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

Freya and Craig Alexander

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

Cricket pitch south Africa

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 on his sleigh

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.

Mike Huxtable raffle organiser with 2019 winner

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.