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Care has been taken in the compilation and editing of this newsletter. The news included in these pages is believed to be correct but opinion may not necessarily be that of The Rotary Foundation. We would welcome news and stories of your successful initiatives, good practice, events and activities to share with your fellow Rotarians! Care has been taken in the compilation and editing of this newsletter. The news included in these pages is believed to be correct but opinion may not necessarily be that of The Rotary Foundation. ZONE -IN No.10 January/February 2016 There is real and strong sense of purpose in my note to you today. It is quite simply – END POLIO NOW & FOR EVER! This has been our mantra since 1985, and we’ve been doing the job pretty well until fairly recently. In fact we’d been doing very well until we discovered we were “THIS CLOSE”. Now, for some inexplicable reason, we seem to have taken our eye off the ball. I know this, because over the ensuing years Rotarians in these islands have hugely supported the End Polio Now (EPN) Campaign with the generosity of their “Giving”. This year however “Giving” to EPN is 75% down. This drop in funding has created a huge concern for us as custodians of the success of the project, which I remind you, we are “THIS CLOSE” to completing. In being “THIS CLOSE” could mean that some Rotarians are thinking “job done, onwards to the next target, we can use our funds to do good elsewhere in the world”. My view is that This Is WRONG. Please read on. Yes, Africa could be about to be declared Polio Free. Yes, Asia (Afghanistan and Pakistan) appears to be coming closer to “THIS CLOSE” than ever ….. BUT they are not there yet …… AND …… here is the important bit …….. It is a medical - even after the final case of POLIO has been recorded in Africa and Asia we need to continue our immunization programmes for a further three years in order to ensure that the Wild Polio Virus is expunged from the planet. -World Health Organisation. By so doing, we ensure that the children being born in the aftermath of the final eradication are protected from any potential recurrence of the virus lying apparently dormant waiting to strike on an unprotected child somewhere on the planet. That is why there is, as I pen these notes to you, a National Immunisation Day (NID) currently being carried out by RIBI Rotarians in India to EPN, where 14 million children are born annually. It is a huge task which has to be repeated in every formerly endemic country. So … my plea to you is to ensure that being “THIS CLOSE” to the END OF POLIO NOW is not the rock on which our efforts perish. Please share this message with your District/Club and encourage it to resume and/or increase its donations to the END POLIO NOW Campaign. Remind members that for every £1.00 we donate The Gates Foundation adds another £2.00. Free up money to help END POLIO NOW AND FOR EVER. PLEASE DO IT NOW!!!! Many thanks. Allan.
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Care has been taken in the compilation and editing of this newsletter. The news included in these pages is believed to be correct but opinion may not necessarily
be that of The Rotary Foundation.
We would welcome news and stories of your successful initiatives, good
practice, events and activities to share with your fellow Rotarians!
Care has been taken in the compilation and editing of this newsletter. The news included in these pages is believed to be correct but opinion may not necessarily
be that of The Rotary Foundation.
ZONE -IN
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No.10 January/February 2016
There is real and strong sense of purpose in my
note to you today. It is quite simply – END
POLIO NOW & FOR EVER! This has been
our mantra since 1985, and we’ve been doing the
job pretty well until fairly recently.
In fact we’d been doing very well until we discovered
we were “THIS CLOSE”. Now, for some inexplicable
reason, we seem to have taken our eye off the ball.
I know this, because over the ensuing years Rotarians in these islands have hugely supported the End Polio Now
(EPN) Campaign with the generosity of their “Giving”.
This year however “Giving” to EPN is 75% down. This drop in funding has created a huge concern for us as
custodians of the success of the project, which I remind you, we are
“THIS CLOSE” to completing. In being “THIS CLOSE” could mean
that some Rotarians are thinking “job done, onwards to the next target,
we can use our funds to do good elsewhere in the world”.
My view is that This Is WRONG. Please read on. Yes, Africa could be
about to be declared Polio Free. Yes, Asia (Afghanistan and Pakistan)
appears to be coming closer to “THIS CLOSE” than ever ….. BUT
they are not there yet …… AND …… here is the important bit ……..
