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the rotary club of

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www.belper-rotary.co.uk

May/June 2013

In this issue:President Graham’s Valedictory Speech

Club VisioningRotary Matters

duffield

Rotary InternationalDistrict 1220

We’re for communities, locally and globally

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Two photographs showing the range of activities at the Belper Youth market heldon May 4th.

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Presidential Year2012-2013

It really can’t be twelve months ago since Itook over as Club President, it is a year that

I have really enjoyed.The Club had the honour of having

one of our members, David Ashley, in therole of District Governor. This gave the Club achallenge to support Dave during his year; Iam very pleased to say that the Club rose tothe task admirably. I would like to thank all members of the Club forstepping up to the challenge, in particular I would like to thank Paul Taylorfor his excellent work in ensuring David arrived on time and at the rightlocation for all his visits. The profile of our Club has certainly risen withinDistrict following this support. Visits to other Clubs by our members havealso given us an insight as to how these clubs are run. A few Clubs mayachieve more than us but, on the whole I think we can safely say that we canbe very happy to be members of the Rotary Club of Belper and Duffield.

One of my aims for the year was to keep the Club informal withouttoo much bureaucracy. A recent visiting Rotarian from the Solomon Islesdescribed the meeting he recently attended as ‘very enjoyable somewhatrandom’; I took this as a compliment.

The programme for the last year has been very varied and I particu-larly enjoyed our home spun meetings. The evenings when we broughtphotographs and three minute talks were very enjoyable, especially whenone of the members got rather carried away with his childhood memoriesand spoke for fifteen minutes. October saw the visit of the very talented GSEteam from Nepal who gave us an extremely interesting insight into theircountry. November saw our 82nd Charter Anniversary celebration; I want-ed to go back to a more traditional format this year with Dave Ashley being

Cover picture - Paul Harris Fellows

The prestigious Paul Harris Fellowship was awarded to Belper community workerAndrea Fox and two Rotarians, Gail Ashley and David Henson, in recognition of many yearsdedicated service. Report on page 8.

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District Governor. The most difficult task was to find a suitable venue andthe final choice was the Derby Conference Centre, better known as theRailway Training Centre. We attracted just over one hundred members andguests from fifteen visiting Clubs. On the whole I was very pleased with thenight although the musical entertainment didn’t work as well as I wouldhave liked. Many members wanted to catch up with each other whilst theothers preferred to listed to the band.

It gave me considerable pleasure, during January and February towelcome two new lady members into our Club. I am a big advocate ofhaving a mixed gender Club and the work that our current ladies carry outit is absolutely brilliant. I am very confident that both Eileen and Coral willcontinue in the same vein. Probably the meeting highlight for me washaving the opportunity to acknowledge the special efforts of Andrea Fox,Gail Ashley and David Henson by awarding each of them a Paul Harris Fellow.

One of the initiatives that we tried during the year was to try andtake Rotary out to the nether regions of our area. The first attempt, at theWhite Hart in Duffield was a partial success, but I am afraid finding othervenues suitable to hold a meeting proved to be impossible. However anoth-er initiative promises to bear fruits in the future. We sent out letters to alllocal business in an attempt to recruit new members and have organisationsthat had the facilities and skills to assist Rotary in the coming years. I wasvery pleased with the initial response leading to very positive meetings withBowmar and Kirkland, DEB, National Westminster Bank and ShacklocksSolicitors. It is very important to move this initiative forward in future years.

I need to give special thanks two members. The first is Hilary whowas dropped in at the deep end having to stand in as President in only herthird meeting as President Elect, a task that she has had to undertake manytimes during the year. Hilary has given me fantastic support during the yearespecially with the arrangements for Charter night. The second person whodeserves a mention is Nick, the job of Secretary is vital to the running of theClub and Nick’s dedication to the task has been exemplary.

Last but by no means least I would like to thank all the members ofthe Club for the support that you having given to the President; as I said atthe start I have really enjoyed my year and I hope that you all did.

