Category Archives: District Events

Grant Management Seminar – 16 May

District Foundation GRANT MANAGEMENT SEMINAR  Thursday 16th May 2013

6.00pm for 6.30pm York Gate:  Finger buffet with soft drink (available from 6.00pm)cost £5.00

Essential information about the processes and requirements relating to a Clubs involvement with Rotary Foundation programmes (including hosting Foundation Scholars)

To register attendance (and assist catering arrangements)  email: grahamyra@btopenworld.com  by May 10th

 

D1130
THE ROTARY FOUNDATION

GRANT MANAGEMENT SEMINAR 2013-14

THURSDAY 16th May 2013
6.00pm for 6.30pm
York Gate

Finger buffet with soft drink (available from 6.00pm)

The Rotary Foundation (TRF) require that all Clubs participating in Foundation
activities (Grant applications, hosting Foundation Scholars) attend a Grant
Management seminar and in due course complete a Memorandum of Understanding
relating to the obligations and responsibilities associated in using TRF monies.
This needs to be undertaken every Rotary year with the documentation completed by
the new Club officers.

This seminar will help everyone’s understanding of the operation of TRF and
increase awareness of opportunities available for Grants and Programmes

ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION and PARTICIPATION
o Club qualification
Outline of Grant programmes
Foundation Funding Model
• Example scenarios
Grant procedures
• District wide Global Grant details
Essential requirements
• Fund Raising and Recognition

COST only £5.00 per person

Please advise delegate numbers to ensure appropriate catering provision.

LONDON MARATHON RECEPTION AT YORK GATE – SUNDAY 21 APRIL, 6PM

A number of Rotarians from the District and around the world are taking part in the London Marathon on Sunday 21 April and there will be drinks and light refreshments at York Gate from 6pm for those taking part and Rotarians who would like to join them. DG Eve will be there as soon as she can be!!   Good luck to all Rotarians in the Marathon! Please also cheer us along the route of the London Marathon where you can.  We welcome your support.

DG Eve

District Assembly Dinner Success

The District Assembly Dinner at the Royal National Hotel took place on 9th April 2013, and was well attended by Clubs from all over the District.  To our great delight, we even had a visitor, Luigi Mula, from Milan, Italy! The principle speaker was the incoming President of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland, Nan McCreadie who spoke on the priorities from the perspective of the National and International Leadership of Rotary International. Incoming District Governor Dick Nathan also spoke on the journey for the District in the coming year and the training events that would be related to the Service undertaken by the District in the coming Rotary Year. The event ran like clockwork thanks to the detailed preparation and planning of Lucille Parker and her District Events team, and the evening was enjoyed by all those that came, despite the difficulties of travelling on the underground. The staff at the Royal National Hotel in the centre of London also did a splendid job.

We now move on to a series of individual training seminars dealing with topics like Communications and Public Image, Community Service, The Rotary Foundation, International Service, Membership, New Generations (youth competitions, clubs and international exchanges), and Vocational Service. There are also special sessions for the Club Presidents, the Club Secretaries and the Club Treasurers.

The event was judged by all present as a notable success.

Notice of Foundation assembly

D1130
THE ROTARY FOUNDATION

Assembly 2013-14

TUESDAY 16th April 2013
6.00pm for 6.30pm
York Gate

Finger buffet with soft drink (available from 6.00pm)

2013-14 Theme
Engage Rotary : Change Lives

Engaging Rotary Foundation
Enables Rotarians to Change Lives

A variety of interactive sessions raising awareness and providing information for
attendees to make appropriate representations at forthcoming Club Assemblies.
Topics will include:-

The Rotary Foundation Mission

D1130 achievements
Grant programmes
Grant procedures

Club qualification

Contributions

Recognition
End Polio

COST only £5.00 per person

Please advise delegate numbers to ensure appropriate catering provision. Download form below.

Foundation assembly 16 04 2013

Rotary South West Area Thames Cruise 12 May

The SW Area is having a Sunday afternoon boat cruise down the Thames on the 12th May.

We will leave Festival Hall Pier at 12.30 pm for a 3 hour cruise with a lunch buffet on board, arriving back at 3.30 pm, allowing you to spend some time viewing the South Bank area. The price is £27 per person.  Please contact AG Chris Wyatt  if you are interested in joining us for a leisurely cruise throughLondon.

Booking for District Assembly Dinner 2013

This year, District Assembly will start with a fellowship dinner on Tuesday 9th April 2013, at the Royal National Hotel, at 7.00pm for a 7.30 start.  This will be followed during the following weeks by individual service committee meetings at 6 York Gate – see below). The key speaker at the dinner will be the incoming President of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland, Nan McCreadie, the first woman to hold that post in the history of Rotary. It is the same venue as last year. The cost is £27.50 per person. Please start booking your places at the dinner in the next week.