It is a medical - even after the final case of POLIO has been recorded
in Africa and Asia we need to continue our immunization programmes
for a further three years in order to ensure that the Wild Polio Virus is expunged from the planet. -World
Health Organisation.
By so doing, we ensure that the children being born in the aftermath of the
final eradication are protected from any potential recurrence of the virus
lying apparently dormant waiting to strike on an unprotected child
somewhere on the planet.
That is why there is, as I pen these notes to you, a National Immunisation
Day (NID) currently being carried out by RIBI Rotarians in India to EPN,
where 14 million children are born annually. It is a huge task which has to be
repeated in every formerly endemic country.
So … my plea to you is to ensure that being “THIS CLOSE” to the END OF
POLIO NOW is not the rock on which our efforts perish.
Please share this message with your District/Club and encourage it to resume and/or increase its donations to the
END POLIO NOW Campaign. Remind members that for every £1.00 we donate The Gates Foundation adds
another £2.00. Free up money to help
END POLIO NOW AND FOR EVER.
PLEASE DO IT NOW!!!! Many thanks. Allan.
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“Let us multiply the gifts we have been given by sharing them with others”. K.R.Ravindran
IN THIS ISSUE
Pg 2 EPN Contributions
Pg 2 Kiran’s story part.
Pg 3 From the “Chair”
Pg 3 The Rotary Crocus
Pg 4 The Best of Jean!
Pg 4 Daniel’s Bike Ride
Pg 4 Grants & Giving update
Pg 5 Kite Festival
Pg 5 Events
Pg 6 More on Polio funding
Pg 7 Paignton’s Global Grant
Pg 7 Welcome DRFCs!
Pg 8 In Paddington’s
Footsteps
Pg 8 Message from Jean
Newsletter Editor
Frank Hart-Venn
(Exmouth&District)
would welcome
your contribution,
stories, pictures
and comments.
Are you sitting comfortably?
Continuing Our Peace Scholar’s story.
In 2002, following the attacks on September 11th and local
attacks on a mosque and synagogue in Edinburgh, I helped
organize an event where people of faith and secular
traditions stood side by side to tell their stories. We invited
imams, priests, and rabbis—Catholics, Protestants, Muslims,
Sikhs, Buddhists and Baha’is—to explore faith, belief, and
identity in the 21st century. Coptic Christians sang songs of
resurrection in Arabic. Sikhs wore the Scottish Sikh tartan
and performed traditional bhangra with bagpipes.
Jewish Scots performed music that combined the Scottish Celtic and Klezmer
traditions. Altogether, 6,000 people of diverse faiths and backgrounds came
together to stand shoulder to shoulder, using stories to express solidarity as one
community.
Now of course I live and work in Jonesborough, the birthplace of the American
storytelling renaissance, overseeing the work of the International Storytelling
Center. One night in October 2013, during my first Festival, I heard master
teller Elizabeth Ellis tell a story about a difficult and divisive time in this
nation’s history: the Civil War. A group of Confederate mothers were laying
flowered wreaths at the gravestones of their fallen sons. In a powerful act of
empathy, they decided to also lay wreaths for the fallen Union soldiers. Though
these dead were, in name, the enemy, these women recognized that they were
also children of mothers who lived far away.
To me, that story was a powerful reminder that we can, despite differences,
understand one another on a human level. This is a theme I find myself
returning to often, not just in my work, but in life. Again and again, storytelling
has helped me establish connections in my own communities—and as a visitor
and a peacebuilder in the communities of others.
All of us have the opportunity to use our stories as a binding force whenever
and wherever there is conflict, tension, fear or suspicion. Finding those common
threads helps us to build civility and to treat others as we ourselves hope to be
treated. From your lips to other people’s ears, storytelling is a truly democratic
art, requiring no tools or props. We are, each of us, storytellers. To tell our
stories is more than just a human right. It is a gift we can give the world.
