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Email: [email protected] Website: mayflowerrotary.org https://www.facebook.com/billericaymayflower?fref=ts A welcome back to members after the attraction of a casino. holidays, and I hope everyone is ready to get back into the swing of things. I was pleased that I was back for our recent speaker Mike Brace, who fitted the Rotary bill Thanks go to Yvonne for holding the fort perfectly in “being an inspiration”: I don’t think I while I was away on my own holiday. have been present at a talk where we laughed so much. As usual, an interesting programme of speakers and events ahead, thanks to Chris Thurman, as well as preparations for I was sorry to have missed Colin Campbell and Christmas Market. These will be being brought back on Andy Hunter’s joint Projects update, but I feel it is track at a meeting on Tuesday, September 11 at 7.30 at the important that we are kept well informed and in Cricket Club. the loop as to the range and progress of these worthwhile causes. I was pleased to see Gavin’s initiative for raising funds for the purple4polio campaign, with a collecting day (on Finally, I was pleased to see that the Sensory World Polio Day), at Liverpool Street station. This is a Cabins project is all but complete. This has been hugely important cause that Rotary spearheaded: it would an interesting project on all sorts of levels and a be great to see as many of us as possible turning out to real learning curve for us. Thanks to Barry Fagg, help on Wednesday, October 24th. Colin Campbell and of course Keith Dewis. In October too, will be the Dinner/Dance, with the added Carl Sept Nov Sept 5: Matchstick Club, Marygreen Manor, Nov 1 BCM - initial briefing – David Randall Brentwood. 7.00 for 7.15 am – see John Murray Nov 8: Twitter – Richard Rackham Sept 6: Veteran cars and 1904 Oldsmobile – Les Nov 15: History through beers brewed in Essex – Smith Keith Lovell Sept 13: RAG Against Slavery – Harry Payne Nov 22: Business meeting and special AGM Sept 20: District Governor Lesley Sulley Nov 29: BCM briefing Sept 27: Business meeting Oct Dec Oct 4: tbc Dec 2: Christmas Market Oct 11: Albania - Ray Walters Dec 6: tba Oct 18: Ground Control: the story – Kim Morrish Dec13: My friend Carl – Andy Hunter Oct 20: Dinner/Dance – Casino night Dec 20: Christmas Party Oct 25: Business meeting Dec 27: No meeting I’ve just had my check-up at the doctor’s. She said, “Don’t eat anything fatty”. I said, “Like bacon and burgers?”. She said, “No, fatty, don’t eat anything”. Business meeting Great causes! That’s the way the money goes help given in providing tools for the men’s sheds project providing woodworking and engineering tools : The club is well on the way through a to give retired men a chance to continuing using long- wide shopping list of good causes supported as a result held skills. of fund raising by Mayflower Rotarians in 2018. A large amount still remains in the kitty however. Colin BOSP to whom we have allocated £1,000 has also Campbell, heading the service projects team has spelled written, warmly thanking the club for its support of out to the club just how much of the money is to be their activities which, together with other local spent and how funds raised recently have already gone community contributions has meant that far more and results acknowledged. families of children with difficulties are being supported in the organisation’s unique way. The In view of the urgent need following the recent Indian number of children benefitting has increased flood disaster the club voted to bypass original advice substantially. from RIBI and sent £1,000 immediately to the British Red Cross operating team there. One additional behind-the-scenes success came at Christmas with our financial support for the homeless The Club also voted £600 to repair water filters in people’s night shelter which catered for 10 to 15 villages in the Masai region of Kenya ensuring clean people throughout the festive period. We shared in water continues to be available for more than 1,000 the costs of the Basildon-based scheme alongside people. funds from the National Lottery at £9,000, £7,000 In a further donation to international good causes, the from Essex Foundation and a Basildon Council grant. club voted £1,000 to the Devnar School for the Visually This year’s budget has been increased to £25,000 Impaired in India, a project highlighted by Gary Moore thanks to the opening of extra locations and an and supported in recognition of Gary and Jane’s increase in the number of evenings the shelters are generous hosting of the club’s summer event in their open. Little Burstead garden. Part