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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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New
member induction on Monday 11th January 2010
At our
last meeting on Monday 11th January it was very pleasing to see the
induction of a new member to our Club. The picture below shows our
President Graham welcoming new member Simon Beal.
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Pictures from our Christmas Walk on
Sunday 27th
December 2009
Our
traditional Christmas Walk this year was around Osmaston Park in
Ashbourne. 49 people attended along with half a dozen dogs and the 5
mile course started and finished at The Shoulder of Mutton Pub. It
was very wet underfoot with some strong winds and a little driving
rain. The food and drink on the return to the pub was very welcome
and enjoyed by all. Thanks for the organising of the event goes to
Stuart Wainwright and Mick White.
Junior Vice President Stephen was
gritting his teeth in readiness for the gruelling walk which was to
come.
Very early on there was dissention
in the ranks with one of the walkers suggesting they were going in
the wrong direction!
The course continued uphill
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and over streams
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In the pub afterwards Jane was
looking intently at the frozen lump at the side of her (well he had
just walked 5 miles in the freezing cold and rain). She was also
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Pictures from our Christmas Meal
with Partners on
14th
December 2009
Our
traditional Christmas Meal with Partners was once again held at the
White House Hotel in Kegworth with a very high turn out of members
and their partners.
Members and their partners mingled
between the courses, whilst the table in the forefront wondered if
they could afford a penny for Bob Martin's thoughts? They quickly
conclude however that even a penny was far too expensive!
The ladies performed two very
funny sketches after the meal and were not afraid to make a
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Pictures from our Christmas meeting on
7th
December 2009
Good
food and good company marked our Christmas Meal on Monday 7th
December 2009.
You can always rely on the Engineers
within the Club to work out the intricacies of how the Christmas
Cracker Toy works.
President Graham had obviously
seen it all before but the Sergeant at Arms thought it was worth
recording the solution for reference by all future Rotarians.
Bah Humbug from the two Rotarians
on the left whilst Rotarian Colin on the right has already starting
limbering up for the Carol Concert.
As a mark of gratitude to the
staff at The Royal Oak, for the fine service they have given us
throughout the year, President Graham presented Head Waitress Miriam
with some money from Club funds.
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Speaker
at our meeting on 30th
November 2009 - Our Air Ambulance
At this weeks Club
meeting at the Royal Oak Ockbrook, Church Wilne Rotary members were
given a pictorial presentation by Dennis Talbot of the
Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance. “Our Air
Ambulance”
Our Air Ambulance
started in April 2008 and was self sufficient within 12 months. It
is based at the East Midlands Airport and covers an area of 2,100
square miles from Glossop in the north, down to Market Harborough
and over to Peterborough and supports a population of 1.5million
people.
The Helicopter is
Augusta 109E and has a range of 450 miles, is airborne in 45 seconds
and cruises at 180 MPH. The pilot is Captain Ian Welsh and the Air
Ambulance also has a full time Doctor, is supported by volunteer
doctors and usually 2 paramedics.
Since its formation
in April 08 they have had 1,900 life saving missions with 40% road
traffic related, on average 12 fallen horse riders per month in
remote areas, divers at Stoney Cove, many on Kinder Scout and other
areas unreachable by road.
It costs £1.5
million a year to run the Air Ambulance with no Government funding
or lottery grants. Every penny comes from Charitable donations.
The Club's Vote of
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Speaker Dennis Talbot (left)
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Speaker
at our meeting on 23rd
November 2009 - Bore Holes
The speakers at
this weeks meeting were Rotarians Val & Terry Leivers.
Val & Terry
updated the members on their visits to India and the 270 Water
Bore Holes that had now been completed in the past 2 years, with
the support of many Rotary Clubs in District 1220.
On their latest
visit to the area they had just 3 days off in 7 weeks and during
that time they were present when the other project of the supply
of a Water Tanker was made in conjunction with the Rotary Club
of Nizamabad. This is for areas where there is no water
underground.
48 Rotary Clubs
from the District had supported the project and with 4 matching
grants from Rotary International the project had raised
$450,000.
Also the Club
was updated on education, housing, birth control and sanitation
within the area.
Val will be
visiting the area again in the new year and will be looking at
the next project with is Reverse Osmosis Filtration which
extracts the harmful elements from dirty water so that it
becomes clean drinking water.
The Clubs votes
of thanks was given by Ken Austin.
The picture below
shows Junior Vice President Stephen Woolley (centre) with Val &
Terry Leivers.
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Speaker
at our meeting on 9th
November 2009 - PEACH
At our meeting this
week the main speaker was Claire Cotterill who gave a
most moving and informative talk on PEACH, which is a parent-led
group aiming to encourage, support and inform parents of
children with autism.
Claire who is based
in Long Eaton covers the Midlands area for PEACH which was
formed just 11 years ago. They are based at Ascot and currently
employ just 12 in total.