Kiran Singh Sirah is President International Storytelling Center
www.storytellingcenter.net
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Jul £2,302.32 £15,075.31 £67,050.12 £92,002.31 £59,584.19 £72,339.58 £46,980.08 £83,301.00 £43,994.20
Aug £10,099.13 £48,270.56 £55,482.75 £91,571.11 £66,551.91 £79,271.44 £36,991.39 £38,172.04 £26,515.67
Sep £3,130.15 £31,100.03 £60,435.20 £52,033.62 £73,151.49 £32,921.15 £43,021.96 £27,980.16 £21,062.37
Oct £2,624.53 £60,324.46 £64,789.80 £51,026.20 £32,235.83 £52,502.97 £66,402.53 £38,819.69 £29,924.73
Nov £5,313.00 £76,086.14 £77,409.49 £67,380.15 £50,284.22 £53,053.43 £64,478.07 £58,615.72 £53,353.51
Dec £5,337.98 £47,752.84 £63,445.71 £55,674.13 £69,786.57 £25,990.81 £41,855.95 £46,314.74 £34,917.33
Jan £1,776.97 £79,074.11 £45,818.79 £70,591.56 £65,224.50 £27,373.16 £76,242.10 £67,373.51 £38,061.90
Feb £5,902.00 £62,533.96 £76,328.26 £93,928.09 £85,497.26 £38,458.86 £73,629.36 £78,340.94
Mar £12,579.46 £67,559.79 £473,337.71 £164,300.42 £100,291.72 £69,544.44 £85,378.81 £63,139.31
Apr £20,659.98 £92,062.61 £280,126.82 £116,597.38 £101,385.24 £74,859.66 £107,160.95 £99,896.50
May £35,801.12 £108,583.67 £193,073.86 £185,449.61 £164,761.98 £146,135.30 £104,076.45 £112,327.57
Jun £133,007.43 £258,763.78 £417,148.64 £322,477.17 £261,917.19 £182,272.45 £213,425.59 £203,647.43
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“Let us multiply the gifts we have been given by sharing them with others”. K.R.Ravindran
From the Chair Ray round the camp fire!
A favourite, happy
and thoughtful, song,
"Cowboy Logic,"
and a book “Cowboy
Ethics” covers the
behaviour of the
cowboys of the old west.
This, Ray writes, has relevance to
Rotary where Ray sees an alignment
of the guiding principles within the
book with our Four-way Test.
He writes, “Three of the principles are
particularly applicable to the
PolioPlus program. In the 30 years
since the program was launched,
Rotarians have remained steadfastly
committed to the goal of polio
eradication, even though it has taken
much longer and been more
expensive than anyone originally
imagined. But we stuck with it, and
now the goal of ending polio is
clearly in sight. Along the way, we
have fulfilled three of the principles
of the Code of the West: "Do what
has to be done," "When you make a
promise, keep it," and "Always finish
what you start"!
Other principles have special
relevance for The Rotary Foundation
as a whole: "Take pride in your work"
and "Ride for the brand."
Ray thanks Rotarians for having
"ridden for the brand" through their
creative work and generous
contributions with their support of
Foundation programmes.
Rotarians have t truly made the
world better place. He feels no need to
ask Rotarians for their loyalty to the
Foundation. Instead, he wants to thank
them for their amazing loyalty.
Rotating the fireside chat.
When Ray joined Rotary the fireside
chat was a popular, simple, and
effective method of communication
among Rotarians.
By inviting a small number of fellow
members to his home, a Rotarian and
members could talk about the value of
Rotary in their lives. Such an evening
provided fellowship and increased
knowledge about Rotary programmes,
including The Rotary Foundation.
Elsewhere, particularly Down Under,
they were called poolside chats, with
the same concept.
As the 111th anniversary of Rotary on
23 February approaches, Ray hopes we
take the opportunity to spend an
evening with some of our Rotary
friends to talk about Rotary,
particularly our Foundation as it
prepares for centennial year in 2016-
17.
As the Rotary anniversary falls on a
Tuesday this year and Tuesday
nights are normally not heavily booked
for social activities, there are many
ways to celebrate.
