Community Service
The club's local contribution
The Rotary Club (RCNM) serves the New Malden community through donations to local charities, participation in local events, working through RCNM's Youth Service committee with local schools and other organisations, and by engagement with bodies affecting local development.
In 2017/18 RCNM supported the following local charities:
21&Co – support in South West London and Surrey for children with Down's syndrome and their families
Kingston Hospital Charity - dementia care unit
Kingston Community Neuro Rehabilitation Team at Hollyfield Road, Surbiton
Kingston Mencap
Kingston Mayor's Appeal – Love Kingston
Christmas donations via New Malden churches
Kingston Food Bank
Fircroft Trust, Surbiton – services for adults with mental health issues and learning difficulties
Staywell – support for the elderly in South West London
Refugee Action Kingston
Korean British Cultural Exchange
2018/19 so far includes:
Prostate Cancer UK
Momentum – children's cancer charity based in Kingston, funds raised by
the New Malden Opera Gala on 22nd September
Kingston Mayor's Appeal – support for Kingston Samaritans, Creative Youth and Kingston Race and Equalities Council
Local events in which RCNM participates include:
Malden Community Farmers' Market - representatives man a stall on the High Street
Malden Fortnight – members take part in the grand parade and man a stall in the High Street a week later on the craft day
Turning on the Christmas Lights – RCNM raises funds for the lights from local businesses, provides a Father Christmas,
transports the mayor on its Rudolf float, and switches on the lights as
the mayor passes along the High Street to St George's Square.
Remembrance Day Service
Passion Play project – RCNM is represented at meetings planning this event for 2019
Kingston Korean Harvest Festival
Kingston Dragon Boat Challenge - organised by Kingston Rotary Club
Surbiton Festival - organised by Surbiton Rotary Club
Bodies with which RCNM interacts include:
Kingston Council – recent examples being the Cocks Crescent development including the Malden Centre and the proposed redevelopment of the Fountain roundabout.
New Malden Residents' Association
Maldens & Coombe Heritage Society
Press outlets such as Malden's Village Voice and Radio Jackie