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Rotary Foundation

This committee provides the link with Rotary Internationals main charitable trust which primarily deals with projects having a global nature.

John Barrow

Plans for the year:

John Barrow (Chair). Alan Arthur

Direct Giving - to Rotary Foundation 

In this, as in previous years, we hope and anticipate that all Members will make a Gift Aid payment towards our Rotary International Foundation Charity 

  • The Rotary International benchmark for giving of this kind is $100 pa.  Whilst Blaize has never aspired to donate at this level, Members have each made a Donation annually since 1983, when the Club’s own Charity was created.
  • Last year we each paid £30.00, and it is proposed that we should pay a similar amount towards the end of this Calendar year.
  • Personal donations to Polio Plus are especially valuable, as they benefit from the  ‘Gates Charity’ uplift, effectively making Donations worth three times their initial value
District Grants and Other Grants
District Grant procedures experienced a new broom at the helm in 2024/25 Stephen Ellis PHF ran a very tight ship, and all the necessary actions happened ‘on time’ His efficiency is a most welcome relief, set against the rather ‘difficult’ times over the immediate prior years.

The Club will apply to District and other Bodies for Grants as follows in the early part of the new Rotary year:-
  • Rotary Youth Leadership via the Youth Committee (one Candidate); and
  • Tree Planting via the Environmental Committee
  • District Grants which receive approval go forward for assent at Rotary International
We expect to be informed by the end of August whether Application(s) made in July have been successful, and if so, to what extent.  and Clubs should receive any District Grant money allocated to them during October 2025
It should be noted that Rotary International (the source of  District Grants) has, for a number of years, been suffering a pattern of declining Donations into the Foundation ‘Pot’. This, in turn, has been reflected in a smaller percentage of Foundation Charity funds being allocated to District Grants

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Peace Fellow

more As Bradford University is one of the 6 worldwide locations that receive Rotary Peace Scholars there is always the opportunity to mentor a Peace Scholar.