Youth Service

ROTARY DISTRICT 1240 – YOUTH ACTIVITIES

Rotakids and Interact

District 1240 have a new Facebook Group for our Rotakids & Interact clubs – District 1240 Rotakids & Interact. It is there for our Rotakids Clubs to share their projects, ideas and achievements.  If you are a Rotarian, school staff member, parent  then we would love you to join our group and see what is going on in Essex, East Herts. and the London Borough of Havering. You might find some good ideas for your own Rotakids Club!   

http://www.rotary1210.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/01-RotaKids-Handbook.pdf

2022/23 Youth Competitions, Themes & Dates

• ROTARY YOUNG ENVIRONMENTALIST – This Years Theme ‘BIODIVERSITY’. 

Coordinator:     Gloria Nicholls   gloriabn@live.co.uk.   Final date for submission 11th March 2023

• YOUNG ARTIST – This Years Theme 'SUNRISE and SUNSET'

Coordinator:      Alan Clark   alanclark1916@sky.com .   Final date for submission  11th March 2023

• YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHER – This Years Theme ‘THE BEAUTY  OF ARCHITECTURE'. 

Coordinator:      Jenny Versey   jenny@verseyweb.com.   Final date for submission  11th March 2023

• YOUNG FILMAKER – This Years Theme ‘MY TOWN’. 

Coordinator:        Graham Reeder    gra@thereeders.co.uk.    Final date for submission  11th March 2023

• YOUNG WRITER – This Years Theme ‘PEACE’. 

Coordinator:        Jenny Versey     jenny@verseyweb.com      Final date for submission  11th March 2023

ALL ENTRIES TO BE WITH COORDINATORS BY MARCH 11TH 2023.

 YOUTH SPEAK-DEBATE Coordinator: John Versey    johnversey17@gmail.com

Competition details to follow

National Final: Sunday 23rd April 2023  Birmingham

• YOUNG CHEF 

Coordinator:  Martin Nelson   martin.nelson@colchester.gov.uk

Students may spend up to £22 on ingredients

NATIONAL FINAL WILL TAKE PLACE CENTRAL ENGLAND on Saturday 29th April 2023

 • YOUNG MUSICIAN 

Coordinator: Ian McMeekan    ian.t.mcmeekan@btinternet.com

DISTRICT FINAL AT CHELMSFORD CATHEDRAL ON Saturday 18th February 2023. 

NATIONAL FINAL WILL TAKE PLACE AT RUGBY on 22nd April 2023

Youth Exchange and NGSE  

This Youth Project has been put on hold and no new applications are being processed.  I am attending a meeting (on Zoom) with our two young people who should have been at a Camp this year and have agreed to attend next year. This meeting brings together all young people in this position.

RotaKids/Interact; Once again this project is on hold unless clubs are able to contact schools.  Having had a meeting with District Youth Coordinators it was agreed that we would set up a Face book Page for RotaKids/Interact.  We are also asking that we have Interact Clubs from feeder RotaKids Clubs were possible so that we may have a clear run from Junior School to Secondary School and hopefully inspire new Rotarians eventually.  This of course needs a big helping hand from Clubs.  Details for RotaKids Clubs will be circulated and once Covid 19 goes we may look to visit Secondary Schools to establish an Interact Club or vice versa.

YOUTH SERVICE COMMITTEE 

• Joint Lead:PETER DOWSE (Brentwood Breakfast), STEVE WALLBANK (Braintree Rivers), 
• L.A.M.P. Coordinator; Jan DEAR (Chelmsford Phoenix). . Jan.dearhome@gmail.com. 
• (DSC & EXEC)  Email:peterdowse69@gmail.com 

• Joint Lead: STEVE WALLBANK (Braintree Rivers) SUE (EXEC). 
•  Email:steve.wallbank@btinternet.com 

District Interact/Rotaract Coordinator: STEVE WALLBANK (Braintree Rivers) SUE (EXEC).  

•  E-mail: steve.wallbank@btinternet.com

• PETER DOWSE (Shenfield & District) MARY (DSC & EXEC) 
•  Email: peterdowse69@gmail.com

For information about the Duke of Edinburgh Partnership and the Schools Shakespearean Partnership, please contact Peter DOWSE.

