Rotary Foundation
The Rotary Club of Seaburn received a banner award in recognition of its generous support of Rotary Foundation, being the 3rd highest donor in Rotary North East.
It demonstrates the club's commitment to Doing Good in the World.
The Rotary Foundation
Our club invariably gives $100 per member to the general fund and £500 to End Polio Now each year.
Programmes of The Rotary Foundation
Through Rotary Foundation grants and programmes, Rotarians and other donors help change the world. Rotary clubs and districts are providing clean water, improving the environment, sponsoring scholarships, and helping reach Rotary's No. 1 goal, eradicating polio.
PolioPlus
Rotarians have mobilised by the hundreds of thousands to eradicate polio. They're working to ensure that children are immunised against this crippling disease, despite weak infrastructure, extreme poverty, and civil strife prevailing in many countries. Since the PolioPlus program began in 1985, more than 2 billion children have received the oral polio vaccine.
Rotary's US$200 Million Challenge is The Rotary Foundation's response to $355 million in grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help wipe out polio. Every dollar given to PolioPlus counts toward the $200 million match.
Humanitarian Grants Programmes
District Simplified Grants support the local and international service activities of Rotary districts.
Matching Grants provide matching funds for the international service projects of Rotary clubs and districts.
Educational Programmes
Ambassadorial Scholarships send undergraduate and graduate students to study abroad while supporting Rotary's mission to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace.
Group Study Exchange (GSE) supports travel for teams of non-Rotarians from a variety of professions. Rotary hosts organise an itinerary of vocational, educational, and cultural points of interest.
Rotary Peace Fellowships support graduate students and professionals in fields related to peace and conflict resolution. Each year, up to 110 fellows study at one of the Rotary Peace Centres around the globe, the nearest one being at Bradford University.
Future Vision
Through its Future Vision plan, The Rotary Foundation is creating a new grant model to enhance its support of club and district humanitarian and educational projects. A three-year pilot began in July 2010, with 100 Rotary districts testing the grant model. All districts will transfer to the new grant structure in July 2013.
What We Are Doing Now
The Seaburn Club held an event on 22nd March 2013, a Cabaret Night "Music from the Movies" including a 3 course dinner, in support of Rotary Foundation and the End Polio campaign. The evening raised almost £900 and was enjoyed by over 100 people who attended.
If you require more information on the work the Rotary Foundation does, visit the web site www.rotary.org
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Rotary International's big effort to rid the world of this crippling disease started in 1985. We are so close to completing the job. Just one last push!
more'We're for Communities' and work within our local community, whose assistance and support we value greatly.
moreActivities include working with schools,Youth Competitions, Rotary Youth Leadership Award scheme, our Interact Club, Rotakids clubs and much more.
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Members of Seaburn Rotary wish to express their condolences to members of The Royal Family upon the death of Her Majesty.
moreRotary Club of Seaburn works with communities overseas, mostly through The Rotary Foundation.
moreWe follow this avenue of service by helping in schools in a variety of ways. We also have speakers who tell us about their occupations.
moreFormer Rotary Club of Seaburn Satellite Club, which was formed into a separate Rotary Club SR1.
moreThis committee is concerned with the administration of the club. It incorporates: House; Registrar; Fellowship; Programme; Sport. The President Elect is usually the chairman of the committee, with other members taking a lead in each particular activity.
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Each year a new card is painted by Rotarian Randle Oliver. These are sold to friends as well as other Rotary club members to raise funds for Rotary Foundation and other charities, including our own Benevolent Fund.
moreThis new community venture opened in August 2017. The meetings are held at 2.00 pm on the last Wednesday each month.
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Rotary's main purpose is to encourage and nurture volunteerism locally, nationally and internationally. We have an active Membership Committee and would like to hear from anyone interested in finding out more about Rotary.
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The Rotary Club of Seaburn received a banner award in recognition of its generous support of Rotary Foundation, being the 3rd highest donor in Rotary North East. It demonstrates the club's commitment to Doing Good in the World.
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