Purple4Polio
Rotary's campaign against polio
Purple4Polio
For over 30 years, Rotary and its members have been committed to fighting to eradicate polio across the world. The amount of polio-endemic countries has dropped from 125 to just two, with over 2.5 billion children receiving vaccinations thanks to the help of Rotary.
With eradication now closer than ever, Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland’s latest campaign, Purple4Polio, is designed to unite communities to engage in activities as part of the final push to eradicate polio for good.
The campaign ties in with the 100 year anniversary of The Rotary Foundation, Rotary’s own and only charity, which has played a key role in making polio eradication become close to a reality, along with hundreds of other projects both in Great Britain and Ireland and overseas.
Rotary and the Royal Horticultural Society
It’s time to get your green fingers at the ready because one strand of the Purple4Polio campaign is an exciting partnership between Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland and the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). The purple crocus is a symbol of Rotary’s worldwide campaign to eradicate polio, with its colour representing the purple dye used to mark the finger of a child who has been immunised.
The partnership will allow Rotary clubs to join forces with the RHS’s community-based Bloom Groups and work in tandem to bring people together, transform public spaces to brighten up the local area and promote health and wellbeing by planting 5 million crocus corms. This community ethos is a value shared by both Rotary and the RHS, and, with the purple crocus planting also helping the RHS’s Greening Grey Britain campaign, we will together be adding a purple splash of colour and vibrancy to areas up and down the country
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The generous giving by the people of Wigan meant Rotary could help many groups of people
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In a joint venture with Inspiring Healthy Lifestyle cyclists took to the track for Cancer Research
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Santa will be down Rectory Lane tonight
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Another busy month
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The annual competition for Primary Schools The winning Team -Aspull Our Lady’s RC Primary School
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This is the second year the Rotary Clubs of Leigh and Wigan have combined to collect unwanted hospital equipment
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A Community Circle is a way to support someone through bringing together friends, family and neighbours with a facilitator, supporting conversations that lead to action and help people to live better, happier lives.
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The Rotary Club provides details of helplines for anyone affected
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Long service certificate presented
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The winning teams pictured receiving their certificates from Peter McGhee, Principal of St John Rigby College
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Friends of Rotary Certificates presented to acknowledge the work that Metro Rod, Local Life and Westwood Motors do in supporting the work of Wigan Rotary Club in the Community.
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If you feel you can contribute please follow the link to our JustGiving page. Any problems just search JustGiving.com and type Wigan Rotary Club Trust Fund. Thank you for your continued support
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Many, many, thanks for the generosity of the people of Wigan in helping Rotary Club raise over £15000 for good causes. Wishing you a successful 2017
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Wigan Rotary Club and Golborne-Lightshaw Rotary Clubs jointly supported a group of young carers
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The organisations that benefitted from your generosity
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Wigan Rotary thanked Sunshine House for their support in helping to collect unwanted hospital equipment
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Over the years the hospital has loaned equipment to patients to aid their recovery and maybe now is surplus to their requirements
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Wigan Rotary Club and Golborne -Lightshaw Rotary Club combine to give a group of Young Carers a day out
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Members of Wigan Rotary joined with people across the world in remembering the victims of Holocaust and Genocide."‹
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Photographic record of visits and presentations in January and early February
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