Nominate a Rotary Young Citizen from your community

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Only two weeks left to enter your community’s Young Citizens into the RIBI YOUNG CITIZEN AWARDS

Your club really doesn’t want to miss the opportunity to nominate young positive role models from within your community for the RIBI Young Citizen Awards 2012. The Awards are covered by BBC News with TV features on the five Award winners, features with video on the BBC News website and a live Awards programme on BBC News Channel from the RIBI Annual Conference in Bournemouth in April 2012.

The achievements of young people are being celebrated with the Young Citizen Awards. Young Citizen is a project, conceived by RIBI in association with BBC News in 2007, to celebrate the positive citizenship and vital responsibilities assumed by many young people in Great Britain and Ireland. The awards recognise young people under the age of 25.

Awards of a trophy, a cash prize of £500 and a visit to BBC News at TV Centre in London will be made to five Rotary related projects involving young people working in their communities and/or helping overseas to improve the lot of others. The recepients of the Awards may be an individual or a group. Past nominations may also be submitted again this year.

All entries have to be nominated by a Rotary club. Nomination forms should be returned to the Secretariat but must be received before the deadline of 28th February 2012, clearly marked ‘RIBI Young Citizen Awards’ or contact Tony Jordan on the New Generations Committee

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RIBI Assembly 2012 – Audience with the Presidents

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The 2012 RIBI Assembly will include ‘An Audience with the Presidents’, on the afternoon of Saturday 31st March 2012, a fabulous opportunity for club Rotarians to get ‘up close and personal’ with  incoming RI President Sakuji Tanaka and incoming RIBI President John Minhinick.

RIBI Rotarians will have the unique opportunity to attend this free event where you can meet, listen to and share your views face-to-face with both the 2012/13 RI President Sakuji Tanaka and 2012/13 RIBI President John Minhinick, as well as a panel of other RI and RIBI Leaders and excellent speakers.

This event is open to incoming Club Presidents and their fellow club Rotarians, so why not make a day of it and fill a car to attend the event. There is NO registration fee. You can register for the event now byclicking here. For those unable to attend the event, there will be a live webcast on the day.

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Rotary lights up Tower of London with End Polio Now

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Rotary in London will mark Rotary’s 107th Birthday on the evening of 23rd February 2012 - by lighting up the Tower of London beaming the words “End Polio Now” and the Rotary wheel onto the iconic and historic White Tower. This will form part of a global campaign by Rotary International with iconic buildings being lit up with the same message across the world. The Tower of London has special significance in 2012 as the Olympic Torch will be housed there overnight when it arrives in London in July for the start of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The lighting up will happen at around 6pm. For more details, contact DGE Eve Conway

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Rotary End Polio Now – on BBC, Monday 20 Feb 2012

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On Monday 20th February, BBC News will be broadcasting a special report from India on polio eradication. The report will feature the BBC’s medical correspondent Fergus Walsh at an immunisation booth and will showcase a package he has recorded over the weekend showing Rotary’s work, people affected by polio and interviews with doctors. It is likely that a Rotarian, most probably Mike Yates (RC of New Mills Marple & District), will be interviewed too. The package will be featured on the six o’clock and ten o’clock news.

The following morning on BBC Breakfast the report will be featured again and this time there will be an interview with RIBI President Ray Burman.

Please note that should there be any kind of ‘disaster’ this item may be pulled. This is of course out of our control.

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New Members Evening – York Gate – Thu 9 February

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New members and those who joined in the last couple of years but have not previously attended are invited to a New Members Meeting at our District Headquarters in 6 York Gate, NW1 4QG, on Thursday 9 February at 6.30 for 7pm.  The meeting will commence with a buffet supper, after which there will be a short talk about the world of Rotary.  New members may be accompanied by another member of their club.  There is no charge but we do need to know numbers by 5 February at the latest.

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Host a Global Scholar in 2012-2013

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I need your help!  In spite of the fact that District 1130 is still involved with our current scholars, I am already receiving requests for host clubs for Global Scholars for the next academic year. (Ambassadorial scholar requests will also be arriving soon, but the Global Scholars process is more urgent.).  When the sponsor clubs/districts apply for funding for a scholar they should have already identified a club in the hosting district and a ‘committee’ of three club members, including the counsellor.  I will have no way of knowing at this stage, how many scholars will apply and how many will be accepted, but I do need to have a list of potential host clubs at my fingertips.

 

Please will you contact me if your club is willing to host a global scholar, and send me the names of your team plus e-mail addresses and their club office if applicable as soon as possible.  Any club not allocated a global scholar will be added to the list for ambassadorial scholars.

 

I realise there may be some problem with regard to bookings for the District Conference at Warner’s as non-refundable deposits are expected and bookings need to be confirmed earlier than usually expected at Eastbourne.  I have asked for advice from the Conference Chairman, and will send information as and when I receive it.

 

Thank you to all for your support for this year’s scholars.  From their reports they are extremely indebted to our district for the guidance, hospitality and help they have experienced so far.  Don’t forget, many are still keen to visit the clubs.  If your club has not had the pleasure of hearing at least one of them, please encourage your programme chair to send an invitation.

Stella Russell, Foundation Scholars Coordinator

 

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Chris Leverton – passed to higher service

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The Rotary Club of St Pancras are sad to record the death of Chris Leverton, a member for more than 60 years. Chris was the son of Stanley Leverton, perhaps the most famous of British Rotarians, creating the plan for the development of Rotary in London. He often reminded us of all the days when, as a boy, he sat upon the knee of Paul Harris, a regular visitor to the Leverton household.  For details of the funeral arrangements contact Honorary Secretary, Diana Goodwin.

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Chance for Knowledge – Westminster Rotaract project in Bulgaria

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The Chance for Knowledge is a project developed by Rotaract Club of
Westminster and Rotaract Sofia Vitisha Izgrev Club. It was run under
the supervision of Rotary of London and Rotary Sofia Vitosha.

The main objectives of this project were to help in the supply of new
Braille machines for the school which would enable new students to get
the proper tools for education. By providing them with four new
machines Rotary help their educational advancement and social
integration.

http://www.youtube.com/v/gV56esaqueY&hl=en&rel=0&cc_load_policy=1&cc_lang_pref=en&version=1

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