Our chats about Rotary these days may
be held through social media
avenues or in person in homes,
restaurants, or pubs. Ray encourages us
to commemorate both the birthday of
Rotary and the Foundation Centennial
by inviting
Rotarian friends to join together for
conversations about our organization.
He reminds us that Rotary grew
out of the idea of one individual,
Paul Harris, and the idea of Rotary
chats can be revived by individual
Rotarians and clubs in a variety of
ways.
Finally, he asks, “Who will step
forward to try the idea in their
respective clubs this year? If it is
you, please send me a note at
[email protected] to tell me
about your chat. He feels that, by
whatever name and method, chats
on 23 February about Rotary's
founding and the Foundation's
centennial will be good for our
Rotary clubs! Gleaned from the Jan/Feb editions of “the Rotarian”.
And 2016-17…………….
2016-17 Trustee Chair Kalyan
Banerjee talks about the 2016-17
goals of The Rotary Foundation at
general session 5. International
Assembly, 19 January 2016, San
Diego, California, USA.
The Rotary Crocus There is no better time than NOW to tell the general public, our friends and indeed our fellow Rotarians about the
amazing progress that Rotary’s number one humanitarian programme, the Eradication of Polio, is making.
There is no better way than the tired and tested Rotary Crocus to put that message across and at the same time
contribute to your fundraising.
From the initial question ‘what a nice flower, what is it for?’ the gates are open to say
that the colour was chosen as the purple colour matched the dye painted on the fingers of
children who have been immunized against Polio.
Each Crocus costs 33p (excluding postage) , the average donation is £1 so one box has
the potential to raise £300 for End Polio Now when the Gate’s additional 2:1 is included.
Buy now!
Toye Kenning – www.thetoyeshop.com – have the Street Collection Boxes of
100 Crocus in stock for £33 excluding postage.
Mike Parry – End Polio Now Coordinator – Zone 17
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“Let us multiply the gifts we have been given by sharing them with others”. K.R.Ravindran
Best of Jean!
And Jean Best Starts 2016 On A
High In The Rotary Peace Project
We ended the year in a very positive
way as we celebrated the success of
our Third Peace Conference,
“BATTLE YOUR BEASTS”.
www.rotarypeaceproject.com for
more details.
We also raised awareness of the
project at the Rotary Foundation Day
at the Rotary Institute in Warwick
where Rotarians from Zones in
Europe came together.
During this presentation I challenged
the incoming District Governors in
RIBI to elect a Peace Coordinator for
their District for 2016/17. So far we
have had a very good response with
10 Districts already on board. I will
hold a meeting in the spring to make
them aware of the Peace Project and
how they can take it forward in their
District. If you would like to come
along to this meeting please let me
know, at [email protected]
I started 2016 by giving a
presentation at the Rotary
International Peace Conference in
Ontario, California. We now have a
Rotarian link, Peggy Carlaw, who is
going to be our Peace Coordinator in
the USA. We have been working
with her to produce an American
version of the Peace Advocate
Programme. The results from the
presentation at the Peace Conference
have meant that Peggy is going to set
up training for the 70 Rotarians who
expressed an interest, to allow them
to set up the Rotary Peace Project in
the US
We are hoping to make the
Centenary of the Rotary Foundation
a really good year to focus on
creating Peace across our planet. We
would welcome anyone who wants
to get involved in this important area
of focus.
Make contact to find out about your
important role!
Grant & Giving Updates
Grant and Giving Updates
Grant application tool is improved
When a final application authority
is complete, the application is
automatically sent to Rotary for
review removing the wait for the
primary contact submission.
Scholars may now initiate a report
and work with their sponsor clubs
for completion.
Changes have resulted from
feedback that many of you provided
through surveys and focus groups.
Thanks to you for participation.
Further improvements will appear
in coming months, including a
significant overhaul of the VTT
application process.