Graham WrightPresident 2012 - 2013

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Meeting – 29th April

Belper Arts Festivalby George Gunby

Sixteen members were present andtwo visitors, our speaker and AnthonyJohnson from the Derby Daybreak

Club. Anthony admitted that he had comeon behalf of the Matlock Rotary Club to

‘sell’ a folk evening and barn dance to beheld at Youlgreave Village Hall on 1st June.The Secretary announced that the DistrictConference programme had been pub-lished and extolled its virtues.

Peter James introduced the speaker, George Gunby, as the driving forcebehind the Belper Arts Festival which will be held in the town from 4th to 27th May.George played down his part in the creation of the Festival saying that it had beena real team effort and that he had merely been the coordinator. He had not had tobrowbeat or cajole. Everything had been done by volunteers through a committeeof 16, 13 of whom were women. All the different strands, of art, literature, theatre,cinema, music and dance had come together in 100 different events.

The festival was being put on at a cost of under £3500. Most events werefree. Belper Town Council and Derbyshire County Council had each contributed£1000 and the Festival was supported by sponsorship from local businesses in cashor in kind.

The purpose of the Festival was to get local residents involved and toattract people to the town. Belper is packed with talent and there is widespreadinterest in getting involved. George had been impressed with the impact of theBelper Passion (he himself had played no small part in its success) not only locallybut well beyond the town. He hoped that the Festival could have a similar impactand that the principal benefit handed down by the Festival (he didn’t like the word

‘legacy’) would be to stimulate popular interest in all the arts so that the Festivalcould grow year on year and play its part in helping to build the local arts economy.

John Lowe thanked George for taking time out of his busy schedule tocome and talk to us. George had provided a supply of Festival programmes andJohn drew to members’ attention a number of events which had caught his eye.

Martin Drake

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Following Noel’s talk, questions were invited from the floor. SheilaghHarnan suggested that it is not helpful to be negative but to consider what ourstrengths are and to ask ourselves ‘What can Rotary do for us.’ Sheilagh was alsoconcerned that ageism in Rotary was not acceptable and irrelevant. Ron Giffinasked the speaker what age he would like to see people getting involved in Rotary.Noel responded that there was a need to bring in young people. Peter Shepherdasked whether it would be possible to hold meetings fortnightly instead of once aweek. The response to this was that attendance rules have now relaxed. Noel alsostated that there had been instances where fortnightly meetings had failed to workand that clubs should look at themselves and their needs.

The vote of thanks was given by John Norreys.

Coral Breach

H2H Walkers Reception

The club had decided to put on a special welcome reception when DG Dave andhis fellow travellers arrived in Belper on Saturday 4th May, about halfway

through their sponsored walk in aid of two of the local hospices. Some of themembers met the party travelling along the A6 from Matlock and escorted them onthe final stretch into the town and up King Street to the Strutt Club. Other membersand friends had laid on a splendid buffet tea in the function room with nibbles,quiche and pizza and a goodly assortment of buns and cakes and the bar upstairsdid a roaring trade. Alan Widdowson had organised the music and with impeccable timing, the footweary walkers entered the club to the strains of ‘When the saints come marchingin…’; it certainly put a swing into their step.

While the walkers refreshed themselves, there was a good buzz of conversationas experiences on route were exchanged and after short speeches of congratula-tions and thanks had been made, the party dispersed with the hikers going hometo rest ready for a prompt start the next day. Dave’s full account of the walk can be found in the June edition of RotaryReview, the District Magazine.

John Scotney

Photographs on page 9.

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Meeting - 20th May

Vision and Recruitment for Rotaryby Noel Harrison

On Monday 20th May twenty three people attended the above meeting andwere all cordially welcomed by John Norreys Fraternal and David Collard cash.

We were also pleased to have the District Governor, David Ashley with us togetherwith his guest Phil Stone from Ilkeston. The speaker for the evening was NoelHarrison, District Chair for Membership who spoke to us about his vision forrecruitment in Rotary.