of our help for local good causes has been made The big local success story however, centres on the possible by the highly successful Co-op shop scheme. sensory cabins we have provided for South Green The organisation launched a policy where one per Infants and Nursery School. Thanks to the building skills cent of every pound spent in local Co-op shops goes and enthusiasm of Keith Dewis and colleagues £10,000 to good causes and the Billericay branch, which has allocated by the club has already been spent mainly on already made a donation to our funds, hopes to the construction of the cabins. The balance will go on provide a further £3,200 for our work. sensory equipment details of which are being More school support investigated. A Mayflower team is also working hands on to decorate the cabins. It is expected that once the The club is continuing to widen its support for various project has been completed, a major official launch will activities relating to local schools in the Billericay area. be publicised locally. Among these is the school pastors scheme set up after the success of the Billericay Street Pastors In a review of the team’s work both at home and project. The scheme has already begun at The overseas Colin revealed that letters of thanks had been Billericay School where the school pastors are linking received from a neurosurgeon at Kosovo University with the school’s own pastoral team in providing help Hospital thanking the club for its help. where needed for young people facing difficult Also, from Chelmsford has come appreciation of the challenges. School headteacher Ahson Mohammed The other day, my wife asked me to pass her lipstick, but I accidentally passed her a glue stick. She still isn't talking to me. and assistant head Charlotte Berry responsible for The Dewis pie chart shows it all pastoral activities confirmed that the school pastors are already working successfully at break times and A Dewis-style pie chart presented to the club for the at lunch times available to be approached and to 2018-19 donation budget shows that a third of the help children with particular issues. £24,550 listed is to go into community support here. A further £6,250 is to go on Rotary foundation with It is proving an excellent example of the community £5,700 for international and £4,600 allocated for new working with a leading school for the benefit of generations. young people. The New Generations donations are listed as: Kids Out A further initiative comes at Ramsden Hall School £1,300, RYLA £750, Billericay Netball Club £500, School where Barry Howe has re-established contact. pastors £500, Chemistry at work £500, Mayflower Thanks to the £250 a session paid for by Mayflower, school prizes at £300 and the Ramsden Hall School canoe course students can aim to gain a diploma of canoeing course at £750. competency. The club voted at its August business meeting to make Another result of a link with local schools has meant an early payment of its contribution to Rotary that the Chemistry at Work course paid for largely by Foundation amounting to more than £4,600 according Mayflower Rotary has been launched and a further to the state of dollar v sterling at the time. It represents 40 places have been booked by The Billericay School $100 per member. This figure paid by Mayflower this year. includes the contribution on behalf of the satellite club. In another part of the Mayflower-supported success A further $25 per member is allocated to the End Polio story, the Anvil Trust has welcomed the success of Now project. the refurbished bathroom at their Perry Street premises. Colin Campbell reported that only after : Dinner-dance on Oct 20, our commitment of financial support of £3,500 did including casino. Please see Barry Howe for tickets Swan Housing agree to complete the project, making - Christmas Market: all in hand, next meeting Sept 11. a massive difference to the young lives of the people involved. Mark Chambers is reviewing insurance Sand dams - Carols at the Colbys’: December 7. Andy Hunter whose Rotary role includes that of - Club Quiz: February 9, Stock Village hall has been Chairman of the District International team is leading booked. As there will be no chicken/fish and chips this year, it will be suggested that attendees bring their own projects where it is hoped that individual clubs will give their combined support. This is along similar food and drink or eat beforehand. So, a later start, less lines to the successful Mercy Ships scheme led last to pay, little clearing up, and much less waste! year by our Nick Sillitoe as the district governor’s - Classic car rally martialling: April – date tbc.