Peach is the
fastest growing UK charity in the field of ABA and Autism and
helps families start Intensive Behavioural Intervention
Programmes.
They have 3
principles:
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Supporting parents of children with an Autistic
Spectrum Disorder to make informed choices for their children's
future by: providing information and approaching local and
central government.
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Monitoring standards and quality of services.
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Promoting ABA through the promotion of information
to a wider forum.
The members were
given many details including their “Help Line” which has had
over 27,000 calls. Fundraising activities, a wish list for
future resources, current membership and thanks to Tesco for
recently updating their compute system.
There were many
questions from the Club which Claire managed to answer with
great effect and the Club's vote of thanks was given by PP David
Smith.
For more
information email
info@peach.org.uk
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Wreath laying on Remembrance
Sunday 8th November 2009
Member of the
Rotary Club attended wreath laying ceremonies and Church
Services in both Draycott and Borrowash. The picture below shows
Rotarians: David Down, Stephen Wooley (Junior Vice President),
Mike Coxall, Barry Woodhead (Senior Vice President), Ray Terry,
Michael Key and Neil Hall.
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Visit of District Governor to
our meeting on 2nd November 2009
The Rotary Club of
Church Wilne were delighted to receive a visit from District
1220 Governor Tony Stimpson to their weekly meeting at the Royal
Oak at Ockbrook on Monday 2nd November.
Tony undated the
club on many future National and International activities of
Rotary and included some of the following hopes and aspiration.
The Rotary
International President John Kenny has said the first priority
and main focus is the eradication of Polio. Since 1988 Polio has
been eradicated in over 100 countries and is now just in 4
countries. The main problem area being Nigeria. The 3 other
countries are India, Pakistan & Afghanistan where tremendous
progress has been made despite current problems. There is no
cure for Polio and it mainly effects children under 5 and can be
prevented by immunization at a cost of just 50p.
Tony also focused
on other areas for action:- Water, where still over 1.2 billion
people have no access to water, 1.4m children die yearly of
diarrhea and 1.6m die from flood related disasters. He covered
Rotary's “Health, Hunger and Literacy” programme. Community help
and The Rotary Day on 29th May 2010. In 2008, from
the Rotary Foundation Charity, $56million had been given to
matching grants, $23m on education programmes and $127m to Polio
Plus.
In
his summary he stressed that Rotary should be FUN to all members
and to “open your mind” to the challenges ahead.
President Graham Markwell thanked Tony on behalf of the Club
members.
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Speaker at our meeting on 26th October 2009 -
Derbyshire LINk
Our speaker
was Jas Dosanjh who is a Development Worker with Derbyshire
LINk. Jas explained that the Derbyshire Local Involvement Network or
LINk organisation was set up in 2008 to enable us to have our say on
the Health and Social Care services that we use within Derbyshire.
As the name suggests they provide a link into the Service Providers
and have the authority to hold them to account if needed.
The areas in which they can help us as the recipients of these
various services are:
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Listening to our issues and concerns
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Identifying examples of good practice and services
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Raising issues with service providers and getting a response
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Suggesting improvements to health and social care providers
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Checking that recommendations for change are carried out
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Keeping us updated on progress.
Jas explained that they are also asked to carry out surveys on
behalf of Service Providers. One survey they are currently working
on is on behalf of the Derby Hospital NHS Trust. In 4 key areas the
Trust are keen to understand what their 'customers' consider to be
the critical aspects which they as a Service Provider should be
getting right. Club members were asked to complete this survey and
our responses along with the others from across the region will be
entered onto the LINk database. The results of the survey when fed
back to the Trust will enable them to determine which aspects of
their service provision are considered to be most critical and they
will introduce a series of Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) to
monitor progress in these areas.
Members were also handed a feedback form which Jas said she would be
happy to take away and follow up on if any of us had complaints
about a particular service provider in the region. The feedback
forms can also be used to provide positive comments or to praise
good examples of service provision.
She also handed out a Registration Form should any members wish to
become more involved as a LINk member.
Subsequent to the meeting Jas provided an address to which feedback
or registration forms could be returned:
Freepost RSBA-HBBA-ASXC
Derbyshire LINk
Office 1
Market Hall
Chesterfield
S40 1AR
The Clubs “Vote of Thanks” was given by Rotarian Martin Dowey.
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Also at the meeting on Monday 26th October John Astell received
the Barry Austin golf trophy for the 2009 year which he won on
Wednesday 21st Oct 2009 at the Erewash Valley golf club. Eight
members of Church Wilne competed over 18 holes with John scoring 36
Stapleford points and also winning the competition for nearest the
pin on the 18th hole. The day was finished with an excellent steak
pie and apple crumble washed down with the odd bottle of wine.