Rotary centennial recognition
The Rotary Foundation’s centennial
celebrations in 2016-17 will include
recognition for major achievements
related to its programmes, including
the work that Rotary clubs and
district accomplish through our
Foundation grants. At Rotary’s
2017 convention in Atlanta, the
Foundation will highlight 10
outstanding global grant-funded
projects completed in 2015-16.
Districts are encouraged to
recognize locally outstanding
district grant-funded projects
completed this Rotary year. It is
hoped such recognition will
encourage even more Rotarians to
become involved in the work of Our
Foundation.
Rotary/UNESCO-IHE scholarships
available
The Rotary Foundation and
UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water
Education are offering up to 10
scholarships for graduate study at
UNESCO-IHE's Delft campus in
the Netherlands.
The application deadline is 15 June.
Scholars will receive a Master of
Science degree in urban water and
sanitation, water management, or
water science and engineering.
Graduates work with their Rotary
club sponsors on a related project to
benefit their local community.
Daniel’s cycle ride:
Daniel Barreto,
35 years old,
will be cycling
some 1200 miles
between Land's
End and John
O'Groats.
Daniel is a member and Past
President of the Rotary Club of
Portobello For the 13 days ride, in
June 2016, Daniel’s ambition is to
raise at least £10,000 for End
Polio Now.
He also wishes to involve Rotary
Clubs and to raise awareness of
Rotary, in general, particularly
amongst people of Daniel's age
group, along the way.
Can you help by contributing to
the Project. You, your family or
friends may care to join Daniel for
a short (or large) distance during
his cycle ride. You may care to
consider organising a smaller ride
and/or parallel event to contribute
to End Polio Now. Daniel would
be grateful to hear from you if
your members have any novel
ideas which might enhance the
aim of the Project. Please help
District 1020 to advertise this
effort within your community.
Everyone will benefit from
increased media coverage.
Daniel is of course very happy to
speak at any club within District
1020 and cycling to that club may
well be part of his training. So
clubs are very welcome to invite
him to do so. All monies raised by
sponsorship will go to End Polio Now and continue the fight to
eradicate the disease. Daniel has
devised this project, not only
because he is a strongly
committed Rotarian, but also for
personal attainment. He is funding
all the expenses of the ride
personally. He has been training
hard for many months and will
continue to do so to successfully
complete this challenge.
Thank you Alistair (D1020 News)
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“Let us multiply the gifts we have been given by sharing them with others”. K.R.Ravindran
Launched back in June 2007 Exmouth & District has held, to date, seven most enjoyable
and rewarding events.
The objectives of the event were to raise the profile of Rotary in Exmouth and its district,
giving an opportunity for the public to see the work and achievements of the Rotary
organisation, attract new and younger members and enable the club to develop further
community and vocational projects such as the “Walk or Ride” undertake community
fund-raising events and the Spiral Wells programme.
This Festival is a high profile event that attracts the general public from all
around the county and beyond – it is good for Exmouth business.
Attendance over the weekend is generally 4,000/6,000 visitors who,
with their entrance fee and donations, have benefitted our Rotary Foundation
by more than £4,000 and the Children’s Hospice SW to the tune of £14,000.
30 other charities have shared in the event gaining a further £74,000 with the
additional attraction of being able raise their profile with the public.
Importantly, the income raised is generated from the public and
not from the pockets of Rotarians!
Local schools are encouraged to participate in Kite
workshops, fitting in with the school curricula and run by
the club Rotarians, prior to the event. The children are
invited to bring their kites and fly in the arena during the
festival. The children learn about Rotary and our
Foundation at a very early age!
It is a full friendship, fellowship and fun club event that
each member is prepared to put time to and as it has grown
then stewarding has been shared with other Rotary Clubs in
our District.
Although promoted as a Kite Festival, which of course requires Kite Flyers to perform for us, the event is very
much geared to being a family fun event with other attractions ranging from Punch and Judy to assorted
fairground rides.
The End Polio Now featured in 2015 with a Name the Teddy Bear draw raising, with the help of the Gates
Foundation 2 for 1, some £600.
The Kite Festival is scheduled into the International
Kite Festival calendar so profiling Rotary across the
kite flying community and beyond with the 2016
Festival scheduled for the August Bank Holiday.
