Community Service

Community Service

One of the principal aims of the Club is to identify ways in which it can support the local Community.

This may be a specific Rotary initiative, or may be linked to supporting other organisations to help deliver worthwhile projects in the Community.

Each year the Club undertakes a range of activities.  Some have been running for a number of years.  Others are new ideas.

Many of these activities are coordinated by our Community and Vocational Group, with other initiatives being organised on a "whole club" basis, or linked to particular fundraising social events.

Recent events that have taken place include:

• Funded mainly from the proceeds of our Bedale Book and Postcard Fairs, in the period since July 2023 we were able to make a number of donations to good causes.  These included a further £1000 for the Herriot Hospice@The Lambert Appeal during their "Make It Happen" Campaign - which allowed this money to be doubled for the benefit of the appeal. We also agreed a further £1400 to be spent as and when Hambleton Foodshare require urgent shopping to meet shortages of supplies for distribution, £500 for MyMitoMission, a charity dealing with Mitocondrial disease, and £500 to Brain Tumour Research.Later in the Rotary Year we were able to give £100 to Carers Plus, £100 to Northallerton and Dales Mencap, £100 to Northdale Horticulture.
• Linked to talks we had received at Club meetings we were able to donate £100 to Hearing Dogs and £100 to Artizan International.
• We have provided funding of £250 to the Northallerton School Foundsation to allow theat body to make payments to students and former students in need.
• We provided £300 to Bedale Library to allow them to replace window blinds.
• From a raffle at our Charter Dinner we were able to by Archery Equipment for the Nortahllerton RAF Air Cadets.
• Each February, usually on Shrove Tuesday itself, a team from the Club takes part in the Pancake Races - raising money for Hambleton Foodshare. In 2024 we had second place in both the ladies and mens races.
• In November 2023 we repeated our succesful Quiz Night with Pie and Pea Supper, raising £419 fwhich we split between the Yorkshire Air Ambulance and the Children's Air Ambulanceor the Herriot Hospice@The Lambert Appeal.
• Also in November we supported the Town Council with the Bucket Collection at the Northallerton Town Firework display. Money collected in the buckets goes towards the cost of the fireworks for the next years event.

Vocational

Through vocational service, Rotarians are expected to adhere to, and promote high ethical standards in all their business and professional lives, recognise the worthiness of all useful occupations, and contribute their professional expertise and skills to addressing the problems and needs of society. This is a cornerstone of the Rotary movement.

These skills are available to the Club when it develops a range of projects to help the Community.