Rotary Club of Thame

The aim of this action group is to coordinate the fundraising activities of the club for the chosen charities of the year.

Rotary's main objective is the erradication of Polio through the Rotary Foundation. The Rotary Club of Thame has also supported local charities over the years. In 2012/2013 the following charities are supported:

 

Local	International
Thame & District Day Centre Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust Hearing Dogs for Deaf People Rycote Practice and Trinity Health of Thame Sharing Life Trust SERV - Service by Emergency Riders Volunteers	Polio Plus & Rotary Foundation Shelter Box Aquabox Tools for Self Reliance

In 2011/2012  the following charities were supported :

 

 

Local	International
Thame Young Carers Thame & District Day Centre Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust Hearing Dogs for Deaf People Rycote Practice and Trinity Health of Thame	Polio Plus & Rotary Foundation Microcredit Shelter Box Aquabox Tools for Self Reliance  Hopes & Homes for Children

 

In 2010/2011 the following charities were supported:

Local charities:

• Thame Young Carers
• Thame's Citizens Advice Bureau
• Thame & District Day Centre
• Thame Community Bus
• SAFARI Thame & Wombles
• Upward Bound Trust
• Thame Football Partneship (bursaries to children with disadvantaged background).

International Charities

• Polio Plus & Rotary Foundation
• Microcredit
• Shelter Box
• Aquabox
• Tools for Self Reliance

Charities supported in 2009/2010:

• Polio Plus & Rotary Foundation
• Shelter Box
• Aquabox
• Tools for Self Reliance
• Thomley Activity Centre
• Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust
• Thame Pop-In
• The Iain Rennie Hospice at Home
• Other local and international charities.

In 2008-2009 two District Simplified Grants projects have been approved by the Thames Valley Rotary District (1090) for the Thame Girlguiding and Thomley Activity Centre.

List of Charities Supported by the Club in the recent years:

 

 

Sub-pages:

• Rotary and Lions at Thame Food Festival
• David James' talk about Hope and Homes for children
• Charities Cheques Presentations
• Murder Mystery with Thame Youth Theatre
• Bev Pettiford's talk about Hearing Dogs for the Deaf
• George Anderson talking about Health & Fitness
• Send a Cow - David Turner's talk
• Charity Cheque Presentation
• Charity Cheque Presentation
• Rotary Quiz Evening
• The Great Train Robbery
• Michelle Diffey - Talk on behalf Safari/Wombles, local Thame charity
• Collection on behalf of Rotary local charities
• Bubbles & Cream @ The Stables (James Figg Pub - Thame)
• Speaker Meeting - Football Partnership
• The Thame 10k Race
• Collection on behalf of Rotary local charities
• Zapping Poverty in Zanzibar - talk by Ruth Eve
• Speaker Meeting with Thame Carers
• Town Hall/Street Collection supported by Thame Girlguiding
• Auction of Promises
• Cheque presentation to 2008/2009 charities
• Rotary Grant for the Thomley Activity Centre
• Barn Dance
• Thame Rotarians Help Thame Girguiding with their New Garden