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Rotary Club of Rickmansworth - welcome! Please scroll/swipe down through this page to find out more about us, in addition to the pages linked in the menu, top-left.
RICKMANSWORTH YOUNG MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR
Final - Baptist Church There is a separate website called Rickmansworth Young Musician of the Year
detailsTECHNOLOGY TOURNAMENT
Contact the Rickmansworth or Watford Rotary Clubs. The competition comprises schools from both areas and we run the competition jointly. Rickmansworth contact - Brian on 01923 773092
detailsAbout us
We are a friendly club of 10 members. We have taken a bit of a holiday during this "Covid" time, as most of our few members full within the vulnerable citizens! We have therefore not met although we do have a round-robin communication and newsletters to ensure business continues. We hope this year to try to increase our membership, as the projects we persue are too valuable to our community to lose.
These are
The Santa Run (house to house collection) We raise over £5k which is distributed to local charities who then pass it to the needy within our community
Dictionaries4Life - given to children at the Maple Cross JMI School and Chenies Junior School
Youth Competitions, principally
Technology Tournament
Youth Speaks
Ricky Young Musician of the Year.
CLUB INFORMATION
We meet at The Bedford Arms Hotel in Chenies
2nd Tuesday of the month - we meet at lunchtime 12h30 for 13h00 start
4th Tuesday of the month we meet in the evenings at 19h00 for a 19h30 start. This is usually a speaker meeting. Nothing is presently set up but hopefully we will work on this soon, when we know we are going to be able to meet again.
Ad Hoc meetings - please see our Programme
We welcome anybody who is looking to help serve local, national or international projects, seeking fun and friendship, whether in employment or retired.
We would also welcome new guests to any of our fortnightly meetings.
We would be pleased to talk to you about Rotary and how you, too, may become a member of this international service organisation.
We yearly support local charities in Rickmansworth, Chorleywood, Croxley Green and nearby communities in SW Hertfordshire.
The Club is part of the worldwide family of Rotary and therefore also contributes to Rotary supported charities across the globe. This is done through our links with Rotary Clubs abroad so that we can be sure the money raised is properly directed to those in greatest need.
In the course of this year we have collected over £7,000 to devote to charitable projects. This has been done by collections outside local stores, collections before Christmas by touring in our area with Santa Claus and Rudolf and by running events such as Quiz nights.
Examples of charities supported are:
Locally
Mill End Community Trust - Rickmansworth Food Bank (yearly)
Watford & Three Rivers Refugee Partnership (Yearly)
Recently collected to purchase a Defibrillator for Mill End Community Centre
Michael Sobell Hospice
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre
Contributions towards the new MRI scanner for Harefield Hospital.
The Epilepsey Society at Chalfont St Giles
Last year with a grant installed a public Defibrillator in Ricky Town Centre (CAB offices)
Nationally
Motor Neurone Disease Association
The Alzheimers Society
Hearing Dogs for the Deaf
Mencap
Internationally:
Where Rainbow Meets - Vrygrond in South Africa (via Past President Wendy Coertze)
Friends of Kigezi Diocese - Orphanage
Contribution to the Polio Plus campaign to eradicate Polio throughout the world, jointly run by Rotary and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Shelter boxes for international disasters such a Haiti & the Philippines
Aqua boxes to enable those in third world countries to have fresh water.
Sanddams
If you are interested in visiting us and possibly joining our Club, we meet at The Bedford Arms Hotel, Chenies, on Tuesdays (alternate lunch/evening). Please contact:
Secretary: Denise Wellham 07873 245822
Rotary News
Be part of a global network of volunteers, trying to make the world a better place. Please also see the 'links & news' page for information from the local district and live feeds from Rotary International and Rotary International in GB&I.
Rotary serving communities through supporting foodbanks
Diversity is part of Rotary’s core values
Meetings & Venue
Where and when:
(2nd Tuesday of the month at 13h00, & 4th Tuesday of the month at 19h30)
The Bedford Arms Hotel-Chenies
WD3 6EQ 01923 283301