Available from
www.endpolionowguernseyshop.org/shop.php
Presidential conference explores routes to peace
Actress and humanitarian Sharon Stone gives the peace sign
after speaking at the Rotary World Peace Conference on 15
January in Ontario, California, USA.
On 2 December, a terrorist attack killed 14 people and
wounded more than 20 others in San Bernardino, California.
Less than two months later, an event nearby focused on
peace: the Rotary World Peace Conference. The two-day
meeting on 15-16 January brought together experts from
around the world to explore ideas and solutions to violence
and conflict.
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“Let us multiply the gifts we have been given by sharing them with others”. K.R.Ravindran
From Jon Stillman, IPPC Member,
End Polio Now Zone Coordinator Oversight
As of 10 February there is only one case of polio
reported for the year. Mass immunizations will
continue to take place in high risk areas until we are
sure the disease is eliminated. With the large
population movement we are now seeing we will
have to stay vigilant to ensure that the virus does
not resurface
The General Manager of The Rotary Foundation
informs that “cash contributions to polio during
the first seven months of the Rotary year are
down 11% by comparison to the same period
last year”. He further indicated that polio
contributions are down in every region of the
world.
A recent question was posed regarding the 2016-17
Presidential Citation criteria that offered an option
for clubs to choose to give US$2,650 dollars to
polio eradication honoring 100 years of the first gift
of US$26.50 to the Foundation and would this
requirement replace $1,500 club goal? The answer
is that any club that raises US$1,500 for polio
eradication will receive the Trustee certificate.
Those that give US$2,650 will earn credit toward
the Presidential Citation but will also receive the
Trustee certificate for reaching the US$1,500
threshold. All cash raised will continue to receive a
double match by the Gates Foundation. I have
attached a copy of the Presidential Citation for your
reference. Please share this information with your
RRFCs as well as your district leadership teams so
that any confusion can be removed.
If your District has not done so, please consider
giving 20% of new DDF if unused. It is a spending
account intended for use in the year it is made
available – not a savings account.
There were US$35 million in grants from the last
IPPC meeting (see IPPC report). It is important for
Rotarians to know that their effort supports so much
more than vaccine alone. Our support ensures that
vaccine gets where it is needed, when it is needed
and is viable when it arrives. Our support helps
fund environmental samples so helpful in finding
where the virus may still be hiding. Our support
helps get children to the immunization points
through social mobilization activities. Our support
helps continuing research for improved vaccines
and delivery systems which is very important as we
reach the final stages of the effort.
International Polio Plus Committee
At the last Trustees meeting in January 2016,
US$35 million in grants to end polio worldwide
were primarily made to our implementing partners
WHO and UNICEF for polio immunization
activities in the following polio-endemic and high
risk countries: Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Nigeria,
Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, and India.
For example, indelible finger markers to mark the
fingers of children who have been vaccinated,
vaccinators, supervisors and monitors to
implement polio immunization activities, car
rentals and drivers to transport vaccinators,
supervisors and monitors, town criers national and community radio station engagements social mobilizers, local guides, clinicians, immunizers, town criers and crowd, vaccine carriers communication experts – a never ending list and need.
In Cameroon, funding was provided for the people
and tools to carry out one national immunization
day especially focused on vaccinating children who
are not at home when vaccination teams visit to
ensure Cameroon remains polio-free
In Chad, funding was provided for technical
expertise and social mobilization focused on
nomadic and island dwelling populations to ensure
Chad remains polio-free
In Ethiopia, funding was provided for the people
and tools to carry out one subnational
immunization day focusing on mobile populations
to ensure that the children of nomads are
vaccinated,
In Nigeria, funding was provided to increase
demand for polio immunizations in the highest risk
communities to ensure high level population
immunity,
In Afghanistan, funds were provided to provide
technical expertise, social mobilization, and the
people needed to vaccinate children in areas of
insecurity and areas bordering Pakistan where
there is large population movement
importation due to children missed during polio
immunization campaigns due to conflict, and
political instability,
In Somalia, funds were provided for the people
and, training and vehicles to carry out one national
immunization day, especially to reach pockets of
missed children.
