Community & Vocational Service

The Chair of the Community & Vocational Service Committee is
Rtn Andy Heather
Contact: andyiheather@aol.com

Community Service

Community service is the traditional and well-known face of Rotary. It covers help and advice to the aged, the disabled, young people and all those in need, either directly or through local charitable organisations. Environmental projects are part of community service.

Vocational Service

Vocational service draws on the ethical standards, experience and expertise that Rotarians have through their work.

Vocational projects support training and job development, provide mock interviews, encourage the development of skills in employment and foster the highest standards in business and the professions.

Our Approach

Being re-active to needs:

Our committee consider all approaches from individuals or from charitable organisations where investment of our money or our time can make a difference.

In many cases we will be made aware by speakers at our club meetings or by requests and referrals from third parties.

Upon receipt of any applications, we investigate the probity of applications by sharing them with all members for their initial response prior to making any formal proposal.

We also support existing collections for both specific local and core Rotary causes such as Harbour, North Devon Foodbank, Diabetes UK, End Polio Now etc.

Providing pro-active support:

We identify and research needy local causes where our involvement can make a difference such as Wings South West in Bideford who provide support, training and mentoring to give young people a future and hope.

Actively promote working with other Rotary clubs where greater impact can be achieved through collaboration such as the Nightspot youth homeless project that involved all 13 clubs across North Devon.

Investigate activities where we can make use of our time and vocations to improve lives.

Funding:

Given the increased challenges of raising funds, we provide rigour in reviewing all requests but only make proposals to the club where we can clearly prove that funds are going to benefit those most in need.