Community Sevice

Birstall Luddites in the community. Dictionaries 4Life Project. Kids Out. Birstall in Bloom work. Santa Sleigh.

Rotary Club of Birstall Luddites Community Service

Birstall Luddites Rotarians in the community - what do we do :-

	The Dictionary 4Life Project. The club have taken part in the Rotary Dictionary 4Life project for the last six years. Distributing dictionaries to all local Junior schools. On the schools last assembly the dictionaries are presented to all the school leavers.
	Link - Dictionary 4Life
This summers Kids Out visited Lightwater Valley The club with Heckmondwike RC contribute to this outing. Twenty pupils and twenty staff from Fairefield School enjoyed a day at Lightwater Valley. Link -Kids Out Fairfield School
Our Environment project in the community is led by Jim Pilkinton in Oakwell Hall Country Park. Tree layering, cutting, burning and other tasks are carried out led by Jim.
	Painting and decorating in Howden Clough Community Center is a project undertaken by Luddites led by Rotarian John Logan.
	Birstall in Bloom Luddites help with work projects around Birstall when required.. This work is led by Rotarian Ian Blamires and Joanna. Rotarian Ian also managed and installed the Birstall Stone sign.
	Link Birstall In Bloom
	Santa Sleigh This is the Clubs main winter Community venture. On eight evenings during December we tour local estates, have a presence at Birstall Xmas lights switch on and a day long Tesco collection to raise funds for our good causes.