Tuesday meeting 12.00 for 12.30 finishing at 14.00
Tue, Aug 9th 2022 at 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Zoom meeting Terri Morgan from Erdington Rotary spoke about Sleep Pod an innovative emergency shelter. Apologies were sent to Alyson Wort as usual
Following a visit to a migrant camp in France Justin returned to England and was struck by the number of homeless people on our streets. He knew that in the last difficult winter this had led to many deaths from hypothermia. He devised the easily portable Sleep Pod as an easy to to make way of ensuring people could sleep safe, dry and warm on english streets. Materials can be bought from DIY stores and a video on YouTube shows how a Sleep Pod can be made. £30 + VAT would cover the cost of a Sleep Pod. Centres have been established in Birmingham, Bristol and Kent with volunteers making Pods.
How can we help? Fundraising is one option but Sleep Pod making days are an opportunity to really get involved and they have been taken up by companies as team building exercises. Is this an option for us because of our connection with Hidden Homeless?
'With an investment in time and money it has been shown that so much can be achieved with so little'
Barrie Oldam gave the vote of thanks confirming that there would certainly be a response from Aireborough Rotary with consideration given to how best to do the most good.
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The Rotary Club of Aireborough owes a great debt to the fine efforts of this committee. Traditionally recruitment begins via personal contact with a member and with meetings now held on both Tuesday lunchtime and Thursday evening there are more options.
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This Committee ensures meetings run smoothly, arranges events both fund-raising and social, seeks ways to publicise activities and maintains the website. Reports on activities follow below, although they will often feature on the homepage.
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The Community Leader organises events some yearly including Dictionaries4 Life, Easter Egg Hunt, Jakethon and the Halloween Trail as well as the Social Interactive Quiz. It also supports the Friends of Guiseley Cemetery and the Beer Festival.
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This committee covers activities relating to schools, Rotary competitions and individuals in this age group seeking support
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This Committee supports activities financially and through hands-on help, with Aquaboxes for disaster areas, micro-loans for budding entrepreneurs, partnering the Bambisanani project and providing menstrual care kits for pupils.
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Fundraising for Rotary's own charity, Foundation, includes the weekly wine raffle. Foundation funds the Peace Department at Bradford University and its funding saw the Club host many Foundation supported Ambassadorial Scholars studying in Leeds.
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This is a new category of service activity supported by global grants beginning on 1 July 2021. The Club has been involved for some years tree planting in Nunroyd Park and Litter Picking around our area.
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The Thursday group meets on the first and third Thursdays of the month at Horsforth Golf Club between 6.00 and 8.00 p.m. on an informal 'drop-in'basis. New members are always welcome.
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Tuesday lunchtimes was the only weekly meeting when the Club began in 1953 originally meeting at the then Yeadon Airport. Since then as times have changed so have the venues but we are now firmly ensconced at Horsforth Golf Club
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