Noel commenced his talk by suggesting that the most important topic forRotary is membership and that only 23 clubs in the District out of 58 have adedicated person for this job. He also mentioned that when he started in Rotary 18years ago there were 1810 members and this had now reduced to 1780, a loss of60 members. Recruitment is the future of Rotary and should be taken seriously. Heasked us to consider the perception of Rotary as viewed by young people: Cost,Expectation, Time (Flexibility), Regalia and Communications. He went on to say thathe felt that we, Rotary needed to change by evolution and not revolution in orderto attract younger people and new members as records stated that Rotary wasloosing members faster than it was recruiting. Suggestions made by him were: Anew members’ night, ensure the club’s successes were displayed. Associate mem-bers i.e. members who would like to help but not feel pressured into attendingmeetings every week. Branches could consider creating satellite branches meetingat different times of the day to accommodate those working and those whose livesare governed by different time constraints, for instance a breakfast club, or after-noon club, We were reminded that people like to be involved and to ensure thatnew members were involved quickly, keep people informed, make them feel theyare part of the group. Encourage women to join clubs.

Noel quoted a club where all members gave three names of potential newmembers who were all invited to attend, these people were all followed up and outof the 25 people, 18 new members continued to attend.

It appears that Rotary has broken into the 21st century and a group ofcommuter Rotarians (E- Clubs) pay quarterly and have organised on-line eventssuch as a pet show, fashion show and even a balloon race. It worked for them!

The speaker suggested that all clubs should have a five year vision in whichmembers should consider where they would like their club to be in five years timeand asked members to consider whether their club is inviting and somewherepotential new members would actually like to come. Is it well run and do you havegood speakers? Is there a good social calendar? Are the members friendly andwelcoming? Are new members made to feel involved? Do you come away fromyour club after a meeting and feel you have enjoyed a good evening?

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Meeting – 10th June

The Adventure Serviceby Terry Harris-Ellis

At the start of the meeting President Graham welcomed our guests Terry Harris-Ellis, the speaker for the evening, Andrea Fox from the Drop Inn Centre and Bill

Monks who, although having a home in Belper, is currently living in the SolomonIslands. Bill later gave us a brief insight into his current home country which actuallycomprises about 900 islands. The capital, Honiara, is about the size of Belper.

After the meal and the routine discussion of matters arising, PresidentGraham donned his Jacket for some official duties. He then surprised three peopleby awarding them the honour of being made ‘Paul Harris Fellows’ for the work theyhave done either for the club or within the community. The first was Andrea Fox forall the work in the community especially the work with young people in Belper. Thesecond was David Henson who had worked so hard within the club to raise fundsfor good causes and to serve as treasurer for many years interspersed with otherduties such as being president. Finally Gail Ashley was presented with her award forher work within the club and also within the district as well as her contribution toRotary during David’s year as District Governor – we saw the rare occasion of Gailbeing ‘speechless’ through emotion!!

David Harris, as Activity Organiser, then introduced his son-in-law Terry totalk about ‘The Adventure Service’. This company uses the outdoor world andgroup volunteering opportunities to enable people to develop the skills to becomeindependent and confident. It was set up by Terry and Helen Harris-Ellis who havemany years of experience of supporting people with additional needs.

They set the company up to use their experience to make a difference tovulnerable people. The service they set up supports both young people and adultsand generally helps the transition from special schools to employment and adult life.Terry and Helen’s aim was to help these people achieve their potential throughadventure. They offer outdoor activities and crafts which use the natural environ-ment for up to 5 days’ day-care per week with the added opportunity of participat-ing in short residential trips.

Terry described his own background in social care and how his experienceand his love for adventure led to setting up the company with the help of his wifeand the support of his family. Initially they aimed at day-time support for a fewpeople but this soon expanded to other opportunities and taking on additional staff.He described the range of activities on offer which included hill walking, mountainbiking, abseiling and various arts and crafts.

One of the skills for life which is promoted is lighting fires and Terrydemonstrated various ways of lighting fires without matches or lighters. Several

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H2H Walk

The weary travellers arrive at theStrutt Club on Saturday .Report page 6.

Dave Ashley with his grand daughters

Refreshed, the walkers set off on Sunday morning for Long Eaton.

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A tearful Gail accepts her Paul Harris Fellowship from President Graham (looks asthough he is joining her in the tears!)

The three newly awarded Paul Harris Fellows with President Graham, DG DaveAshley and visiting Rotarian Bill Monks from the Solomon Islands. Page 8.

