RIBI and Carers UK Partnership

Caring Rotary



  

 Carers UK provides a range of information and support

                     for unpaid carers including

● A Helpline and expert support service

● Advice on financial and practical matters related to caring

● A website with a varied range of information about specific  aspects of caring

● Up to date COVID-19 guidance for carers

● Online meetup sessions with fellow carers


You can contact their helpline 0808 808 7777 Monday to Friday, 9am – 6pm

or contact Carers UK by email advice@carersuk.org at any time Alternatively you can also find guidance on their website          www.carersuk.org/help-and-advice    

       

     If you are an unpaid carer or know someone who is

please sign up or encourage the person you know to sign up to be a Carers UK member here: www.carersuk.org/how-you-canhelp/join-us

Membership is free and it will provide a range of

services, including access to the Carers UK Forum, where carers

can ask questions and share their experience with fellow carers.

When signing up, please tick the “Other” box on the

application in response to “Where did you hear about joining

Carers UK?” and enter “Rotary” in the box below it. You will

then receive your membership details which will allow you to log 

into the Carers UK Forum.

If you know of local organisations that might help unpaid carers, please email their details to rotarycarersukpartnership@gmail.com 

Martin Low

Rotary District 1120 Lead

17th December 2020

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The Rotary Club of Thanet's Past President Jim Nicholson admires one of the new Re-cycling points

The Rotary clubs of Thanet have got together to provide Rubbish Re-Cycling collection points for a number of Thanet beaches. Open the link below for more details of this ambitious project.

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Dorothy and John Reid, Frances and David Ward on parade at Viking beach

We were pleased to support Broadstairs Town Team's beach clean in Viking and Stone Bays. And we were at it again, this time helping with the repainting of the jetty in May 2021.

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Sandwich Band Concert

UPDATE: DON' T FORGET TO COME ALONG TO OUR POPULAR BAND CONCERT ON THE 16TH APRIL - TICKET AT THE DOOR

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The Freda Carr Hospital in Ngora Uganda A hospital restored

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Our guest of honour Sir Henry Cooper OBE, KSG. Our Enery. Flanked by some notable Rotarians Neal Elliott, David Mirsky, John Reid, Roger Rook (sadly now deceased) and (Hon member of our club) Frank Thornley.

Rotary Club of Thanet, in partnership with Ramsgate Boxing Club, organised hugely successful boxing nights raising almost £450,000. A substantial sum which was deployed to good effect.

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Past President Jim Nicholson pins the President Badge to new incoming president John Reid

The club held their handover meeting on the 4th July 2022

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President John Reid greets Janis Buckley from The Cheerful Sparrows charity.

Janis Buckley Chair of The Cheerful Sparrows came to speak to our members on Monday 30th January 2023

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Ramsgate Harbour

As well as the many deaths and much suffering, Covid has raised many societal issues which have demanded a response.

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RIP Frank, a true and generous Hon Member of The Rotary Club of Thanet. We will post further detail in due course.

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Rotary Club of Thanet along with Broadstairs Town Team Garden Group plant purple crocus bulbs in support of World Polio Day

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UPDATE: We raised £2,300 for the Club's Charitable Funds to support people in Thanet. Big Thank You to all those who contributed.

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The Rotary club of Thanet held a fundraising event at 'G' Casino Westwood Cross

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Eye treatments delivered by boat along the Mekon river in Cambodia in collaboration with Rotary Clubs in Phnom Penh, France and Belgium. And now Rotary club of Thanet

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The Rotary Club of Thanet responds to the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria

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The Rotary Club of Thanet has raised £636.50 through Graham Channon who was last year’s Master at Arms. At Grahams discretion this amount was donated to The MS Society, a charity close to his and our members hearts.

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The 'Cinderella Bucket' Rotary Club members with guests and members of the public enjoying the concert.

Our Band Concert held at The Pavilion Broadstairs on the 10th April 2022 was a great success.

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