Lunch meeting at the Gonville Hotel

Tue, Jul 4th 2017 at 1:00 pm -

Talk by Jim Potter MBE -''From Chicken Farm to Eco House - a short history''
Host - David Ball; Cashier - Joshua Vanneck; Reception - Mona Forsberg; Equipment - Graeme Minto; Projection - Graeme Minto


Jim Potter

Jim has lived in and around Cambridge since studying Natural Sciences and Economics at Churchill College. With a colleague he built Freeman Group plc, taking it to an IPO in 1988 and a sale in 1996. He has worked for the Zambian Government and for Energy and Health Ministers in the UK. He is a past Chair of the Association for the Conservation of Energy and a founding Trustee of the National Energy Foundation and the Energy Savings Trust.

He was a Non Executive director at Addenbrooke’s for 12 years and as a business angel has been involved in a number of start up businesses around Cambridge. Some of his retirement time is now taken up as a Trustee and treasurer of Zambia Orphans Aid – a charity that currently supports some 1,800 orphans and vulnerable children in secondary and tertiary education in Zambia.

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At the Centre for Computing History

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The winners and runners-up of our local heat

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Horatio Martin (11), Intermediate age group District winner. The Eden Project

The results of our annual competition - two of our local winners have also won at District level

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We have become one of only four Rotary Clubs to be awarded a Platinum Certificate, in recognition of donations to Shelterbox of £10,200 in 2022-3

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Rotary Clubs worldwide are spear-heading the drive to eliminate polio

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We have recently started supporting this successful and worthwhile cause

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There are many myths and pre-conceptions about Rotary - this page seeks to dispel them.

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Several of our entrants last year had success at District level and one was a winner of the National final

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34 of our members and friends are walking to plant trees with Treekly

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Our annual competition for budding artists - our entrants all won the second stage District Competition last year

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Our popular event for school choirs and their families & friends raised over £15,000 for local children's charities

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We organise two-day breaks at a National Trust site in N Norfolk for young people aged 12-15 who probably won't get any other holiday

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Combating AMR is the focus of this year's President's Charity, Antibiotic Research UK

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Our members take part in many hands-on activities as listed below

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Our Junior Competition entrant has gone on to win at National Level. Our Intermediate Team won third prize in their group

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Chloe Folkes, 3rd National Prizewinner

Our Senior Winner Chloe Folkes has received 3rd Prize in the National Competition

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Past President John Martin uses his building skills to help the locals create a community centre for this deprived settlement in The Gambia, only a few miles from the luxurious tourist resorts on the coast

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We raised funds supporting Ukrainians both in Ukraine and in Cambridge & East Anglia from several events in 2022

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The East Anglian District and National Rotary Magazines feature the wide range of charitable and fellowship activities that Rotary Clubs enjoy

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We and our colleagues in the three other Cambridge clubs celebrated 100 years of Rotary service in 2022

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Our inaugural competition for budding computer experts, for the Francis Hookham Trophy

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Read the story behind this map and visit any of the operational WW2 UK RAF and USAAF airfields

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We are part of a worldwide movement of 46,000 Rotary clubs with a total of 1.4 million members. We enjoy a range of informal fellowship events while supporting local and international charities

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Cambridge Aid does great work in support of Cambridge residents in need. In 2019-21 we raised over £12,500 and we continue to support them

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RYLA offers an intensive 7-day course for 18-26 year-olds, helping them to develop as future leaders

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A sample of our members' varied interests and significant contributions to the local community

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A brief history of the Rotary Club of Cambridge together with some records which might be of interest to the wider audience

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Our members raised £1366 for Children in Need in Cambridge Market Square on 20 November 2021

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