Club Foundation Projects - Local

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