LOCAL COMMUNITY SUPPORT
This team looks to support projects that will benefit local people.
To understand where help is most needed, the club has close links to support groups & charities serving our local community.
Support given can be financial, but is often in other forms
RECENT PROJECTS SUPPORTED INCLUDE:-
- Santa Run Ottery St Mary
- Community Raffle
- Honiton and Ottery St Mary Foodbank
- Mill Water School Christmas Presents
- Random Kitchen Honiton
- Mill Water School Communication Aid
- Ann Anning Walking Aid
- Funding towards Aylesbeare defibrillator
- Funding for two boys for the Devon Youth Cricket tour to South Africa February 2020
- Rotary Big Clean
- Candles on the Canal
- Pub Quiz October 2019 and March 2020
- Ottery Tar Barrels
- Remembrance Sunday
- Christmas Tree Festival
- Royal British Legion Carols
- Ottery in Bloom Planter Sponsorship
- Cricket Club Banner
- Ottery St Mary Memory Café Room Hire Invoice
LOCAL COMMUNITY SUPPORT sub-pages:
Honiton Repair Cafe
more Recycle , reuse , repair, people are encouraged to have items repaired rather than throwing them away (1 page below this)
Sidmouth Hospiscare at home
more We were delighted to donate a cheque for this wonderful service, this was a joint project with Ottery 41 club.
Mill Water Christmas
more once again we attended Millwater SEN school so Santa could give thme their Christmas presents,
Christmas store collections
more Santa helped with store collections
Christmas presents for Womens Refuge
more 9 ladies were in a refuge this Christmas
Santa fun run
more fun run around Ottery St Mary
Community Raffle draw
more Raffle Drawn on 23/12/2021
Cranbrook Christmas festival
more Members attended this annual event with Santa and an elf to give Children their Christmas presents
Remembrance Sunday
more members of Otter Valley Rotary laying wreaths in Ottery, Honiton and West Hill.
Parental minds C.I.C
more Parental Minds gives support to families who are struggling with their mental health. We believe that the parental voice is vital when families are living with mental health issues; this under pins all our work.
Ottery St Mary
more Historic Ottery St Mary
Honiton Food Bank
more Mike Huxtable presented a cheque for £250 to Honiton Food Bank today.
Laptops/computers for schools
more Due to Covid children have been home schooled again, not all children have the IT equipment they need to do this. we have collected equipment kindly donated and given to Kings School in Ottery, where they have been cleaned up and made ready to donate.
Little Princess Trust
more We are proud to have supported 10yr old Freya who grew her hair for 18 months so it could be cut to be made into wigs for young people who have lost their hair
Kids Out
more Crealy Park
Youth cricket tour to South Africa
more Otter valley rotary contributed to the fund raising of 2 local boys who went on the tour.
Christmas Tree Festival , St Mary's Church , Ottery St Mary
more Around the end of November over 50 local groups and organisations provide and decorate ChristmasTrees.which go on display in St Mary's Parish Church,Ottery St Mary. Rotary and Inner Wheel both have trees displayed. A lovely, peaceful spectacle to visit
Santa fun run
more Fun run around Ottery St Mary
Santa at Millwater School
more Otter valley provided christmas gifts to all the children at Millwater SEN school
Santa sleigh
more Santas sleigh tours the streets of Ottery St Mary in the run up to christmas.he also attends the Honiton Christmas light up.
Community raffle
more The aim of the community raffle is to help community organisations to raise money for their funds in a simple risk free way
Covid-19
more With the easing of Covid restrictions we are delighted to have restarted our fund raising activities. supporting the Devon County show and the Honiton show issuing childrens wrist bands to keep them safe.