ROTARY CLUB OF CHURCH WILNE

Derbyshire, District 1220
Club President 2010-11; Barry Woodhead


St. Chads Church, Wilne
Programme of meetings and events
Overview of Rotary worldwide, it's objectives and aims
Where we meet and some details about us
Summary of our support of other local groups or individuals
News about First Responder meetings and activities.
News and details of recent activities, both social and charitable
Details of the annual charity horseride
Inner Wheel Club of Church Wilne
Locations of sources of other relevant information

 


2010 Events
 

Handover Meeting on Monday 5th July 2010

Our outgoing President Graham Markwell of the Rotary Club of Church Wilne was awarded the District 1220 Vocational Club of the Year award at the District changeover meeting at the Novotel, Long Eaton on Sunday 4th July.

Within District 1220 there are 58 Rotary Clubs, so this really does make it a special award. The criteria for the award covers an increase in membership, working and training youngsters which included a farm visit, assisting with 3 local schools gardens and some continuing assistance at the Friesland School.

Rotarian Stephen Woolley the Club's Vocational Chairman and his committee were thanked by President Graham. The picture below show President Graham with the trophy.

 

  

At our changeover meeting on Monday 5th July the Club's outgoing President Graham Markwell had the pleasure of inducting the incoming team for the Rotary year 1st July 2010 to 30th June 2011.

The incoming President Barry Woodhead (below centre) thanked Graham for his excellent leadership during the Club's 25th Anniversary year and the many charitable events that the Club had successfully completed during that year.

 

Incoming President Barry then inducted his Vice Presidents Stephen Woolley (below left) and Derek Sheehy-Smith (below right). He also said he was looking forward to the next year and “Team Work” was to be the key. Presentations for the year ahead were made recently to all the club members and Barry hopes to hand over the Club to Stephen Woolley in 12 months time in as good a condition as now, if not better.


Speaker at our Meeting on Monday 21st June 2010 - Beverley Humphrey-Lewis

The Church Wilne Rotary Club welcomed Beverley Humphrey-Lewis to its weekly meeting and she gave a most interesting and up to date talk on the Breast Cancer Campaign.

Beverley said that 10 years ago she lost a very good friend to cancer, who had 2 young children, and she was in her late thirties. She gets involved by promoting the Campaign through talks, presentations and rattling tins. Many people want to tell her their personal stories on these occasions of a loss within the family and there is a need to listen.

There are many events organized nationally including Breast Cancer month in October and Pink Days.

Every single penny collected goes in to research for a cure for Cancer.

On the statistics the most common form of cancer for women is breast cancer with 1 in 9 being diagnosed and 45,000 are diagnosed each year with over 75% making a full recovery. Early treatment has seen a much better recovery rate recently and this is because of much better advancements in screening.

In the 19th century there was no hope of recovery and in the last century great advances were made and now in the 21st century, almost every month, advances are being made.

Beverley then thanked the club for its donation of £505 which was raised recently at the Club's Jazz Night at the Royal Oak in Ockbrook.

Frank Noonan gave the Club's vote of thanks and said clearly Beverley had lots of enthusiasm for the Campaign and it was good to hear of the scientific information and the club was only too pleased to help.

Pictured below is President Graham Markwell presenting the cheque to Beverley.


Speaker at our Meeting on Monday 14th June 2010 - Alisha McGuinness

The Church Wilne Rotary Club welcomed Alisha McGuinness of “Umbrella” to its weekly meeting at the Royal Oak Ockbrook.

Umbrella is a registered charity working to improve services and facilities for disabled children from birth to 19 years and their families living in Southern Derbyshire.

The service began in 1986 with one part-time worker and has grown into the organisation it is today, with over 30 members of staff working on many different projects. They provide an information and signposting service, family support workers, volunteer service, play coordinator, bilingual worker, health trainers and much more. Their work and projects are supported by a well established volunteer service and they currently have over 120 volunteers working with them.

Umbrella works in partnership with many agencies including Children's and Young Peoples Services, NHS Primary Care Trust and other voluntary organisations.

