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Want to help make that change in YOUR community?
We do...and we have loads of fun doing it..
Rotaract provides its members with the opportunity to make a difference in the local community. Each club is free to decide the nature of its community events.
Below are some photos showing the kind of community work that we undertake in Bournemouth Rotaract.
We are involved in painting and gardening projects for several local organisations throughout the year. It all started years ago when Bournemouth Rotaract surprised local charity Youth Cancer Trust by planting trees in their back garden to avoid the prying eyes staring at their guests.
The Youth Cancer Trust provides holidays for young people with cancer and we go back every summer to keep the garden tidy. In 2010 they didn’t want to let us go and also had us varnishing the decking and painting the shed transforming it into a therapy room.
We helped spruce up Portfield School’s science garden just in time for them to present a longstanding staff member with the parting gift of presenting the garden with a plaque named after her. In two evenings we completed 8hours work filling 30 bin liners and the feedback we got was well worth the effort! We hope to continue with the makeover and maintenance of ‘Fran’s Garden’ to benefit the specific needs of the children who attend the school.
We are also supporting organisations such as the Bournemouth Society for the Visually Impaired in painting jobs to maintain their buildings and outside areas.
We have begun work supporting the Friends of Boscombe Chine Gardens in keeping it clean and tidy by cleaning and painting railings, clearing paths and steps and maintaining their education centre. We also have more conservation projects lined up in the local area including Hengistbury Head.
Throughout the year we team up with local charity Contact the Elderly, which visits the Glendevon Hotel with up to 25 local elderly residents who are otherwise fairly isolated. We bake cakes and provide sandwiches for an enjoyable afternoon tea where young and old can share experiences and provide good company! At Christmas time we provide a three-course Christmas meal and entertainment for other elderly residents accessed through local day centres and sheltered housing associations. It is great to see beaming faces as Santa pays a visit!
