The 2020 and 2021 events had to be cancelled because of the lockdown but this time there were plenty of games, pony Rides and Sideshows as well as lots to eat and drink. The 2023 event will be held in West Exe Park on Monday 28th August.

* Supporting our Interact Club at Tiverton High School where pupil Interactors get involved in fundraising and projects both in the school and locally.

* Supporting and fundraising for ShelterBox, the disaster charity in Cornwall which was founded by a Rotarian.

* Sponsoring local students for the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards with a five night residential course on Dartmoor or Exmoor. The course aims to improve leadership skills for 18-30 year olds

* Sponsoring a young adult at Kira Farm in Uganda which helps to forge a career for those who would otherwise have no quality of life. 

* Raising funds for Kira Farm via our Annual Quiz which in 2023 will be on Friday 22nd October.

* Entertaining the elderly in Tiverton on Silver Sunday when they are invited to a silver service tea with accompanying local songsters and magicians probably in St. Peter's Church.

* Helping with the Mid Devon Messenger the talking newspaper for the visually impaired

* Raising funds for local charities. One of those is the Churches Housing Action Team (CHAT) which caters for the homeless and provides food for the needy.

* Supporting the Rotary International and World Health Organisation drive to eliminate polio from the world - we're almost there! 

* Assisting sister Clubs in Exe Valley and Exmoor in the annual Exmoor Challenge (a 16 mile hike for youngsters on the moor) . Members also act as marshals at the Tiverton Triathlon . 

* Helping to keep Tiverton litter free.with regular litter duties for members.

* Planting new trees to put something back into our local environment.

* We ask local primary schools to nominate a "Unsung Hero" (a pupil who may not be in the forefront of examination results or sporting achievements but who contributes to the life of the school and fellow pupils in a real and caring way). We then make an award to that pupil  at a school assembly.

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Renovating our Rotary well in Tiverton town centre

We are very active in our community

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Helping children who have reading difficulties. Currently in three schools in the area and subject to suitable consultants being arranged and continuing funds being available from Rotary.

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What the Tiverton Club does overseas and how it contributes to Rotary International projects world wide

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A friendly Family Dog Show was organised by the Rotary Club under the auspices of the town market manager for the first time in 2022 and proved very popular and successful once again in 2023.

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Several of our members join with Tiverton Litterpickers group to assist in various parts of the town on the second Saturday of each month

Helping to keep our community free of litter

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The international disaster charity

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Rotary International is now so close to eliminating polio from the world. Read the story below. Over the years Tiverton Rotary has contributed over £12000 to the cause.

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Provides support to academically gifted but financially disadvantaged scholars in South Africa.

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