Their services are well respected and in high demand from families and they are currently working with over 400 families and carers across the area.

Umbrella has two offices in Derby which are on Friargate and at the Ronnie Mackeith Centre in the Royal Derby Hospital. For more information about Umbrella please contact them on 01332 785658

The Club's vote of thanks was given by Ken Austin who thanked Alisha for an inspirational talk in which Umbrella give fantastic support to youngsters to live an ordinary life.

Below Club President Graham Markwell presents Alisha McGuinness with a cheque for Umbrella.


Presentation at our Meeting on Monday 7th June 2010 to Robert Horsley

The Rotary Club of Church Wilne had great pleasure at their weekly meeting at the Royal Oak, Ockbrook in presenting their “Citizen of the Year” award to Robert Horsley.

He was presented with a Rose Bowl and Certificate and also a donation of £500 for the 3rd Ockbrook and Borrowash Scouts. The donation is to go towards the £1,400 needed to purchase a new mess tent which the scouts will use at the Peak 2010 camp at Chatsworth. The tent will have a life span of about 15 years and will be used around 5 times a year [PS: photos of the mess tent which the scouts purchased can now be seen below the picture of Robert receiving his award].

Robert has been in scouting now for 22 years and if you want any further information on the 3rd Ockbrook and Borrowash scouts please do contact him on 01332 678357.

 

Photograph below of President Graham Markwell (left) and Robert Horsley.

    


Speaker at our Meeting on Monday 24th May 2010 - Hannah Maskalick

The Rotary Club of Church Wilne welcomed Hannah Maskalick (aged 17) to their latest meeting at the Royal Oak in Ockbrook.

Hannah who is currently studying at the Derby High School, Littleover is about to go to Ethiopia along with 11 other pupils and will be staying in Addis Ababa, which has a population of 3 million, for 4 weeks. They will be holding a series of workshops with the local youngsters helping to improve their English, Maths, Science, Drama, Arts and Crafts.

This is the Derby High School 7th year of visits to the area having started when they were involved with the building of a library.

Each pupil has had to raise £1,500 for the trip and this has been raised by concerts, sponsored events, jumble sales and local donations from Rotary Clubs and similar organisations.

Ethiopia is still one of the poorest countries in the world and the students are looking forward to venturing out of their bubble, seeing a new way of life with a different culture and focusing on the local children.

Hannah thanked the Club for its £100 donation and she in turn was thanked by Geoff Smith for giving the members an insight to this really worthwhile project.

Pictured below are President Graham Markwell and Anna Maskalick.


Speaker at our Meeting on Monday 17th May 2010 - David Ashley

David Ashley, who is the Assistant District Governor in Rotary District 1220, was the main speaker at the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club of Church Wilne. He spoke about what District is and does for the 58 Clubs within the area, which covers most of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. The structure is set by Rotary International and each Club run their own activities within the RI rules.

The District is formed by Rotarians from within the 58 Clubs and they bring together many educational, social and training events. These include: The Young Chef, Young Musician, RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Award) and Youth Speaks. Also an “Excitement and Science Day”, Stroke Awareness Day, Life Education Caravan and many others.

On the training side all incoming Presidents attend PETS (President Elect Training Seminar) and the District Assembly held at the Nottingham University are most informative and guide the incoming Club officials each year.

David also spoke about the cost to each club member, the annual District Conference and The Rotary Foundation.

A lively question and answer time followed and President Graham Markwell thanked David for giving the members such and informative and thought provoking address.

The photo below shows President Graham Markwell (left) and David Ashley.


Visit to Michael Massey's Farm on Thursday 13th May 2010

Please find the story of the visit below in both pictures and words.

 

 

Just over 40 Rotarians and family members arrived at 7:00pm and Michael gave them a 2 hour tour of the farm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The total area of Spondon Wood Farm is 700 acres.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michaels farm is both an Arable Farm .........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and one on which he rears cattle. There were far too many beef cattle to count.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We were shown around the various barns in which there were many large vehicles and plenty of storage. Michael was very happy to answer any questions raised.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We walked through fields and the weather was just perfect before returning back to the Farmhouse through a splendid show of blue bells.

