Community and Vocational Service Committee - the following is a list of local Charities and Organisations which have been given help and/or donations in recent years, or which are being considered for support in the future:

Barnados

The Prince’s Trust

Kid’s Out, Paultons Park

Leven House

Young Mums’ Group at Henry Brown Centre

Elmrise Breakfast Club

Pets as Therapy

Chest Help

CP Sport Development Day

Life Education Wessex

Victoria School

Langside School

Bournemouth Scouts (Jubilee Centre, Butcher’s Coppice)

Town Centre Youth Project

CODA Fiddle Orchestra

Youth Cancer Trust

Julia’s House

Dorset Mind (Oakmead School)

Boscombe Voluntary Lifeguard Unit

Age Concern

Help and Care

Heathlands School
Bournemouth Multiple Sclerosis Centre
Citizens Advice Bureau
Bournemouth Society for the Visually Impaired
MOSAIC
Springbourne Family Centre
Alzheimer's Society
Tenovus
Young Carers
Parent Link 
Cancer Research UK
Bournemouth Guide Camp Association
Round Table’s Children’s Wish

Brendon Care Clubs
Double Act Disability Theatre Company
Disability Wessex.
The Listening Ear.
Bournemouth Night Club Chaplaincy
Honeypot
Fernheath Play Association 
Wessex Autistic Society
Jubilee Sailing Trust
Leukaemia Busters
Bethany School

Our International Committee will, this coming year, be sponsoring all the emergency boxes, namely Shelter Box, Aquabox and emergency boxes and we plan to concentrate on supporting the Great Dorset Beach Clean; Students from the Richard Language College lunch meeting and an on-going project in Malawi. We will also support our twinning visits with fellow Trappist clubs in Europe, and our twin club in Deauville. We will also consider any other causes, as and when they come along.
 

We also support Rotary Foundation, Rotary’s own humanitarian and educational charity. In particular, we are currently supporting the project of Rotary International, working in conjunction with the World Health Organisation and UNICEF, to complete the eradication of polio from the world. Rotary International has pledged to raise 200 million dollars in response to two grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation totalling 355 million dollars.
We also support other projects financed through the Foundation Charity including:

• Group Study Exchange - an educational program designed to provide young business and professional persons opportunities for studying another country, its people, institutions and culture through an organised visit.

• Ambassadorial Scholarships - sponsoring scholars to study in a country other than their own where they will also serve as unofficial ambassadors of goodwill.
    

The New Generations Committee continues to promote Rotary programmes and competitions for young people, with the objective of discovering new talents and developing leadership and other skills.
We have organised the group 2 (Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch) Young Chef competition for the last 5 years. The local finals are held at The College in January each year and last year, six schools were represented by 9 finalists. Our winner went on to come second in the District finals and then took part in the Regional Finals.

We also run the local heats for the Youth Speaks, Young Musician and Young Technologist competitions and the Len Tuck Scholarships and Peter Bath Award. We actively support several local schools - Langside, Victoria, Bethany and Heathlands - as well as the Coda Fiddle Orchestra. Finally, we support the local Rotaract Club in Bournemouth.
  
  

The Fund-raising Committee was established in 2007 and held its first fund-raising event in February 2008. Since then, it has endeavoured to hold similar events broadly every quarter and these have included:

• Shelter Box display and collection at Castle Point Shopping Centre

• Tea Dance to raise funds for repairs to Dudsbury Girl Guide camp roof

• "Magic of the Violin" concerts in aid of Langside School, Water Aid, and the Coda Fiddle Orchestra

• "Evening of Music and Song" with Winton Salvation Army in aid of the Eradicate Polio campaign and the Army's Ukraine Mission

• Shelter Box caravan and collection in Bournemouth Square

Future plans include:

• Another musical evening with Winton Salvation Army (September)

• Treasure Hunt

• Swimathon

See more pictures of our activities in our Photo Gallery.

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