Category: Donations

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Support for Compton Care

Thanks to the generosity of the thousands of people who came along to see Santa on our Club Sleigh this Christmas we are able to continue supporting deserving local charities such as Compton Care.

It costs nearly £8 million every year for Compton Care​ to provide its services to patients free of charge.  With government funding only providing one third of this, the organisation relies heavily on fundraising to maintain its level and quality of care.

Thanks to your support over Christmas we’ve been able to make a donation to help Compton Care with these costs so that it can continue to offer an outstanding level of service to both patients and visitors.

Follow the link to make as donation to support their continuing work – https://www.comptoncare.org.uk/support-us/donate/

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On Parade With The Army Cadets

The Perton Detachment of the Army Cadets has become an integral part of our Christmas Santa Sleigh activities.

Each year the Detachment Cadets, their Officers and Adult Instructors devote hundreds of hours to helping the Club take its Santa Sleigh to visit children in neighbourhoods around the City – bringing a little bit of Christmas magic with it.

This evening members of the Club visited the Detachment at the ACF Centre at Tettenhall College to pass on our thanks and to leave them with a donation to help with their activities in the coming year.

With nearly 40,000 cadets the Army Cadet Force offers young people the chance to take part in exciting and challenging activities such as fieldcraft, adventurous training, first aid, music, sports and shooting as well as the opportunity to travel and make life long friendships.

Cadets have the opportunity to achieve the Army Proficiency Certificate teaching leadership skills, discipline and self-confidence to help equip them for life. The Cadet Force also offers the opportunity to gain valuable qualifications such as the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, BTEC First Diploma in Public Services or Music or the ILM Certificate in Team Leading.

It’s a great time for the cadets and a great preparation for life – you can find out how to join or volunteer with the Army Cadet Force on their website – https://armycadets.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIo4Pi3Nny4AIVzJztCh3z_wfXEAAYASAAEgJFZvD_BwE

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Lending With Care

By taking part in the Lendwithcare mircofinance project we’re helping some of the world’s poorest people work their way out of poverty with dignity.

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Doing Good with the RAF Air Cadets

We’ve had the honour of working with and supporting 1046 Squadron of the Royal Air Force Air Cadets for many years and we were pleased to welcome the Squadron’s leader Flt Lt Colin Haynes to our meeting this evening.

The volunteers in the Squadron do a wonderful job helping to spark a spirit of adventure in the Cadets and fostering an ideal of good citizenship in them in order to prepare them for a life of leadership in their communities.

This truly is an organisation that transforms young lives.

We are grateful to the Cadets and the Squadron’s volunteers for their help with our Christmas fundraising and President Rob was pleased to present Flt Lt Haynes with a donation which will help ensure that the Squadron continues to transform lives.

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Doing Good with the Army Cadet Force

The Army Cadet Force is one of the country’s largest voluntary youth organisations with a history dating back to 1859.

The Force gives young people between the age of 12 and 18 the opportunity to take on new challenges and adventures and inspires them to aim high and pursue their goals, no matter what they aim to do in life

In addition to activities with a military theme Cadets are encouraged to take part in activities with a community focus and we’ve been grateful for their invaluable assistance with our Santa Sleigh over the last two years.

Sgt Neil Hardy was our guest this evening to accept a donation from the Club which will be used to purchase training aids for use by the Detachment on their outdoor training activities.

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A February Christmas Present for Compton Hospice

Helping Santa at Christmas makes for a busy time for Rotarians but getting on Santa’s ‘good’ list is only one benefit as thanks to the generosity of the thousands of people who came along to meet Santa we are able to continue supporting deserving local charities such as Compton Hospice.

It takes over £6 million every year for Compton Hospice to provide its services to patients free of charge.  With government funding only providing one third of this, the Hospice relies heavily on fundraising to maintain its level and quality of care.

Thanks to your support over Christmas President Rob tonight presented Sally Woods of the Hospice’s fundraising team with a cheque for £4,200 which will enable the Hospice to purchase computing equipment for use as part of their new patient management system as well as upgrading their Reception call handling system to ensure that the Hospice can continue to offer an outstanding level of service to both patients and visitors.

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Doing Good with ShelterBox in the Phillipines

Hundreds of thousands of men, women and children in the Philippines are now homeless and without clean water or food in the wake of Super Typhoon Haiyan. Their situation is desperate.

With winds of 195mph, the typhoon is the largest storm ever recorded to make landfall and current reports indicate that upwards of 10,000 people may have lost their lives. Further reports are filtering through of ‘utter devastation’ across the main city of Tacloban and the islands of Samar and Leyte. The need to get shelter and essential aid to those affected is immense.

