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Polio Eradication Update
At our meeting on 20 January 2021, our speaker was Past RIBI President and Past District Governor Eve Conway Ghazi, who provided an update on the Polio Eradication Project of Rotary International. Eve described how the monitoring systems and services … Continue reading
Fundraising during Covid-19
Our meeting on Wednesday 13 January 2021 was a Business Meeting where the best brains in the Club were put to the problem of how to raise funds during the lock-down. Whilst Rotary is not just a fundraising organisation, it … Continue reading
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Inside Story on AEDs
Our meeting on 06 January 2021 focused on AEDs – Automatic External Defibrillators, and featured the Chief Executive of the Community Heartbeat Trust, Martin Fagan. Martin’s talk centred on the 5 step Chain of Life and the importance of Automatic … Continue reading
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Christmas Fun & Games Night
Our meeting on Wednesday 16 December 2020 was our special Christmas Fun Event, but this year without the familiar evening meal, Secret Santa and pantomime. Fun was still on hand however. We had a Fun Quiz based on the UK … Continue reading
Special Meeting Goes Ahead
Our meeting on 09 December 2020 was both our Special General Meeting and a Business Meeting, and despite all the difficulties being faced currently, it all ran very smoothly. There are still a couple of vacancies, but all the key … Continue reading
Are We Ready Yet?
For our meeting on Wednesday 02 December 2020, our speaker was Bill Gates from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, who made a sort of virtual visit to the Club. His theme was “Are We Ready Yet for Another Pandemic?” … Continue reading
Club Gets Foundation Awards
At the recent Foundation Appreciation Event, the Club was called out twice for recognition awards, both for its financial support of the Rotary Foundation and for its work in the local community in support of Covid-19 PPE delivered … Continue reading
My Year in USA with Rotary
Our speaker on Wednesday 25 November 2020 was Tina Mossman Wykes, who had spent a year in the USA, living with three families and going to school there when she was just 16 years old. Coming from Bombay/Mumbai, with a … Continue reading
Taiwan Covid-19 Compared
Our speaker on Wednesday 18 November 2020 was Abbas Jodiyawalla, an economics undergraduate who had the opportunity of doing a Work Placement for a year during his degree course. Being familiar with travel overseas, after taking part in three … Continue reading
Business Planning for Christmas
Our meeting on 11 November 2020 was a business meeting, with reports from the various committee chairs on their progress during these difficult times. There was a long discussion on what we could do and could not do by way … Continue reading