 

 

 

 

 

On our return we were all treated like royalty with wine and a fabulous buffet. Thanks were expressed to Mary & Michael by SVP Barry. What a great time we all had.


Senior Citizens & Housebound Tea Party on Saturday 8th May 2010

The annual Senior Citizens Tea Party was once again well attended by the elderly and housebound of our local community. Club members acting as chauffeurs for the day brought guests to Spondon Village Hall between 12:30 and 1:00 pm. Food was served, good company was had and the guests were well entertained by keyboard player and singer Clive Allen. A small selection of photos below show; attendees dancing to the music; Clive Allen the Entertainer; John Gregory the primary organiser thanking those involved and last but not least guests leaving with the gift of a potted plant having has a super day.

At the Club meeting on the following Monday John Gregory thanked all those who had helped out including the wives of some members. The Club President also thanked John for all his hard work in planning and organising the event.

      

      


Speaker at our Meeting on Monday 26th April 2010 - Rob Lawrenson

Rob Lawrenson of MacMillan Cancer Support was the speaker at the latest meeting of the Rotary Club of Church Wilne at the Royal Oak, Ockbrook.

Rob gave the members a most informative talk and said that 820 people in the UK are diagnosed with cancer everyday and around 2 million are living with cancer.

They are able to give medical, emotional and financial support and also reach around 50% of those in need. Also, they look to the next stage once cured.

MacMillan's were founded in 1911 by Douglas Macmillan, whose father died from cancer and left £20 which was just the financial start that was needed. Legacies are still the biggest fund raiser for them.

There are 59 Macmillan profession nurses in Derbyshire. They also have benefits advisers who are able to get financial support which patients are entitled too.

Macmillan nurses started in the 1970s and they are also an ear for people to talk too. There is also a centre at the Derby Royal Hospital. A mobile bus travels around the country which takes support to the people.

Rob also spoke about “catch it early enough – it can be cured”, winter fuel allowance needed for all cancer suffers, parking charges at hospitals and they can not do it without peoples donations.

The Club's vote of thanks was give by IPP David Smith who concluded that they are very much like a one stop shop and support is everywhere.

The picture below shows Club's President Graham Markwell (right), IPP David Smith (left) and Rob holding a cheque for £1,076 which had just been presented to him.


Speaker at our Meeting on Monday 22nd March 2010 - Kath Summers

The Rotary Club of Church Wilne were delighted to welcome Kath Summers to their latest meeting at The Royal Oak in Ockbrook.

Kath has been in education for 25 years and is the IT and Computing teacher at Freisland School, Risley.

Many interesting details were given to the members which included the school leaving age changes since 1947 when it was 15. It was raised to 16 in 1973, GCSE replaced the GCE in 1986, by 2013 all students will stay in education until they are 17 and in 2015 this will rise to 18 years of age.

Kath said we will need to accommodate many massive changes in education over the coming years.

The Club was thanked for its support with the work experience programme, which is held early in July and is for year 10 students and for its support in general over many years.

The Rotary Club's main contact with Friesland, Stephen Woolley, gave the Club's “Vote of Thanks”.

The photograph below shows President Graham Markwell (left) and Kath Summers.


Speaker at our Meeting on Monday 15th March 2010 - Criminal Justice System

At the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club of Church Wilne, President Graham Markwell welcomed 4 visitors from the Long Eaton Round Table including their Chairman Mark Elm.

Lawyer Quentin Robbins (one of our members) was the guest speaker and he gave a most informative, witty and amusing insight into our criminal justice system. He spoke initially about the differences between a solicitor and a barrister.

Quentin highlighted the differences in our system to other countries as for example, a drug trial here takes around 39 days but in Belgium it takes just less than 4 hours.

Crime figures each month for Derbyshire reach around 5,000, in Nottinghamshire 7,500 and Leicestershire just over 6,000. But in the Met it is 65,000! Not all go to court as many are a fix penalty or are given a caution.

Of the cases going to court 95% are dealt with in the Magistrates Court with the Magistrates deciding if the case should proceed to the Crown Court.