Thanks were also given to Graham Stalker for arranging the day and
Colin Orrick for donation of some of the prizes. John will now have
the pleasure of organising the event for 2010. The picture below
shows John receiving the trophy from President Graham.
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Hinnerup 25th Charter Night held on 24th October 2009
in Denmark
President Graham and
his wife Jane represented Church Wilne at the 25th Charter Night of
our twinned Club of Hinnerup in Denmark on Saturday 24th
October 2009. Graham commented that it was a wonderful experience
although somewhat expansive with the first course started at 7.15pm
and the last course at 2.00am. The various courses were interspersed
with speeches. To commemorate this significant milestone for our
twinned club President Graham presented their President, Thorvald
Horup, with a picture of St. Chads Church in Wilne which has been
adopted as our Club logo. The picture had been signed by all of the
club members.
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members of Hinnerup will be able to reciprocate when we hold our
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Speaker at our meeting on 19th October 2009 -
Recycling
Doug Thornton gave
the Rotary Club of Church Wilne a fascinating insight into the “pros
and cons” of recycling at the Club's weekly meeting at the Royal Oak
in Ockbrook.
He spoke about “Why
Recycle?”, “What do we recycle?”, “The Greenhouse Gases” and “Truths
and Myths”
We recycle to reduce
landfill and save natural resources. Also to reduce Greenhouse gases
and avoid being fined by Brussels.
We recycle cans,
household appliances, packaging but recycling does use energy to
collect and clean and process materials when a full life cycle is
required. Most materials can not be multi-recycled and some
packaging can not be recycled.
Doug spoke about what we
as individuals can do to help and suggested be:- energy efficient,
consume less, separate household packaging and choose goods with
less packaging?
The 2008 wastes figures
was 450 million tonnes in the UK with 24% in construction and just
9% household and with 57% still going to Landfill!
Doug explained much about
Greenhouse Gases and said that volcanoes produce much more CO2
than humanity and concluded his talk with many interesting “Truths
and Myths” on recyling.
He urged the public to
continue to challenge many things in connection with recycling.
The Club's Vote of Thanks
was given by John Astell who said thank you for bringing much
clarity to a very complex subject. |
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Rotarian Pete
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Speaker at our meeting on 5th October 2009 -
The Tiger Moth
At this weeks meeting at The Royal Oak the members were given a
fascinating insight into the Tiger Moth plane by Dr. Mark
Edworthy.
The Tiger
Moth has spent over 70 years as a working plane, was designed in
1931 and formed the RAF Display Team in 1932. It's main activity was
to train pilots for the second world war and in the war was
converted into a Bomber in case of an invasion and would have been
used to bomb the Germans on our beaches. After the war many were
sold off and used in classic films such as Lawrence of Arabia.
Today they
are in use for training and also as part of a presentation
day. Dr Edworthy is a pilot for the pleasure flights and went
through what happens on the day which is held at Netherthorpe near
Sheffield. Modern equipment records the student, who is in the front
seat with Mark, as instructor, seated behind. The plane holds 19
gallons of fuel and it is started by swinging the prop. They taxi
onto the grass runway and the student follows the instructions and
usually takes off around 65 mph. They assume the instructor
overrides any problems but this is not the case although if they
freeze Mark does then take over. The flight is over Monsal Dale,
Chatsworth House and the Derwent Reservoir, which is where the 617
Squadron practiced before their Dambuster mission.
The maximum
speed of the plane is 90 mph and whilst it could go up to 13,000
feet its usual maximum height is 8,000 feet. There are probably only
100 Tiger Moth planes in use today, each has a price tag of between
£40,000 and £80,000 and they are very costly to maintain.
The clubs
vote of thanks was given by Stuart Wainwright.
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President Graham
Markwell (standing) and Dr Mark Edworthy with a model of
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Speaker at our meeting on 14th September 2009
- Beekeeping
The speaker at our weekly meeting at The Royal Oak on Monday 14th
September was David Kemp who gave a factual and pictorial
presentation on Beekeeping. He started keeping bees in Rainworth
Village at the age of 7 and worked for some time at Buckfast Abbey,
which is known as the Mecca of Beekeeping.
Bees have
been on this earth for 50 million years and every third mouthful of
food we eat has been pollinated by bees. the members heard about the
mating of the Queen Bee and reproduction including new Queen Bees.
Also we currently import many bees from Europe. Bees can fly up to
35 mph and are often up to 5 miles from their hive. David also gave
the Rotarians tips on how to deal with bee stings.
The clubs
vote of thanks was given by Brian Sargeant.
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From left to right; David Down
(Club Member), David Kemp (MAFF Regional Bees Inspector) and Brian
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Speaker at our meeting on 24th August 2009 -
First Responders
At our meeting on Monday 24th August the speaker was our own Club
Member Brian Stokes who gave a most informative and
interesting update on the progress of The First Responders Group in
our area.
