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While many of our usual events and activities are curtailed due to Covid-19 restrictions, the club is still functioning as normally as possible. Planning for future events is continuing and club meetings are being held via Zoom on Mondays, every two weeks. The situation is being constantly reviewed, so please check the meeting programme for up to date information.
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Rotary's £1,000 boost for unique adventure playground
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A centre providing unique support for people with special needs will be able to help even more young people following a boost from Maidenhead Rotary Club.
The club’s community and youth committee has made a £1,000 grant to the Thames Valley Adventure Playground (TVAP) in Taplow, which will be used to fund activities for families with children aged under 21. |
Covid-19 Project's family food parcels end as lock down lifts
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With the easing of lockdown, the delivery of family food parcels as part of the Covid-19 Rotary Response Project has now ended.
The last drop was completed at the end of April and project co-ordinator Lisa Hunter from Maidenhead Bridge Rotary Club has shared an update on the initiative, which was supported by all of the town’s Rotary clubs. The project ran for 42 weeks, supporting a total of 25 vulnerable families during the three periods of lockdown. Volunteers delivered 1,050 food parcels and the total cost of the project was £14,550. |
Join us at our evening meetingMaidenhead Rotary Club is rising to the challenge of the latest objective for the worldwide Rotary organisation - protecting the environment.
Join us at our Zoom meeting to learn more. |
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Rotary issues litter-picking challengeA litter-picking challenge has been issued to the people of Maidenhead to mark World Environment Day on Saturday, June 5.
Maidenhead Bridge Rotary Club and Maidenhead Rotary Club are calling on individuals, families and friends to take part in a World Environment Day Challenge to both celebrate the planet and help clean up our environment. For more details and to register online go to: www.maidenheadbridgerotary.org.uk/environment-walk |
‘We can all help tackle climate change’
Cllr Donna Stimson. Photo: RBWM
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All of us have a part to play in helping to combat climate change. That was the key message of Cllr Donna Stimson, the Royal Borough’s cabinet member for climate change and sustainability, who was guest speaker at Maidenhead Rotary Club on Monday.
Delivering her talk via Zoom, Cllr Stimson outlined the council’s plans to reduce carbon emissions in the borough to zero by 2050, or earlier if possible. |
Open Garden entry badges are now available to buy online!We are delighted to announce that we already have over 20 gardens registered to open for you to visit and enjoy in June.
You will be able to visit cottage gardens, Mediterranean gardens, formal gardens, riverside gardens, vegetable gardens, courtyard gardens plus gardens aiming to be low maintenance and using recycled materials. We hope you will come and join us. You can book your entry badges now for the weekend for just £6.00 per person (under 16s free) via the link below and visit as few or as many gardens as you would like. The final map of venues and opening times will be emailed to entry badge holders and be available to download from this page in June. Buy your entry badges at Braywick Heath Nurseries or click on this link below: https://form.jotform.com/211083553420041 |
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HRH The Duke of Edinburgh: a message from District Governor Marius Hopley
New edition of Rotary MattersThe second edition of the club digital newspaper for March and April is out now, with 12 pages of news and information.
We’re delighted to publish the second edition of Rotary Matters, our new digital newspaper about Maidenhead Rotary Club, packed with news about the club and its activities. You can download a copy here, or download a copy from the Club Newspaper page where the archive will be kept (link below).
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Scale of modern slavery revealed
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The harrowing scale of modern slavery in the UK today and what is being done to support its victims was revealed to Rotarians this week.
Guest speaker at Maidenhead Rotary Club’s Monday meeting was Marc Pearson, an anti-slavery envoy for the Medaille Trust which provides refuge for the victims of modern slavery and helps them rebuild their lives. A Catholic organisation set up in 2006 to help survivors from people trafficking, the trust is one of the largest providers of supported safe house beds for victims of modern slavery in the UK. |
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Vital dental clinic re-opens its doors
A patient is treated at the clinic.
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A dental clinic in Kenya providing free treatment to a poor local community has re-opened its doors thanks to ongoing support from Maidenhead Rotarians.
The fortnightly Makindu Dental Clinic was forced to abruptly close at the outbreak of the pandemic last year after providing free dental treatment for the last 10 years with the help of Maidenhead Rotary Club and individual fundraising efforts of member Gurdip Bahra. But after careful planning and thanks to the hard work of the dental team, the clinic restarted last weekend to offer its much-needed services. |
Rotarians give students vital interview experience
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Students about to start applying for jobs were given some vital interview experience despite lockdown, thanks to Maidenhead Rotary Club.
A series of mock interviews were held online for 30 students studying Health and Social Care at BCA, in Burchetts Green. For many of them this was the first interview they have ever had. |
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Hospice is a place of life and hope
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The new Thames Hospice is not a place for dying but a place for making the most of living. That was the key message from an uplifting talk about the charity given to the Rotary Club of Maidenhead at its meeting on Monday.
Guest speaker Margaret Thomas, the hospice’s supporter relationship manager, told the club how its expert care improves the quality of life for people with life-limiting illnesses. Speaking over Zoom, she outlined the story of the hospice from its launch 32 years ago at Pine Lodge in Windsor, through its merger with the Paul Bevan Centre in Ascot, to the opening of its new facility near Bray Lake in October last year. To find out more about Thames Hospice see https://thameshospice.org.uk/
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Margaret Thomas from Thames Hospice speaks to the club over Zoom.
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What is Rotary?
About Rotary
Rotary brings together a global network of volunteer leaders dedicated to tackling the world’s most pressing humanitarian challenges. Rotary connects 1.2 million members in more than 35,000 Rotary clubs in over 200 countries and geographical areas. Their work improves the lives at both the local and international levels, from helping families in need in their own communities to working toward a polio-free world.
Our weekly meetings are a great way to keep in touch with what's happening in our local area and further afield and also catch up with friends and contacts. We welcome visitors and new members to our meetings - as a Rotarian you are welcome at any Rotary meeting anywhere in the world.
Rotary’s motto is “Service Above Self” and it inspires members to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards, and promote good will and peace in the world.
Rotary brings together a global network of volunteer leaders dedicated to tackling the world’s most pressing humanitarian challenges. Rotary connects 1.2 million members in more than 35,000 Rotary clubs in over 200 countries and geographical areas. Their work improves the lives at both the local and international levels, from helping families in need in their own communities to working toward a polio-free world.
Our weekly meetings are a great way to keep in touch with what's happening in our local area and further afield and also catch up with friends and contacts. We welcome visitors and new members to our meetings - as a Rotarian you are welcome at any Rotary meeting anywhere in the world.
Rotary’s motto is “Service Above Self” and it inspires members to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards, and promote good will and peace in the world.
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Helping the local community is one of the primary roles of Rotary and you may have seen Rotarians at work supporting communities without even realising it.
At the Rotary Club of Maidenhead, we take our community service seriously. We always strive to give back to the area in which we work and live. |
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Contact UsIf you're interested in joining our club, want to find out more information or are looking for support for your charity or event please do get in touch.
Tweet us on: @MHeadRotary |
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