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Activity Organiser David Harris with his speaker, son in law Terry Harris-Ellis andPresident Graham. Report on page 8.

Special Guest Speaker Simon Weston with RIBI President John Minhinick at theHarrogate Conference. Report page 17.

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continued from page 8 ..members tried their skills at lighting fires but the Lion survived the night! With firesgently smouldering in the background after all the flames had been extinguished,Peter Shepherd thanked Terry for such an interesting presentation and membersechoed his thanks!

The evening concluded with our visitor from the Solomon Islands winningthe raffle and the District Governor David Ashley presenting members each with acommemorative mug to recognise his appreciation of their support during the pastfour years leading up to and during his year in office.

John Horwood

Photographs of Paul Harris Fellows and Terry on pages 10 and 11. A photograph and short report of the Paul Harris Fellow presentation appeared in the Belper News dated 19th June.

Cycling Proficiency Training

The ‘Smart Rider’ programme promoted by Derbyshire County Council is beingrun by members of the club in just two schools this year, namely William Gilbert

Primary School in Duffield and the Herbert Strutt Primary School in Belper. Weunderstand that some of the other schools we have visited in previous years havesubscribed to the Bikeability Scheme funded by the Government this year but in thecurrent economic climate, it is likely that the funding will be withdrawn goingforward.

David and Elizabeth Henson have organised the event at William Gilbert andthey have had their hands full with a take up by nearly 40 pupils. A number of clubmembers have helped them out either as trainers or stewards and the sessionsshould have been completed by the time you read this.

We have a smaller group at Herbert Strutt, about 16, and one of the certifiedtrainers is a Teaching Assistant at the school. As in previous years, we have beenhelped by Doreen and one of the school governors and Stuart Limb has joined us sothat he has had some experience of the programme before he attends a trainingsession at Matlock later in the year. Our final session when the pupils are formallyassessed was rained off so we are running late this year; newly elected PresidentHilary will be attending the School Assembly on Friday 19th July, along with all thetrainers and stewards, to present the Certificates and a special badge donated bythe Club.

We are short of certified trainers, especially if all the schools ask for sessionsnext year. Anybody interested in becoming a trainer should have a word with Stuartabout joining him at Matlock.

John Scotney

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Dave’s Diary - 30th June 2013The monthly newsletter of the District Governor

June has been a funny old month. The love/hate relationship I have with technol-ogy has not improved. It started with my car breaking down and me having to

wait almost five hours for the recovery service to arrive (a long story).  It followedwith me dropping my mobile phone into the water butt on my allotment and endedwith my computer crashing just after my return from the RI Convention in Lisbonresulting in me losing lots of data.

As I start to write this, my last newsletter, as District Governor at 5.50amon the last day of June and looking forward to the District Handover at lunchtimetoday, I have been reflecting on my year in office.  I did not set out with a bigshopping list of things that I wanted to achieve, but I did ask that Clubs should giveattention to their local communities, as indeed DG Gordon had done the previousyear. In that aim I am sure I have been successful.

I also wanted to improve the relationship between the District and theClubs, something that I perceived as being lacking. To this extent I have attemptedto improve the format of District Council meetings, with various changes beingmade over the year, introducing speakers from Clubs bringing forward projectsthey have been involved with etc. I have also tried wherever possible to reduce theformality of meetings, ensuring that they achieve their aims whilst at the same timecreating a sense of togetherness.  I hope I have achieved this, but that is for themembership to decide.

The year has been full of activity for me and Gail.  We have attendedliterally hundreds of meetings and events together and I have been to many moremyself. We have been made extremely welcome by all the clubs in the District andI wish to thank everyone involved for this.

There have been many highlights - the GSE Team exchange with Nepal, theDistrict Conference, the Hospice to Hospice Walk, the club meetings and charters,the fund raising events, visits to the Inner Wheel, the social occasions etc; I couldgo on.

I would like to take the opportunity of thanking every Rotarian in theDistrict and all our friends and supporters for all the friendship and support theyhave given and for their messages of goodwill to Gail and myself as we come to theend of our year in office.