Since its formation in October 2007 by John
Gregory and Colin Orrick, when they set up the group with two
kits the group now has four kits. Each kit costs around £2,000
and they are hopeful of a fifth kit in the near future. The are
many other expenses for the group with a variety of other items
required.
The aim is to provide 7 day cover for the
Ockbrook, Borrowash, Draycott, Spondon and Elvaston areas and
the group bridge the gap, on many occasions, from the initial
999 call to the point when the paramedics arrive. Callout for
the group is for category A situations - i.e. life threatening.
The golden time to arrive at the home is within 4 minutes and
this gives the patient a 50% chance of survival. The target time
for an ambulance to arrive is 8 minutes and whilst this is often
earlier the first responders in many cases are first on the
scene.
All the first responders are volunteers and
currently in this group are a storeman, salesmen, clerks and a
banker as well as a doctor and paramedic. They are given
training which includes a weekend course and 3 x 2 day courses,
all run by the St Johns Ambulance organisation.
The roll of the group is to preserve life,
promote recovery and to provide continuity of care.
They do not attend Road traffic accidents, fires,
factory incidents, alcohol or drug related situations or
situations which involve children.
Brian talked about and demonstrated the kit they
use and also said they were always looking to welcome and train
new member. Brian Stokes can be contacted on 01332 662194 or
mobile 07831 278168.
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The picture
above shows Brian with his medical kit over his shoulder and a
defibrillator in his other hand |
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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. |
Speakers at our meeting on 17th August 2009 -
D.A.R.E. UK
At our meeting on Monday 17th August the speakers were
Richard Goad and Andre Camilleri who gave an inspirational talk on
D.A.R.E. UK. They are both members of the Rotary Club of Warsop,
Shirebrook & District.
D.A.R.E.
stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education.
Currently
there are 332,000 drug users in the UK and Class A drug use
generates £15.4 Billion in crime and health costs each year, with
24% in the age group 16 to 24.
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mission of D.A.R.E. is to help children and young people to acquire
and use knowledge to live healthy and productive lives in a drug
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From left to right Richard Goad of
DARE UK, our President Graham and Andre Camilleri of DARE UK
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The educational
Programme starts in years 2 & 3 (i.e 6/7 year olds) with follow ups
in years 4,5 & 6.
D.A.R.E. UK started in
Mansfield and is now across Nottinghamshire, City of London, the Armed
Forces and Falkland Islands. It has just opened up in Leicestershire
and South Yorkshire and is pending in both Essex and Oxfordshire.
D.A.R.E. does make a
difference with over 90% of teachers and parents reporting positive
reaction, motivational and improved decision making skills.
Currently D.A.R.E. has
a 3 year development programme. They have partnership opportunities,
as they are self funded, and these include:- In-kind support,
Business leverage, Finance contributions, sponsorship of officers,
events and publicity.
More information is available on
www.dare-uk.org
After many very lively questions from
the floor the Club's vote of thanks was give by Rotarian John
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Meet the Presidents Lunch 19th July 2009
On Sunday
19th July 2009 the new Presidents of the Church Wilne Rotary and
the Inner Wheel Clubs hosted a gathering in Borrowash. Although rain
was conspiring to dampen the proceedings a band of trusty helpers
erected suitable cover from the elements and a good time was had by
all.
(the photographs below were courtesy of Margaret
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President Graham of the Rotary Club
and President Margaret of the
Inner Wheel Club were our hosts for
the afternoon
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Have Mick White's friends not told
him something he should know? |
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I wonder what Pete Wealthdale was
whispering in Freda Smith's ear? |
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She's behind you John. |
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As well as keeping an eye on the
ladies Barry Austin likes to keep an eye on the roof in case there
are any leaks. |
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Changeover Meeting 6th July 2009
At our Changeover meeting on Monday 6th July our
new President Graham (on the right) was inducted by our Immediate
Past President (IPP) David. |
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President Graham
then inducted Senior Vice President Barry and Junior Vice President
Stephen. |
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IPP David then
received his Past Presidents Jewel from Graham and spoke to the club
about his year as President.
David said at times it
had been like a roller coaster (fast and furious) with many highs
and a few lows. It was very pleasing to report that the club had
donated over £12,000 during the year to 15 charities plus, many
members within the club had given valuable time and support to
assist the smooth running of events across the local community.
Ladies Evening, our
Christmas Meal, Charter Night and two musical concerts were most
memorable as was the Club's trip to Budapest.
David went on to thank
his Committee Chairmen, Club Secretary Mike, Treasurer Andy and of
course all his fellow Rotarians for their support throughout the
year.
IPP David then wished
incoming President Graham a happy and successful Rotary year for
2009/10.
The meeting ended
with those members present posing for a Team photograph. A rogues
gallery if ever there was one! |
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