Haddenham Rotary Meetings Suspended

Haddenham Rotary continues to follow government guidelines regarding Coronavirus and regretably we have suspended our weekly Monday evening meeting from today Monday 16 March 2020, for an indefinite period

Our Art Exhibition and Recycle events in April are postponed and the hard decision to cancel our popular  Waddesdon Sponsored Ride in May has been made

Events scheduled later this year are under continuous active review and programme updates will be published here on our Homepage

NOTE: Haddenham Rotary Young Photographer Competition will continue as this is an individual non-contact activity. We hope the taking of photographs (in a safe way) will help occupy some of the spare time now made available. Advice for submitting entries will be given in due course

Haddeham Rotary will endevour to continue supporting our local community during this difficult time

Follow this link to our Community Support Page:

Or you can send us a message through our Contact Page here:

Most important is that members of our Community do not put themselves at risk of contracting the virus and act at all times to stay well

Tim Mahoney

President 

Haddenham Rotary

A nice springtime picture to cheer us

VISIT to OXFAM SUPPLY CENTRE

In February a group of Rotarian's visited the Oxfam Supply Centre in Bicester, which is Oxfam's crisis response centre

This 2,000 m2 warehouse facilitates the purchase, storage and distribution at short notice, of well developed humanitarian aid equipment to Oxfam programmes and other charities, in response to natural disaster or human conflict

A new hand wash station developed by Oxfam from an idea by a group of students was demonstrated

The group also looked at water storage facilities of various sizes, water testing kits, sanitary facilities and shelters

VISIT TO GREATMOOR EfW

				Photo: Greatmoor EfW

Some of our Partners paid a visit to Greatmoor, one of the UK's leading Energy from Waste (EfW) facilities, located between Quainton and Steeple Claydon, which was put into operation in June 2016

				Photo: Pam Pitcher

Greatmoor employs proven robust technology and each year burns 345,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste collected from the surrounding district to drive steam powered turbines that produce 25 Million Watts (25MW) of electricity, enough to power 40,000 homes

				Graphic: Greatmoor EfW

State-of-the-art gas cleaning and emissions monitoring technology ensure harmful toxins are removed from the exhaust gases and mostly water vapour is released into the atmosphere through the exhaust stack

To transfer to a super website about the Greatmoor facility, click on the logo below:

SUPPORTING OUR NHS

Haddenham Rotary install personal TV system to help improve patient welfare 

STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL Renal Unit

The 12 bed renal dialysis unit at Stoke Mandeville Hospital shared 5 televisions
and the choice of a channel to watch was something of a lottery

Now, every bed has it's own TV and DVD machine, remote control and headphones
so each patient can please themeselves about what to watch

Photo: Jose Rico-Diaz

Six Counties Kidney Patients Association (SCKPA) are a major donor to the project

Click the logo below to learn more about SCKPA:

STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL Paediatric Decision Unit (PDU) 

In 2018, the PDU urgent and emergency care facility
saw around 27,000 children and young people

President Tim Mahoney receives thanks from Sara, the PDU Play Leader

Photo: tim mahoney

"On behalf of all the staff, children and parents I want to thank you so much for the brand new televisions which have been installed in the PDU, and for the Kindles too

The difference it makes to a frightened young child is incredible and makes their stay with us a little easier. I spent half an hour with a little 6 year old last week playing on the Kindle before his MRI scan, he was calm and relaxed which is exactly how we needed him to be

We are all so grateful for your kindness and generosity"
Sarah – PDU Play Leader

Rotary: People in Action

WOW! Last year, the global network of Rotary volunteers made the world better by donating 24 MILLION HOURS to 30,000 COMMUNITY PROJECTS

Click HERE to view 'Why Zero Matters', a video outlining some challenges that remain in our global Campaign to eradicate Polio