It is important to know the Judge. Many are great characters and he went on to tell some amusing stories. Also, he said when asking questions to be careful not to ask one too many questions. He went on to tell more humorous stories of when questions were asked before engaging brain.

Stephan Woolley gave the Club's vote of thanks to Quentin for a most entertaining insight into our Law practice.

The photograph below shows President Graham Markwell (left) and Quentin Robbins.


Big Band Concert on Saturday 13th March 2010 - Fundraiser for Breast Cancer

The Rotary Club held a Big Band Jazz Concert at The Royal Oak in Ockbrook in aid of Breast Cancer. The event was a sell out and early indications are that over £430 was raised for the Charity. A cheque for the exact amount raised will be handed over when a representative from the Charity visits the club in the near future. Congratulations must go to Club Member Colin Orrick for an event well organised. Below are a selection of photos from the evening.

 

 

 

 

 

The Band Leader and some of the Band Members.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Saxophone players take the lead.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why is Colin Orrick leading the Band back in?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A hidden talent emerges (Colin can be seen on the right of this shot).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The audience show their appreciation..

 


Cheque Presentation to St. Chad's Church on Wednesday 10th March 2010

At this years AGM of 'The Friends of St. Chad's' one of our members was able to present a cheque for £500 in support of the churches appeal to raise £7,500 for repair of the chancel roof. A further unspecified sum may be needed to repair internal damage from the leaking roof. The Rotary Club were happy to provide this much needed support in its local community.

The picture below, from left to right, shows President of the Friends of St Chad's - Vic Gilligan, Chairman Adrian Ennever and our very own Tim Barker making the presentation.


Speaker at our meeting on Monday 1st March 2010 - The Tricks of Digital Photography

At our meeting on Monday 1st March one of our members, David Smith, gave a most informative talk on Digital Photography.

David demonstrated how to manipulate digitally many photographs and included one of the most common areas being “Red Eye” and in animals “Green Eye”. He then spoke about what can be done to renew old Photos and quite quickly showed the members how to repair and get ride of marks, holes and creases.

Other tips included moving images from one scene to another, improving the smile, retouching and with the magic of digital photography opening eyes that were shut at the time of the picture being taken.

David spoke about Adobe Photo Shop, which is the industry standard, and costs from £400 to £500 but for many Adobe Photo Elements No 8 is available for £40/£50 and will allow you to do all the things David has demonstrated this evening.

The Club's vote of thanks was given by Richard Ransom who thanked David for a most illuminating talk and for the time he had clearly taken to put together his presentation.

The picture below shows President Graham Markwell (right) thanking David Smith.


Induction of new member at our meeting on Monday 8th February 2010

President Graham Markwell welcomed Greg Maskalick, who is the Director of Music at Ockbrook School, to last week's meeting at the Royal Oak in Ockbrook.

The induction of Greg now brings the Club's membership to 50 and he is looking forward to assisting the Club with its many future activities.

President Graham had also received a letter of thanks from St Chad's for the £500 donation to go towards the repairs of the Church Roof.

Also, the Club has 2 teams taking part in the District Quiz at Belper in the near future.

The picture below show Greg (left) being welcomed by President Graham.


Speakers at our meeting on Monday 1st February 2010 - Derbyshire Association for the Blind

At our meeting on the 1st February our speakers were Alan McConville and Mel Austin from the Derbyshire Association for the Blind (DAB).

Alan spoke initially about “DAB” which is a registered charity and supports 4,500 members in Derbyshire and has 40 employees. Its services include: Hospital helpline, resource centre, a community project, VIP information programme, quarterly newsletter, children services and sports and leisure activities. Alan ended his part of the talk with a practical demonstration for which he required two volunteers. The picture below shows Club members Michael Massie and Patrick Bevan making a cup of tea while wearing "white out" glasses. With their normal vision the task had taken 40 seconds but was considerably longer, at over 2 minutes, when their sight was taken away. The point Alan was driving home very forcibly was that if you added together all of the tasks you might carry out from the point of getting out of bed to leaving the house on a morning it could take over 3 times longer for a visually impaired person.

