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Bulwell & Basford Rotary Club have been awarded the International trophy by the District 1220 in recognition of our work Internationally with regard to Aqua Box, Schools for Africa and Support a Soldier. See our various news items for additional information.

Well done all

"Food and water, health care and schooling, the chance of a long and full life - this is the unrealised dream of too many children.

I ask you to "make dreams real" for these children and their families and to work with me toward the Rotary dream of a happier, healthier and more peaceful world".

Message from Ray Klinginsmith.

President Rotary International 2010 -2011

"Rotary is the best in the world at linking people of goodwill around the globe and then gaining their cooperation and support to make the world a much better place to live and work."

Message from our Club President - Bill Smith

Welcome to our website which I hope you find both interesting and stimulating. It is designed to give you a flavour of our Club and what we do in Rotary.

Rotary or Rotary International to give it its full title is the biggest voluntary service organisation in the world with its 1.3 million members in 187 countries - our Club represents Rotary in the Bulwell & Basford region of Nottingham, but you do not have to live within that area to be a member or to help with projects.

We are a growing Club which is unusual in this day and age. Perhaps because we are a happy group with a large and varied social programme, plus we look to involve ourselves in interesting projects particularly those that focus on help in the community, i.e., the 'Step Up' project with Oasis (Salvation Army) advising and helping people in Bulwell & Basford who are having to face hardship. The 'Schools in Africa' project with Leonard Cheshire helping convert schools for disabled people, the 'Hayward House Hospice' garden project and the 'Support a Soldier' initiative designed to get shoe boxes full of goodies and a letter to our troops in Forward Operating bases in Afghaniastan and the Aqua Box project sending water purification devices and other helpful items to areas of need around the world. These together with the usual charitable work we do in the community define Bulwell & Basford Rotary Club.

If there is one of our projects you feel you could help us with or indeed you may have one you think we could help you with, then do contact us via the website or come along to one of our meetings at the Westminster Hotel, (see below) and discover at first hand what we and Rotary are all about.

We hope to meet you soon.

President 2010 - 2011 Bill Smith

What have we been doing?

1. B&B Rotary reach their target of 103 AquaBoxs in 2009/10 year. A wonderful result.

Pictured L2R Bill Smith, Keith Bentley, David Smith and Malcolm Darroch. Go to "News",

then bottom of the page and "International"

2 What is this? For more information go to Hayward House News Item

3. Rotary & Leonard Cheshire Disability Project raising money to fund Schooling for disabled

children in Uganda. Keth Bentley repoerts that the Club raised £3,692. 30 with the help of

other local Clubs and Region 1220 raised £6,492. 30 all together. Well done Keith!!!

See 'News' item for more detailsof this Bulwell & Basfrord led Rotary project.

4. John Martin, Malcolm Darroch and George Bagshaw promoting Rotary in the Market Square for Polio.

Want to join Rotary or just help with a project?

Please contact us via the "Contact" page.

Some Club News Items

Welcome Mr President & his new team

1. New President receives his badges of Office from Chris Ryan.

2. SVP Malcolm (The Shirt) Darroch who was in character having given a very good talk on China.

3. JVP. David Smith 4. 1st official job done - much applause!

5. Club Charter 2010. Past President Chris Ryan, Do & guests. See News item.

6. Stroke Awareness day go to news.

7. Fun evening - Karen Archer, Chris Ryan, Jimmy Keavney and Linda Smith

8. Ruth & David Smith enjoy a B&B evening social meal.

9. Help in the Community Project. 'Step Up'

Bulwell & Basford Rotary Club & The Salvation Army Oasis Team.

Go to 'news' item to read about this exciting new project

6. "Support a Soldier" - 300 parcels sent

David Archer & Bill Smith with a welfare box to be sent to Afghanistan.

Bulwell and Basford Rotary Club have started a scheme to support our soldiers currently protecting the people of Afghanistan at "forward operating bases" (FOB's) in Taliban held areas of the Country. We send to specific addresses only, not general parcels which may not be delivered. 45 Commandos, Royal Marines have taken over from the Army, and are now occupying 6 FOB's and 2 small supply bases in Helman province. They receive little or no letters or parcels from home unlike the troops at the large Camp Bastion Base who can receive general parcels as well as those from their relatives. For security reasons only those parcels addressed to an individual or with a code can be forwarded to a FOB.

For information on what we are doing and how fellow Rotarians,

Companies and the general public can help, go to our item under Club News.

We have included a list of items that our troops would like to receive.

The Fight Against Polio

Go to News item for more information

Social Rotary - Recent Events

1. Pre Christmas lunch at Perkins - to see more photos go to "News".

2. Chris Ryan volunteers a cheque to pay for wine for all

tables at the recent Valentines day Bill Smith do at Strelly Hall.

Tradition states that birthday boys pay for the wine on their birthday -

poor Chris!! Great lunch Bill.

3. Evening Shooting.

4. Why is SVP Bill Smith's wife Lynda sending him an important

message? See news item "An evening with Cantata" for more

revealing photos.

For more information see news section above.

Social - Future Events

For future events check out our 'Club Calendar'.

Venue

Westminster Hotel, 312 Mansfield Road, Nottingham, NG5 2EF. Telephone: 0115 955 5000

Meetings normally held 12.45 each Wednesday lunchtime. If you wish to come along to learn more about Rotary or one of our projects, please contact us via our contact page so that arrangements can be made.