Young Environmemtalist Coordinator:  

• GLORIA NICHOLS (Shenfield & District), 
• E-Mail: gloriabn@live.co.uk (Assisted by MARY DOWSE)

 Young Musician Coordinator:

• Ian McMeekan
• Email: ian.t.mcmeekan@btinternet.com

Youth Debate Coordinator:

• JOHN VERSEY (Dunmow), (Jenny)  
•  E-mail: johnversey17@gmail.com

Young Chef Co-ordinator: 

• MARTIN NELSON (Colchester)(Julia)  
• E-mail:. Martin.Nelson@colchester.gov.uk

Young Photographer/Young Writer Coordinator:

• JENNY VERSEY (Dunmow RC) (John) 
•  E-Mail: jenny@verseyweb.com

RYLA Co-ordinators:

• PETER DOWSE (Shenfield & District), 
• STEVE WALLBANK (Braintree Rivers), 
• L.A.M.P. Coordinator; Jan DEAR (Chelmsford Phoenix).  Jan.dearhome@gmail.com. 

Rotakids Co-ordinator: 

• BRYAN DAVENPORT (Heybridge Blackwater). 
• E- Mail: bryanjdavenport@gmail.com and 
• Pauline DEAN. pauline.dean99@gmail.com 

Young Artist Co-ordinnator  

• Alan CLARK (Rayleigh Mill) (Celia).  E-Mail: alanclark1916@sky.com

Young Technician Co-ordinator: 

• (Awaits)

Young Film Maker Co-ordinator: 

• GRAHAM REEDER (Westcliffe RC). 
• email: gra@thereeders.co.uk 

Young Scientist Co-ordinator

• (Awaits)

Life Education Support Team:  

• Chairman; PETER DOWSE (Details as Above). 
• Committee: COLIN GEORGE (Stort Valley), 
• ROSIE BEECHER (Wickford). 
• CECILIA CLARK (Inner Wheel)

DISTRICT 1240 YOUTH REPORT – JUNE 2022 

Young Citizen: If you are submitting a young person for this Award, download paperwork and submit usually in January 2023 and send a copy of paperwork to myself. 

PROJECTS: 

ROTAKIDS/INTERACT/ROTARACT speak to Steve WALLBANK (steve.wallbank@btinternet.com) 

RotaKids Lead is Bryan DAVENPORT (brianjdavenport@gmail.com)

L.A.M.P. (Leadership and Management Programme) – speak to Jan DEAR (jan.dearhome@gmail.com)

R.Y.L.A. speak to Peter Dowse or SteveWallbank.

YOUTH EXCHANGE/ N.G.S.E.: Coordinator: Peter Dowse (peterdowse69@gmail.com) For Camps or Short Term Exchange inform the potential young person to go to youthexchange.org.uk and consider what is required and fill in interest form and it will come to me.

LAMP - The L.A.M.P. Programme is responding to an ever-increasing awareness that Schools/Youth Groups wish to give ever increasing opportunities for young people to gain valuable vocational experience and qualifications. In partnership with the Institute for Leadership and Management Rotary has developed this programme. For further information please contact Jan Dear (jan.dearhome@gmail.com)

All of the Information leaflets, Entry Forms and Certificate templates are ready and obtainable via, www.rotary.gbi.org/projects/young-people/competitions

‘Nessie Comes to Essex’ I have certificates and badges to hand to the Clubs for distributing to young people who entered the Nessie Competition over a year ago. Many have been given out but I haven’t details of the clubs who submitted the following entries. Please let me know if you have knowledge of the following:- Emmeline Wheatley age 4, Jack Moyes age 6, Keira Moyes age 9, Sophie Finlay age 9, Beatrix Cooke age 8,Holly Breathwick age 10, Lily Battson age 9 and Dia Tiiwari age 10. ++ It is appreciate that the ages are wrong but as they were at submission.

Peter DOWSE and Steve WALLBANK Joint Youth Leads District 1240