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“Let us multiply the gifts we have been given by sharing them with others”. K.R.Ravindran
Home Grown Global Grant winner!
Help Everyone Read OK (Hero) – Rotary Global Grant Project
2015- 2016
Building on the success of several literacy projects with three
local primary schools, the Rotary Club of Paignton, working
with its long term partner club in the Netherlands, the Rotary
Club of Dokkum, joined with Torbay School (a four centre
community special school) in a unique literacy project at
secondary level – the HERO project.
Help Everyone Read OK (HERO) sets out to support those in
our local community with the most pressing literacy needs by
using specialised training, a comprehensive one-to-one teaching
strategy and the most innovative software available.
Following an approach from Rotarian Stephen Kings of the
Paignton Club, the project was conceived by the school under
the leadership of Executive Headteacher, James Evans. The
Hero Project has been written by Lead Teacher of English,
Hannah Gadd.
The project formed the basis of a bid for a Rotary Global Grant
and, with the help of the District Foundation team, in March
2015 became the first UK education based project to receive this
prestigious grant support.
What does the strategy look like? Dedicated 1:1 literacy rooms
have been created and the work carried out here as part of the
special provision for the students is already surprising the most
dedicated professionals in this field.
The completely individualized learning that is possible using the
techniques that are core to the project is key to the ongoing
success of the HERO concept.
The club and the school are developing links with Exeter Chiefs
rugby club to really strengthen the sporting Hero’s theme of the
project.
The hope is that this sort of powerful experience with such a
successful club in the local area will act as a really strong
example and incentive for the young people involved.
Parents of pupils involved are being offered a home visit so that
they can fully appreciate the benefits of the scheme on their own
terms. Parents and carers have been very positive about the
scheme and what it offers specifically to their children.
One of the most significant steps forward has been the use of
specialized literacy software that is capable of diagnosing very
specific gaps in student knowledge and then putting together a
learning package designed to plug these gaps. Not only does the
package provide targeted work both on-screen and off but it also
records data at a level which enables teachers to state with
absolute confidence what progress has been made over time.
We have appointed a research associate from Exeter University
to provide an independent evaluation of the project. Her first
interim report was extremely encouraging and it will be followed
by another in early 2015.
A summative evaluation report will beavailable to all Rotary
clubs in in September 2016.
Stephen Kings (Rotary Club of Paignton)
Welcome!
For the 2016-17 Rotary Year we have some
new names but not necessarily new faces
taking the office of District Rotary
Foundation Committee Chairs
Hot off the Press!
District Incoming
1010 Carol Stewart
1020 Alasdair Seale
1030 Jacqui Molyneux
1040 Anita Rayner
1060 TBC
1070 Irvin Metcalf
1080 Ian Graham
1090 tbc
1100 Peter Wells
1110 Nigel Barnfield
1120 Chris Barnett
1130 tbc
1145 David Cross
1150 Paul Bulpin
1160 Dave Murray
1175 Euan Eddie
1180 Philip Horwood
1190 David Simpson
1200 Tony Quinn
1210 Ken Wagstaffe
1220 Peter Moralee
1230 Jimmy Johnston
1240 Len Nieuwenhuis
1260 Paul Redwood
paul49redwood@gmail. com
1285 Michael Payne
8 | P a g e
“Let us multiply the gifts we have been given by sharing them with others”. K.R.Ravindran
In Paddington’s footsteps?
Our bear set
out on a
journey from
the Rotary
Club of
Guernsey
shop with
one aim, to
find a name
and home.
How could it do that?
By attending the Rotary Club of
Exmouth & District Kite Festival, it
could sit at the entrance to the
Festival, in the care of a Rotarian’s
wife, and solicit visitors for a name at
a mere £1. If it were lucky, a name
and home would be found through a
lottery! Of course, the bear would
donate all the £1s to a worthy cause,
End Polio Now.