Alan then handed over to his colleague Mel, who is registered blind and is a trustee and volunteer for DAB. Alan spoke about what blindness means and his experiences since he accidentally damaged his optic nerve in the left eye as a 10 year old. His treatment over the years included 8 cornea grafts with the last 2 failing within weeks. Mel then chose to see what life brings in his decent into blindness. He quickly developed his memory to remember such things as his credit card and bank details. His mobility was helped by the use of his “white stick” and also by the many other gadgets that are now available which includes various softwear systems, a talking watch and microwave along with an item that ensures he can dress himself colour coordinated. In summary Mel said that no one wants to loose their sight but there are now many ways to conqueror it.

Rotarian Geoff Smith, on behalf of the Club, thanked Alan & Mel for a most informative talk and he said his cousin had been registered blind at 20 and had regained his independence with great support and help from DAB.

The picture below shows our President Graham presenting a cheque to Mel and Alan.


Speaker at our meeting on Monday 25th January 2010 - Andy Lord on Wainwright Part 2

At the latest meeting of the Church Wilne Rotary Club, Club member Andy Lord gave his second talk on Alfred Wainwright. In Andy's first talk he traced Wainwright to his retirement and also referred back to his various publications and then went over the last 13 years of his life.

Between 1967 & 1970 three books were published. The Fellwalker, Pennine Way Companion and his most famous book Coast to Coast. 1970 was very productive with 22 titles.

He was given an Honorary Degree at Newcastle University.

In 1972 he raised £30k for the Animal Rescue Centre in Cumbria but needed £60k, so he sold the copy write to his Coast to Coast book to the Western Gazette for £40k but retained a 7.5% royalty for life.

Andy spoke about the 7 pictorial books produced with the final one published just after his death on the 20th January 1984. Alfred Wainwright's remains were scatter at Haystacks in the Lake District as requested and he said in one of his books “If dear reader you get a bit of grit in your teeth, treat it with respect, it might be me”

The Club's vote of thanks was Mike Key who in thanking Andy also said he had once met AW without realizing.

The picture below shows Club President Graham thanking Andy for his talk.


Speakers at our meeting on Monday 18th January 2010 - Parkinson's Disease

The Rotary Club of Church Wilne welcomed to its weekly meeting two speakers Jessica Storer and Sheila North from the Parkinson's Disease Society.

Jessica, who is the Fundraiser for the East Midlands, spoke first about this new post within the Charity and updated the Club on its many activities.

They have 33,000 members and are the leading charity supporting all with Parkinson's, their families and carers. It's their 40th year and in that time they have invested over £40 million into research, prevention, treatment and care.

There are now 33 branches in the East Midlands with 7 in Derbyshire and many are run by volunteers.

Sheila then spoke about “living with Parkinson's” as she was diagnosed with Parkinson's 12 years ago. She went on to say it's a progressive, degenerative brain disease, with no diagnostic test or cure. Shelia spoke further about treatment and living with Parkinson's. Her early signs after being diagnosed included :- small handwriting, loss of the power in her speech, loss of sense of smell, shoulder or elbow pain and recurrent falls. She went on to reassure the audience not to worry if they already had some of these as most people do!

Also covered in this most informative talk was what can be done to keep people in work but this may require some adaptations to the workplace. Also Sheila spoke about “Use it or loose it”, Brain Training (Soduku, quizes and crosswords) and others.

Their next major Charity event is the Hardwick Hall Walk on Sunday 25th April which is a nine-mile circular walk at one of Britain's greatest and most complete Elizabethan houses, owned by the National Trust.

The “Clubs Vote of Thanks” was given by Nigel Roberts who thanked the speakers for a most informative talk with a great insight to the disease and he felt the Club members would be very interested in the Charity Walk.

President Graham made a cheque presentation on behalf of the Club at the end of the meeting.

The photo below shows (left to right) – President Graham Markwell, Jessica Storer and Sheila North.

The club's vote of thanks was given by Colin Orrick and in thanking him Colin said that without the support of Brian the First Responders Group for this area would not be operating today.