 

There are three ways that you can book tickets for the dinner.

  • You can download a booking form from the District Governor Elect’s Messages Page on the District Website: http://www.rotaryinlondon.org/index.php?c=c&page=cms&title=dge-news, fill in the names of those going to the dinner, specify the menu choice of each name, get a cheque from the Club Treasurer and send it in to Lucille Parker.
  • Alternatively you can scan the form, email it to Lucille, and ask your Club Treasurer to pay by Bank Transfer.
  • You can click on the link on the District Governor Elect’s Messages Page (see above) and go to the On-line Booking System, enter the names and the menu choices and pay by Credit Card, Debit Card or PayPal account. A receipt will be sent by email so that you can claim from the Club Treasurer.

And, while you are on DGE Dick Nathan’s messages page, why not watch the video clip carrying his personal message.

District Assembly Dates for 2013

DISTRICT ASSEMBLY SESSIONS

Subject Day Date Time Place
District Assembly Dinner Tu 09/04/2013 7.00pm Royal National Hotel
Communications and PR W 10/04/2013 6.30pm York Gate
Community Service Th 11/04/2013 6.30pm York Gate
Rotary Foundation Tu 16/04/2013 6.30pm York Gate
International Service W 17/04/2013 6.30pm York Gate
PETS (Presidents Elect Training) Th 18/04/2013 6.30pm York Gate
Membership Services Tu 30/04/2013 6.30pm York Gate
New Generations W 01/05/2013 6.30pm York Gate
Vocational Service Th 02/05/2013 6.30pm York Gate
Club Treasurers Tu 07/05/2013 6.30pm York Gate
Club Secretaries W 08/05/2013 6.30pm York Gate

 

Rotary Day Birthday Celebration – Sat 23 Feb 2013 – 6:30pm

Rotary’s 108th Birthday

There will be a special Rotary in London End Polio Now Rotary Day Concert at St Marylebone Church, Marylebone Road, opposite York Gate and near Rotary in London HQ, starting at 6.30pm, with performances by Opera Singer Birgit Beer, Honorary member of the Rotary Club of The City and Shoreditch, and Rotary Foundation scholars, including violinists Pierre Largeron and Heidi Luk, and a special performance of a Song for Rotary with entrepreneur Tom Morley, founder of the 80′s pop group Scritti Politti of Instant Teamwork.   We’ll also hear from Polio sufferer Gautam Lewis who was abandoned as a baby in India, taken in by Mother Theresa and adopted by a British nuclear physicist and ended up working in the pop business, managing among others Pete Doherty.  Gautam recently went back to the city in India where he was abandoned as a child to immunize children against Polio with Rotary International.

Districts throughout the world are being asked to mark Rotary Day this year with a special event.

Please contact Rotarian Robert Ghazi for tickets costing £10 each, email parsye@aol.com or contact DG Eve Conway-Ghazi on dg@rotaryinlondon.org.

International Womens Day – Five Cities Rotary Event – City Hall, London

There will be a Business Networking Breakfast for Rotarians in London and guests on the top floor of City Hall – the London Living Room – with amazing views of London - on International Women’s Day on Friday, 8th March, 2013, 7.30am for 8am start.   This is part of a Five Cities Rotary Event coordinated in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast and Dublin to raise the profile of Rotary, particularly within the business community.  In London, we are linking with UN Women and the UN Women’s song will be performed by a choir together with the song’s composer Tom Morley, who founded the 80′s pop group Scritti Politti.  A keynote speaker will be Rebecca Stephens, the first British woman to climb Mount Everest. For tickets costing £15, which includes breakfast, please email DG Eve on eveconway@hotmail.co.uk and please give your email the title of International Women’s Day London Event.

New Rotarians Evening – 13 Feb 13

The District is to hold a New Rotarians Meeting on Wednesday, 13 February at our District headquarters, 6 York Gate, NW1 4QG at 6.30 for 7pm.  Please make sure that members who have joined Rotary in the last two years or others who have never attended such a meeting receive details of this meeting.

The evening will commence at 6.30pm with a glass of wine and an opportunity to mix and talk to other new members and also members of the District Executive.  A hot meal will be provided, commencing at 7pm.  There will then be information given on various key features of Rotary, Rotary Sports and Fellowship, and particular forthcoming events.

There is no charge for new Rotarians and members of the Executive attending this meeting.  If other Rotarians wish to attend to support their new members there will be a charge of £12.50 per head.

Will those who wish to attend please email Lucille Parker to register their attendance (for catering purposes),. Where applicable cheques should be made out to RI District 1130 and sent to:

Rotarian Lucille Parker, 77 Edgwarebury Lane, Edgware, HA8 8LU

If you have any queries please contact me (Colin Mathews – details below).

Colin Mathews, District Membership Chairman