The bids rolled in and our bear found
her name “Martha” amongst many
others from, of course, Barney to Zoe.
Would he join his brother who had
been given a name in similar
circumstances? Oilop had found his
new owners in RIBI Past president
Peter King’s home after travelling to
the RIBI Conference in Belfast!
The honey money raised at both venues
reached some £1200 with help from a
Mr Gates Foundation; he of Microsoft
fame.
But our story does not end there.
Martha’s new family failed to collect
her and so she sat for some six months,
uncared for, in a hotel on the Beacon in
Exmouth, until one Monday she re-
appeared and the search for her new
family was on! The Rotarian’s wife,
who had commenced the original
search for family and name, turned
sleuth and, many telephone calls and
enquiries later, found Martha’s family
in Okehampton,Devon.
Martha was despatched safely into the
care of the joyful family who, in a card,
had this to say,
“ Dear Bev, Thank you very much for
sending my daughter her bear. She was
so pleased when it arrived in the post.
It was very kind of you to send it to us.
Please accept the £5 towards the cost”
of postage and to the Rotary Club.
Many thanks again, Cathy Carey”.
The moral to the story – the 4-way test
had been met - with astounding results
suggests, if you feel you need a simple
way to raise funds for EPN, find a
home for one of those orphan bears in
the Rotary Club of Guernsey shop.
Events
Members of our Foundation
Team will be supporting you at
DRFC Training
Saturday 27 February 2016
St Bendedict’s, Alcester
and
Regional Assemblies:
Saturday March 5 Stirling
Sunday March 6 Leeds
Saturday March 12 Bristol
Sunday March 13 Birmingham
Saturday March 19 London
The Foundation Team will attend
and man an advice and
information table on
RIBI Conference in
Friday April 1 - 3
in Bournemouth
Members of the Team would be
pleased to support you at your
event!
Our RFUK Jean sends this Important news for Charitable Organisations - HMRC has published new wording for Gift Aid Declarations. It can be used from now on, but must be used from 5 April 2016. The declaration includes new wording making clear the responsibility of donors to have paid sufficient tax to cover their Gift Aid donation and their responsibility to pay any difference. It no longer includes references to VAT and Council Tax. There is no set design for a declaration form but it must include:
the name of your charity
the donor’s name
the donor’s home address
whether the declaration covers past, present or future donations or just a single donation
a statement that the donor wants Gift Aid to apply (this could be a tick box on a written or online declaration)
an explanation that the donor needs to pay the same amount or more of UK Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax. All charities and CASCs will claim on the donor’s gifts in a tax year and that the donor is responsible to pay any difference.
Please visit the HMRC website for model declaration forms and more information -
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/gift-aid-declarations-claiming-tax-back-
on-donations#information
Our Foundation Team Chairman Allan Maclaughlan RRFC Zone 17 Rotary Club of Currie Balerno D 1020 e-mail: [email protected] Vice Chairman John Dunkley RRFC Zone 18a Rotary Club of South Foreland, D.1120 e-mail: [email protected] Jannine Birtwistle AFFRC Zone 18a Rotary Club of Guernsey D. 1110 e-mail [email protected] Frank Hart-Venn ARRFC Zone 18a Rotary Club of Exmouth and District D.1170 e-mail: [email protected] Stewart Grainger ARRFC Zone 18a Rotary Club of Darent Valley D 1120 e-mail: [email protected] Celia Leach ARRFC Zone 17 Rotary Club of Newcastle Gosforth D.1030 e-mail: [email protected] Terry Sykes ARRFC Zone 17 Rotary Club of Barnsley Rockley D.1270 e-mail [email protected] Calum Thomson ARRFC Zone 17 Rotary Club of Cardiff Bay D1150 e-mail: [email protected] End Polio Now Coordinators Zone 17 Mike Parry, Rotary Club of Cardiff Bay D.1150
e-mail: [email protected] Zone 18A Reg Ling (Chandlers Ford and Itchen Valley)
e-mail; [email protected] RFUK Manager Jean Sutor Assistant Vaughan Farebrother e-mail
