Club Foundation Projects - Local

Multi-Club Project to help Rainbows

The Rotary Clubs of Hinckley Ambion, Market Bosworth and Melton Mowbray Belvoir worked together to raise money and a Foundation grant to provide Rainbows with additional specialist equipment to use in the caring of young people. 

Many of the children and young people who access Rainbows are unable to stand and require a hoist and sling to help them move from lying on the bed to sitting in their chair or another piece of supportive equipment such as a specialist bean bag chair. A soft material sling is placed under the child or young person, this sling is then attached to the hoist with loops. The hoist lifts them up in the sling which supports them, so that they can be transferred safely and comfortably.

In four of the bedrooms, Rainbows currently have no overhead ceiling track hoisting – and so for children and young people who require hoisting they are currently using a mobile hoist (shown above). This is often challenging as the hoist is large, taking up quite a lot of space in the bedroom, and requires moving the hoist, moving the chair, and often moving the bed during the transfer process.

The donations are enabling Rainbows to have ceiling track hoists fitted into these four rooms. This enables much easier hoisting for the children, young people and the staff who are caring for them. The child or young person’s chair or a specialist bean bag chair can be positioned right next to the bed and then the child or young person is transferred much more easily and without needing to move equipment of furniture around. This enables transfers to take less time and is more comfortable for the children and young people plus is a great support to the staff who are caring for them.

       

More about Rainbows here 

Rotary Club of Ramsey

Sensory musical instruments - Bury Church School

Rotary Foundation helps Rotarians do good around the world and in Ramsey.  We were fortunate to be one of the clubs who applied & were successfully awarded a grant to help one of our local schools install outdoor sensory musical instruments & increase the number of iPads for pupils.  A year on from making our application the musical instruments have recently been installed & have gone down very well & the iPads will shortly arrive.  Our photo collage shows the working party installing the instruments & a group of reception year pupils trying the rain wheel out in a lesson.

Thank you Mrs Case for the great photo. It's great to see them finally in place for all the pupils to enjoy.

Rotary Club of Hinckley Ambion

Lawrence House Refurbishment Project - Led by the Rotary Club of Hinckley Ambion

Hinckley Ambion Rotary Club has been privileged to help Lawrence House for several years.

A supported accommodation for young homeless people between the ages of 16 and 25, it is an independent charity with no statutory funding.

Run by Hinckley Homeless Group, it is staffed 24 hours a day, and has 12 bedrooms for both male and female residents who can live here for up to 2 years.

Two years ago, the bedrooms were being updated and a group of Rotarians went along to help assemble flatpack wardrobes. This year, however, was something completely different!

The communal lounge needed a makeover, so a preliminary visit was made to see what work we were taking on.

Communal Lounge Before Refurbishment

It was obvious that redecorating was essential with new curtains, curtain poles and carpet if possible.

A list of tools, paint and other decorating supplies was made ready for a visit to the nearby DIY store, and the preparation work began. The ‘phone box’ and ‘car’ needed to be removed. This meant replastering the area, together with filling many other holes in the walls. Past President Peter and his son changed the lighting to more efficient low energy LED strip lights to reduce running costs, clutter was removed and eventually everything was ready for the decorating to start. A rota was drawn up and work commenced.

Communal Lounge During Refurbishment