Report by Rotarian Alan Blair. Photos by Ken Ball.
"In 2015 the Club decided to honour the memory of our Founding President
Maurice Porter by setting up the Founder President’s Fund to try to find local
people who are doing good work within our local New Forest community. The
original funding came from personal donations from members, a donation from the
Porter Family and a donation from the Rotary Club.
We sought applicants by
running stories in our local newspapers and we have made 4 awards prior to this
year. We have helped a lunch club on the Waterside ; a sailability group in
Totton, a Christian job club in Lymington and a supply of “ nature/environmental
"books to local primary schools.
This year our publicity must have been
very widely read as we had 32 applications for funding. There was a case to be
made for supporting the majority of applications so the FPF team of John Kernan,
Alan Blair and President Tim had a very difficult job to decide whom we should
support. In the event we agreed the following 8 charities should be supported.:-
Lyndhurst & District Community First Responders… Funding for a
defibrillator
'What We Do' Main Pages:
We assisted the Totton Spiritualist Church in their project to give an Easter Egg to all children being supported through the Churches food bank. Also additional food and clothing for the Food Bank itself.
moreGateway Annual Games-press article attached
moreChristmas Party pictures
more'Treasure gathered by our Rotary Club from Rotarians, schools and scouts for children who are carers for their loved ones.
moreSupported by New Forest Rotary the Annual Gateway Games at Brockenhurst College attracted over 40 competitors with learning difficulties. Eastleigh won with New Milton 'M Chicks' winning the annual Rotary trophy for team spirit.
moreChristmas Party
moreFlyer shows some charities supported recently.
morePresentation by Tina Richardson of Wessex Heartbeat to President Ian Frame of Certificate of Support on completion of pledge to raise £1,500.
moreOutgoing President Tina hands over the chain of office to new President for 2023/24 Ian Frame of Lyndhurst & Brittany after rip-roaring year as our FIRST Lady President (but not last!)
moreThe following document by Laura Luff, the Senior Development Manager, sets out the LifeLab initiative.
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