Activities and Fund Raising

The Members of Wessex Mead Rotary are involved in a variety of events and activities.

At Trowbridge Wessex Mead we not only arrange events, we do so much more - please look at the 'related articles' to the right of this page to see some of the activities we have been up to this year and also our monthly blog pages for the complete details.

Below is the month by month list for a previous year:

July	Young Chef Competition
	Said officially goodbye to Trowbridge Rotary Club
	Helped at Chippenham Art in the Park
	Vicky set her target of running 100 miles in aid of Shelterbox
	Judging for Trowbridge in Bloom Churches competition
July Socials	Archery with Kingston Archers
	Walk along Kennet and Avon canal from Bradford on Avon to Avoncliff
	Walk along the Westbury White Horse ranges parameter
August	Marshalled for Carnival soap box derby
September	Wine or Air stall at Trowbridge Carnival Country Fayre
	Carnival quiz night at the polish club
	Entered two teams in Melksham Rotary Quiz night
	Dressed up for Trowbridge Arts Festival launch
	Presented Dictionaries for Life at two local schools
	Presented our Trowbridge in Bloom Young Persons award for those who go the extra mile
	Attended Rotary District Meeting
Sept Social	Visit to Box Steam Brewery at Holt
October	10th Annual Bavarian night for Alzheimer's Support South West
	Helped by collecting at Trowbridge Carnival
	Attended the Royal British Legion Launch
	Helped the Royal British Legion by distributing collecting boxes for poppies
	Hosted and cooked a supper for the Trowbridge Visually Impaired Club
Oct Socials	Attended District Conference
	Visited behind the scenes at the new Trowbridge Civic Hall
	Tried Bell Ringing at Edington Priory with the Edingers
	Relieved the 2012 Olympics through Zoe Forman, Games Maker
	Supported Wesbury Rotary Balloon Debate
November	Helped the Royal British Legion with poppy selling in the Shires
	Helped Chippenham Rotary with their annual Firework display
	Laid a wreath at the War Memorial on Rememberance Sunday
	Made up Shoe Boxes for Operation Christmas Child
	Attended Rotary District Meeting
Nov Socials	Fireworks evening at members home
	Ghost Hunt in Corsham
	Supported Westbury Rotary ICE (International Cuisine Evening)
December	Supported Trowbridge Lions with Santa Collecting in Trowbridge
Dec Social	Xmas supper with friends of Wessex Mead
January Social	Guess who I grew into? Members evening
	Interclub Skittles against Rotary Club of Mendip
February	Supported our Young Chef at the District Final
	Presented awards at Young Voice of Trowbridge
	Presented £300 to Trowbridge Sea Cadets towards their mini bus appeal
	Raised £630 for Polio Plus at our Big Breakfast
February Social	10 Pin bowling at Christie Miller, Melksham
	Interclub Skittles against Rotary Club of Bradford on Avon
March	Collected for Marie Curie
	Organised the Presidents night charity masked ball for Swift Medics
	Presented Swift Medics with £650 at Cleeve House
	Attended District meeting
March Social	Beer tasting at Members night
	Irish themed quiz for St Patricks day
	Attended Chippenham Rotary Club Presidents night and heard Rugby's Nigel Redman
	Attended Trowbridge Lions Charter celebrations
April	Mentoring fundraising a local girl who is planning to climb Kilimanjaro for Meningitis Trust
	Provided accommodation and actitivites for Turkish GSE team
	Held pub quiz with Fish and Chips for Water Aid

May	Attended District Assembly
May Social	Judged Carnival Royality
	Hosted French Rotary Club twinning visit
June	Donated £150 to Asthma Relief to purchase a nebuliser
	Donated £150 to Carer Support Wiltshire
	Judged TIB Young Bloomers public speaking competition
	Club handover meeting
June Social	A Greek themed dinner
	Attended Calne Rotary President night with picnic & outdoor play
	Attended Melksham Rotary President Night and listened to Opera Piccola
	Attended Chippenham Wiltshire Vale President Night with whisky tasting
	Attended District 1200 handover lunch to watch DG Peter Noble handover to DG Brian Kirkup

Activities and Fund Raising sub-pages:

Purple4Polio

more Purple crocus planting to raise funds and awareness for the End Polio campaign

Indoor Crazy Golf

more Indoor Crazy Golf at Putters Mini Golf Bar, Trowbridge.

Past President Caroline hands over to new President Alan

President's Handover Meeting 24th June 2013

more Outgoing President Caroline 2012/13 hands over to incoming President Alan 2013/14

President's Thank You Evening

more A Greek influenced dinner cooked by President Caroline & Ian to say thank you to club members and their partners for all their efforts this Rotary year.

Bavarian Night

more Bavarian Night 2012.

District 1200 Conference 2013

more October 11th - 13th 2013 Four Pillars Hotel and Conference Centre, Cotswold Water park.

Big Breakfast

more TWM Big Breakfast 2014.

Sea Cadet Donation

more Donation made to TS Achilles, Trowbridge Sea Cadets, funds raised at June 2017 President's Night

Charity Quiz with fish & Chip Supper

Inter Club Skittles

more Interclub Skittles against The Rotary Club of Bradford on Avon at Tuckers Grave

Rodez-Espalion Twinning Visit

more Bonjour and au revoir to our friends in Rodez Espalion Rotary

Supporting Marie Curie Cancer Care

more Wessex Mead are happy to support Marie Curie Cancer Care

Quiz Night for Water Aid with Fish and Chip Supper

more The popular Wessex Mead quiz with fish and chip supper raised funds for Water Survival Boxes

President Caroline going to the Ball, with Jonathan Glover from Swift Medics

Swift Medics Cheque Presentation

more Cheque to Swift Medics - Jonathan Glover at Cleeve House

Carnival Quiz

more Another successful Carnival Quiz

Carnival Country Fayre

more It was great to see so many people at the Trowbridge Country Fayre, our Wine or Air stall was very popular and money raised will go to Rotary Charities. Thank you.