Lifeline 2026

Wed, Sep 16th 2026 at 9:30 am- Tue, Sep 22nd 2026 - 3:00 pm

We hope LifeLine will be back in 2026


Since 2006, the Rotary Club of Oswestry has run its annual LifeLine event. Based on the long-standing Rotary Project "Crucial Crew", LifeLine brings vital safety messages to Shropshire and Powys Year 6 children from over 20 different primary schools.

The Rotary Club of Oswestry and Cambrian is working towards a re-launch of LifeLine in 2026 ( September 16th to 22nd September)

The week-long event not only features scenarios presented by Police, Fire Service, St John's Ambulance, British Transport Police and Coastguard representatives but also sessions on farm safety (delivered by the NFU and some of its client members), internet dangers, cycling safety and road safety (delivered by members of the Club, friends of the club and other fellow Rotarians).

Many of the accompanying teachers comment on the particular relevance and effectiveness of the scenarios that the Club has developed.

You can download a pdf giving an example of the workbook we supply to the children.  This is in addition to the scenarios that the children are shown.


Lifeline is funded out of a legacy from a well-known local teacher, writer and naturalist, Mary Hignett, participating schools only need to find a contribution to the cost of transporting pupils to the Park Hall event site. Once they have arrived and been briefed they visit each of the scenarios in small groups, typically of five or six children.


 

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Rotary Youth Leadership Awards.

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A sponsored walk around Oswestry to raise money for The Movement Centre on Sunday 3rd August

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We hope LifeLine will be back in 2026

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Some recent successful applications to the Mary Hignett Bequest Fund

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Rotary has defined a theme of the month calender.

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This privacy statement explains how this Rotary Club will use any personal information we collect about you for any event/competition, received both online and offline, as well as any electronic, written or oral communication - 8th April 2018

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