MEDIA CENTRE
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This Rotary Year's Press Releases;
13/11/2008 ROTARY FOSTERS OLYMPIAN SPIRIT
More than 260 athletes competed in the renowned Rotary Disabled Sports Team Championships in Coventry this week, as Rotary did its bit to find the paralympians of the future.
12/11/2008 ShelterBox Rotary Club award scheme a success
International disaster relief charity ShelterBox has launched a successful award scheme for Rotary Clubs in Great Britain and Ireland in recognition of their support of the charity.
11/11/2008 ROTARY’S VILLAGES OF HOPE
Sri Lanka victims of the devastating 2004 Tsunami have started to move into their new homes thanks to a £1 million Rotary project.
04/11/2008 Disabled Games 2008
Photo and Interview Opportunity - Hundreds of disabled athletes taking part in Rotary Disabled Games, Xcel Leisure Centre, Mitchell Avenue, Canley, CV4 8DY, 8/11/2008 from 12noon to 6pm and Sunday November 9th from 10am to 5pm
04/11/2008 FUTURE PEACE LEADERS GATHER IN BRADFORD
International students who have been studying on prestigious Rotary scholarships at the University of Bradford to help promote world peace and understanding have been sharing their experiences of work in the field.
09/10/2008 ROTARY VOLUNTEERS LEAD INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL MISSION IN KENYA
Children in Nairobi slums receive international health and hygiene help
07/10/2008 ROTARY'S FIGHT AGAINST POLIO COMES FULL CIRCLE
An exhibition of thought provoking photographs that depict the worldwide fight against polio will be displayed at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London next month.
19/09/2008 STUDENTS FURTHERING WORLD UNDERSTANDING VISIT BIRMINGHAM
Press Invitation - Interviews and photos – if you would like to organise an interview with one of the scholars, please contact Karen Jones on 01789 768126 or 07988 160674. There are a range of photo opportunities on Saturday 27 September, please call Karen for more information
12/09/2008 ROTARIAN 'WALKS ON WATER'
A Rotarian who last year became the first disabled person to sail 1,500 miles single-handed around Great Britain has released a book recounting his inspirational journey.
05/09/2008 PEACE COMES TO THE SOUTH
Peace experts are meeting in Oxford this month to talk about how a unique Rotary scheme is helping to promote world understanding and reduce conflict.
07/08/2008 Terry Waite Receives Rotary Recognition
Well loved British humanitarian Terry Waite has been awarded the top Paul Harris Fellow in recognition of his services towards international understanding and peace
23/07/2008 RI DIRECTOR LAUNCHES SCOTTISH CLUB'S 100 MILE COASTAL PATH
A Scottish Rotary Club's massive project to link 100 miles of beaches, paths and tracks along the Ayrshire Coast has at last been officially launched.
22/07/2008 WOLVERHAMPTON'S JOINT DRUGS AWARENESS EFFORT HAILED BY HOME SECRETARY
Home secretary Jacqui Smith has applauded Rotary clubs in Wolverhampton for their joint drug awareness efforts.
21/07/2008 ROTARY MAKES DREAMS REAL FOR INSPIRING KENT TEENAGER
An inspiring teenager from Kent who suffers from a rare type of cancer has been granted her wish of travelling to New York by her fairy godparents Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland.
11/07/2008 ROTARY WELCOMES THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF THE LIVELY LADY
Intrepid adventurer Rotarian Alan Priddy and his young crew received a lively welcome home this week after their two-year voyage around the world.
11/07/2008 BIRMINGHAM CONVENTION GETS OFF TO FLYING START AT LOS ANGELES
The RI Convention in Birmingham 2009 got off to a flying start at the Los Angeles Convention with 2500 registrations taken in five days A delegation of fifty members of the Rotary International Convention 2009 Host Organising Committee (HOC) and staff of partner organisations visited Los Angeles from 13th – 19th June, 2008.
11/07/2008 Deputy Lord Mayor of Birmingham Joins Rotary
The Deputy Lord Mayor of Birmingham Councillor Randall Brew was inducted into the Rotary Club of Birmingham on June 14th by President John Ankcom. The induction took place at the Rotary International Convention in Los Angeles where he was heading a delegation to promote the 2009 Rotary International Convention which will be held in Birmingham next June.
11/07/2008 YOUNG YORKSHIRE CHEF COOKS UP A STORM AT FIFTEEN LONDON
A budding young chef from Yorkshire was cooking up a storm in a top London restaurant this week as part of his prize for winning the Rotary Young Chef 2008 Competition in association with Filippo Berio.
09/07/2008 AMAZING PICTURES SHOW IMPACT OF SHELTERBOX IN BURMA
ShelterBox, the grass-roots humanitarian aid organisation supported by Rotary members worldwide, has received extraordinary pictures showing how their quick response has helped hundreds of innocent people in cyclone ravished Burma (Myanmar).
03/07/2008 Rotary and Leonard Cheshire Disability Partnership
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI) has selected Leonard Cheshire Disability as its partner charity from 1 July 2008 until 1 July 2009.
01/07/2008 NEW PRESIDENT LEADS ROTARY INTO A NEW ERA
The new president of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland has vowed to lead it into a new era and drive major changes forward to secure it as the largest humanitarian not-for-profit organisation in the UK and Ireland.
01/07/2008 ROTARY SHOWS THAT SCIENCE IS ANYTHING BUT BORING
Hundreds of budding young scientists from across the UK were taken on a true adventure of scientific discovery this week when they spent a day enjoying explosions and surprises as part of Rotary's Excitement of Science 2008.
