The Club held its first Local Community Heroes Award ceremony by Zoom on 12th November to recognise those people who have gone above and beyond to support those in need in their local communities during the pandemic.
The ceremony was hosted by Rotarian Ian Cochrane and attended by a number of the recipients of the award. Certificates were sent out in advance.
The 16 local heroes were as follows:
Stalybridge Junior Football Club - provision of over 1,000 free meals across Tameside during the October 20 half term
Holy Trinity Church, Stalybridge - providing support to vulnerable members of the community
Stalybridge Covid Support Group - providing a helpline and delivery service for vulnerable residents during lockdown
Heyrod Village Store - support given to local residents
Pattisons Family Butchers, Mossley - providing a delivery service for vulnerable members of the community during lockdown
5 A Day Store, Stalybridge - providing food and a delivery service for local residents
Candolim Restaurant, Stalybridge - providing food and a delivery service for vulnerable members of the community
Raja Brothers in Carrbrook, Manchester Road Mossley and Staley Road Mossley - providing a delivery service for vulnerable members of the community
Steve Barton, BEM, Barty's Foodbank - setting up and running Barty's foodbank in Stalybridge
Karen Blackett, Carrbrook - support for local residents whilst working as a key worker at Tameside Hospital
Mrs Valerie Charnock, Carrbrook - keeping the Honesty Shed stocked with homemade meals, fruit, vegetables, jams, cakes, books and magazines
Katie Whamby of Hairess Salon, Stalybridge - helping to meet the needs of customers during lockdown
Danny Power, Carrbrook - providing entertainment in Carrbrook Village during lockdown
Councillor David Sweeton - for volunteering for Tameside East Foodbank
Councillor Jan Jackson - supporting a wide range of local community groups and local residents
Civic Mayor, Councillor Janet Cooper - supporting her own local communities in Longdendale
Congratulations to all our award winners.
more The Club presented a cheque for £100 & a Rotary Hero Award to Ella Warhurst of Mossley. She has raised funds for the NHS by selling homemade loom bands, stress balls & colouring packs. Ella has donated the money to Tameside Hospital's scanner appeal.
more The Club made a £250 donation to local homeless charity, Emmaus, to help them to continue with its valuable work in the local community.
more Stalybridge Celtic Blues is a football team whose members have disabilities. When the club discovered that their existing kit was 3 years old they provided the funding to enable them to purchase replacements.
more Thousands of masks and visors have been delivered to care homes and hospices in the North West due to collaborative funding from 20 Rotary Clubs, including Dukinfield and Stalybridge.
more Club members take part in the annual event to pack meals for children in third world countries, which allows them to attend school.
more Laying wreaths at local war memorials
more A donation of £250 was given to Stalybridge Celtic Junior Football Club to help them with the provision of free school meals during the October half term.
more Presentation evening on 18th October 2018 for Oakdale School, Stalybridge to assist the funding of a sensory room.
more Packing of 60000 meals under a Rotary/Rise Against Hunger initiative. Meals to be sent to Africa to help malnourished or starving people
more Providing funding to Angela Taylor help put on sign language classes from Carrbrook Community Hub.
more Helping a foodbank to maintain its service to the community
more An opportunity for local organisations and individuals to apply for funding. 8 groups applied this year and a total of £2500 was distributed on the evening.
more Due to the pandemic Club members were unable to arrange tours of Dukinfield, Stalybridge and Mossley with Santa and supermarket collections. So Club members arranged for Mr & Mrs Santa to film Christmas stories for Youtube and set up a Justgiving page.
more Members volunteer their time and talents to tackle the crisis brought on by Covid 10
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