WHAT WE DO
First and foremost, we aim to have fun whilst being of service to others. We are part of Rotary International District 1080 which comprises some 2200 men and women in 74 Rotary Clubs spanning the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, a large part of Cambridgeshire and small parts of Essex
We are part of an International Humanitarian Organisation working to make the World and our Community a better place. Rotary is based upon good fellowship amongst professional men and women.
In Rotary within Great Britain & Ireland (RIBI) there are almost 60,000 members in over 1800 local Clubs playing their part in helping those in need both locally and internationally and working towards world understanding and peace.
Rotary International runs the largest non Government Scholarship Scheme in the World through Rotary Foundation giving more than £21 million every year to educational and humanitarian programmes that promote international understanding.
As a member of a Rotary club, you have the opportunity to give something back, to give hope to those less fortunate and to make lives worthwhile and fulfilled.
We are part of an International Humanitarian Organisation working to make the World and our Community a better place. Rotary is based upon good fellowship amongst professional men and women.
In Rotary within Great Britain & Ireland (RIBI) there are almost 60,000 members in over 1800 local Clubs playing their part in helping those in need both locally and internationally and working towards world understanding and peace.
Rotary International runs the largest non Government Scholarship Scheme in the World through Rotary Foundation giving more than £21 million every year to educational and humanitarian programmes that promote international understanding.
As a member of a Rotary club, you have the opportunity to give something back, to give hope to those less fortunate and to make lives worthwhile and fulfilled.
CHARITY AND SERVICE
Our activities in this area include:
Community Service:
1. Driving buggies at the Royal Norfolk Show for those with mobility difficulties
2. Voluntary stewarding at events
3. Taking elderly people (who would not normally get out) to the Cromer Pier Show
4. Supporting young people in the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA). This initiative is open to young, non-Rotarian participants to engage in leadership and team building activities in a week long residential course
Supporting Local Charities
We support a number of local charities on a regular basis with regular donations and frequently have a main local Charity which we support. Some of the main local Charities we have supported recently include:
1. Rotary House for the Deaf: The club's flagship and long-term project since 1977
2. The Grove, Leonard Cheshire Disability home, East Carlton
3. The Matthew Project - Drugbusters initiative.
Charity work overseas
There have been two major Projects:
1. A new burns unit for the Bansang Hospital in the Gambia for which we raised £31,936
2. Projects at the Leonard Cheshire Home in Sierra Leone
Service through Rotary Foundation
Rotary Foundation provides a mean for the 1.3 million Rotarians world wide to work together on projects of International importance:
Thanks for Life: Polio Eradication. Twenty years ago Polio was still endemic in many countries in Europe as well as in most other countries worldwide. Thanks to Rotary, the number of countries is now down to 3 with around 200 cases a year. There is a major drive at present to finally eradicate Polio from the face of the earth. This programme is of particular significance to our Past President, Keith Tovey, as he was one of only 200 children worldwide who 52 years ago tested the original Polio vaccine.
Group Study Exchange. To promote friendship and understanding, groups of 4 non-Rotarians led by a Rotarian Leader participate in a 4 week exchange with a similar group from a different part of the world. This is done on a District basis (the Rotary Club of Norwich is in District 1080). Recent exchanges have been with Argentina, Turkey, Australia, Philippines, India, and Illinois
International Scholars. Rotary International supports students from one District to study in a District in another country. In 2015 our club hosted Abdul-Razak Yakubu from Ghana who is studying at the University of East Anglia
Environmental Projects
Re-use Envelope Labels - We sell envelope labels so that envelops can be re-used and raise money for The Rotary Foundation at the same time. At a recent RIBI Assembly in Birmingham, Keith Tovey, a member of the Club, sold £166.50 of such labels to other Rotarians across the UK and Ireland
Recycling Plastic: In 2011, the Rotary Club of Norwich started collecting plastic bottle tops for recycling. These cannot be recycled with normal plastic bottles, but by separating them, the club is now converting rubbish into cash for the Matthew Project. The Club has also encouraged several schools and churches to do likewise and also some businesses. In that year we collected over 1 tonne of plastic representing around 700,000 bottle top equivalents saving the emission of approximately 1.5 tonnes of carbon dioxide.
Community Service:
1. Driving buggies at the Royal Norfolk Show for those with mobility difficulties
2. Voluntary stewarding at events
3. Taking elderly people (who would not normally get out) to the Cromer Pier Show
4. Supporting young people in the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA). This initiative is open to young, non-Rotarian participants to engage in leadership and team building activities in a week long residential course
Supporting Local Charities
We support a number of local charities on a regular basis with regular donations and frequently have a main local Charity which we support. Some of the main local Charities we have supported recently include:
1. Rotary House for the Deaf: The club's flagship and long-term project since 1977
2. The Grove, Leonard Cheshire Disability home, East Carlton
3. The Matthew Project - Drugbusters initiative.
Charity work overseas
There have been two major Projects:
1. A new burns unit for the Bansang Hospital in the Gambia for which we raised £31,936
2. Projects at the Leonard Cheshire Home in Sierra Leone
Service through Rotary Foundation
Rotary Foundation provides a mean for the 1.3 million Rotarians world wide to work together on projects of International importance:
Thanks for Life: Polio Eradication. Twenty years ago Polio was still endemic in many countries in Europe as well as in most other countries worldwide. Thanks to Rotary, the number of countries is now down to 3 with around 200 cases a year. There is a major drive at present to finally eradicate Polio from the face of the earth. This programme is of particular significance to our Past President, Keith Tovey, as he was one of only 200 children worldwide who 52 years ago tested the original Polio vaccine.
Group Study Exchange. To promote friendship and understanding, groups of 4 non-Rotarians led by a Rotarian Leader participate in a 4 week exchange with a similar group from a different part of the world. This is done on a District basis (the Rotary Club of Norwich is in District 1080). Recent exchanges have been with Argentina, Turkey, Australia, Philippines, India, and Illinois
International Scholars. Rotary International supports students from one District to study in a District in another country. In 2015 our club hosted Abdul-Razak Yakubu from Ghana who is studying at the University of East Anglia
Environmental Projects
Re-use Envelope Labels - We sell envelope labels so that envelops can be re-used and raise money for The Rotary Foundation at the same time. At a recent RIBI Assembly in Birmingham, Keith Tovey, a member of the Club, sold £166.50 of such labels to other Rotarians across the UK and Ireland
Recycling Plastic: In 2011, the Rotary Club of Norwich started collecting plastic bottle tops for recycling. These cannot be recycled with normal plastic bottles, but by separating them, the club is now converting rubbish into cash for the Matthew Project. The Club has also encouraged several schools and churches to do likewise and also some businesses. In that year we collected over 1 tonne of plastic representing around 700,000 bottle top equivalents saving the emission of approximately 1.5 tonnes of carbon dioxide.
