Looking Back
Our new Rotary year starts on July 1st and we already have a busy programme planned. However, we look back with great satisfaction on the year just completed during which, led by President Elizabeth, we raised over £20,000, our highest total ever, for local and international charities. We are a very close-knit club, just as keen on fun and fellowship as we are on supporting our chosen charities. We have been working hard to raise our local profile and are very happy to have increased membership over the year from 19 to 25. All our new members have fitted in well and it's already hard to imagine the club without them.
From the money we raised last year we have already made donations to:
- Revitalise at Jubilee Lodge - creating holidays for disabled people
- BBC Children in Need
- Shelter Box
- The Children's Society
- Chigwell Riding Trust - providing riding for the disabled
- Streets2Homes - reaching out to help those who are facing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless
- Epping Forest Food Bank
- St Jude's School in Arusha, Tanzania
- Volunteer Action Epping Forest
- Kids Out - providing days out for disadvantaged children
- Restore - supporting people with mental health problems
- Centre Point - supporting young homeless people in London
We have also continued to finance and run a Memory Café once a month, providing activities for people with dementia