Rotary’s Project Partner ShelterBox has moved quickly to put teams on the ground in the Philippines and they are moving emergency shelter and other vital aid already located in the Philippines and neighbouring countries to the worst affected areas.

The ShelterBox solution in disaster response is as simple as it is effective – they deliver the essentials a family needs to survive in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. Each large, green ShelterBox is tailored to a disaster but typically contains a disaster relief tent for an extended family, blankets, groundsheets, water storage and filtration equipment, cooking utensils, a basic tool kit, a children’s activity pack and other vital items.

Rotary clubs throughout the world have been supporting ShelterBox in this vital work and this week President Sammy was pleased to hand Shelter Box Representative Gerry Walsh a donation of £31,270 to help those affected by Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

The scale of the contribution has been made possible by the generosity of a single anonymous donor, who recently gave the Club a donation of £30,000 to help our Disaster Appeal. With the Club’s support ShelterBox will be sending 53 additional ShelterBoxes to help people left homeless and destitute by the devastating effects of Typhoon Haiyan last week.

You can see the contents of a Shelter Box for yourself at the Tettenhall Christmas lights switch on event this Saturday, 23rd November at Tettenhall Green from 4 o’clock and we’ll be collecting more donations from members of the public to help ShelterBox carry on their vital work.

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Doing Good in the Phillipines

Rotary’s Group Study Exchange Program has over the years provided thousands of young business people with the opportunity to visit other countries and to experience the host country’s culture and institutions, to observe how their vocations are practised abroad, to develop personal and professional relationships, and to exchange ideas.

The relationships formed continue long after the visits end and Bob Cliff of the Rotary Club of Burslem and the members of the group that accompanied him during the GSE visit to the Philippines in 2006/7 have continued to work with the Rotarians they met delivering projects such as the Sight Savers initiative which have made a real difference to the lives of people in the area.

Whilst in the Philippines Bob became aware of the damage caused to the Atimonan coastline and fisheries by years of overfishing and by fishing methods which had involved the use of dynamite and cyanide and tight mesh nets which had destroyed the marine environment.

In order to tackle the damage and to help to revive the fishery the members of the Rotary Club of Atimonan Sunrise have been working with Rotary clubs around the world to develop a system of artificial reefs and with Bob’s assistance Tettenhall and nine other local Clubs came together this year to help fund work on a further four reefs.

Made of concrete and steel modules these artificial reefs promote coral growth, give shelter to marine life and serve as a fish nursery and are the basis for a future sustainable fishery and tourist/scuba diving attraction. Bob joined us tonight to report on the progress which has been made and on plans to designate the whole coastline as a Marine Sanctuary to be owned by the local community and to be patrolled by the Coastguard and the local community to ensure that the previous methods of overfishing do not recur.

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Wolverhampton MS Therapy Centre

It was a pleasure to welcome back Peter Williams of the Wolverhampton MS Therapy Centre to our meeting this evening.

The therapies offered by the Centre, are based on guidance from research into Multiple Sclerosis at hospitals both here and overseas.They include nutritional advice, physiotherapy, reflexology, hyperbaric oxygen treatment (H.B.O.) which consists of breathing pure oxygen in a pressurised chamber for regular hourly sessions, all designed to alleviate some of the more distressing symptoms of the disease and to help sufferers to cope a little better with everyday life.

Peter explained how the Centre’s therapies are now offered to sufferers of other diseases such as cancer where they have been found to have beneficial effects – effects which the Centre is now working with researchers from the University of Wolverhampton to more fully understand.

The work of the Centre is only possible due to the support of volunteers such as Club member Brian Barnwell and new volunteers are always welcome – if you think that you could help in the Centre’s work then contact Peter at the Centre.

Brian joined President Ian in presenting Peter with a contribution of £2,000 from the Club to allow the Centre to continue providing their much valued services.

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Midlands Air Ambulance – Saving Lives by Saving Time

The Midlands Air Ambulance operates three air ambulances which help to save lives throughout the West Midlands, Staffordshire and Shropshire by making sure that patients reach hospital within 60 minutes of injury (the vital ‘Golden Hour’) which sees their chances of survival dramatically increased.

With over 38,000 missions flown its one of the busiest air ambulances in the country but receives no Government or National Lottery funding and the £6 million which is needed each year to keep its three Air Ambulances operational is donated entirely by the public and local businesses.

Tettenhall Rotary has been a regular supporter of the Air Ambulance’s work and President Ian was joined recently by Club members Chris Kraushar and Gerry Turner in a visit to their Cosford base to see their operations at first hand and to present a further donation to help the Air Ambulance to continue their vital work.