Finally, may I wish DGE Peter every success as he takes on the role asGovernor of District 1220 for 2013/14 seeking to “Engage Rotary, Change Lives.”  Iam confident that you will give him and his wife Carol the same level of support andencouragement that Gail and I have received.

Dave Ashley

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Meeting - 17th June

Rotary Mattersby Val Leivers

At the last AGM and at many other AGMs and business meetings over theyears there have been considerable discussions around whether District,

RIBI and RI really represented value for money.This concern and the ‘volun-tary’ contribution to Rotary Foundation persuaded us to ask the expert ValLeivers to come to talk to us and answer questions that we had submitted.

David Soul welcomed Val telling us about the many offices that shehas held at Club, District National and International levels. Also visiting uswere ADG Tony Storer and pp Roger Summers from Amber Valley Club.

Val dealt with matters raised in the submitted questions together.No other area of the Rotary International (RI) is like Rotary InternationalBritain and Ireland (RIBI) – in other parts of the world districts are answera-ble to RI headquarters. The portion of a member’s subscription budgetedfor RIBI is £46 of which £17.73 has to go to RI. Administration costs are£13.05 per member.If all of these services were provided by RI then the cost would be £54 andwe would not get the excellent insurance, training of officers and RotaryToday magazine that RIBI currently provides.

Val posed possible ways of cutting costs (that she didn’t necessarilyendorse.) She asked ‘Do clubs need meals, Charter dinners, District Assem-bly and 3 day conferences at the sea-side? RIBI directory could be on lineand RIBI meetings could be held electronically as webinars.

Rotary Foundation Finance. Current recommendation (which isfollowed by our Club) is £45 p.a. per member. Foundation is a charity so taxrelief can be obtained. This need not be a donation - it could be raised byevents. 50% of interest on Foundation investment goes back to District as

‘Global Grant’ and is available for humanitarian projects. Clubs not contribut-ing to Foundation cannot take anything out. The emphasis of Foundation ismoving from Education to Humanitarian work.

Val concluded that it is her belief that Rotary is a force for good andthat it gives good value for money.

Peter James

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Meeting – 24th June

Club Assembly

A sign of the changes to be expected for the next Rotary year greeted us as weentered the Arkwright Suite for this Club Assembly – the room layout had

reverted to the traditional top table and two spurs. President Elect Hilary claimedthat it would be the only way the members would be able to see her! Before President Graham handed over the meeting to Hilary, the Treasurerannounced that he had received a substantial cheque from Peter Loechel whichwas to be used to help fund one of the club’s charitable projects. It was then the opportunity for Hilary to officially open the Club Assembly.Most of the reports from the various committees had been previously circulated byemail and the various speakers emphasised the main points to the assembledcompany. Hilary outlined the team for her year and a full list of members serving onthe committees follows this report; it will also be published in the Club Directory tobe issued in July. Speaking on behalf of Dave Ashley, Membership Services Officer, John Scotneyreported that they intended to enrol ’Friends of the Rotary Club’ with immediateeffect. The intention was to make the club an attractive, friendly and welcominggroup of people enjoying their Rotary to help attract new members; memberscould play their part by bringing along prospective new members. International Chair David Harris reminded members that while there had beenconsiderable emphasis on supporting the local community, we must continue toprovide help and resources overseas. He was particularly interested in the clubsupporting Sand Dams and of course was actively directing the club’s efforts toprovide a second polytunnel for the Happy Homes Orphanage in Kenya, hopefullywith the assistance of a matching grant. Stuart Limb, Chair of Youth Services Committee (previously called New Genera-tions) had a list of activities for pupils at both primary and secondary schools whichhe was promoting locally. The take up is very patchy and he intended making morepersonal contact with some of the schools to establish what they really wantedfrom us. Representing Rotary Foundation, David Soul explained that the new approachby RI to funding would be introduced this new Rotary year and that the club, withthe Polytunnel Project, would be one of the first clubs in the District to use the newMatching Grant system.

Com and Voc Chair Alan Widdowson had a comprehensive programme ofactivities covering most of the year; some of these where continuing projects fromearlier years while others were new to us. There was a good spirit of cooperationwith the local community, particularly through Belper Town Council and there wereplenty of opportunities for the club to be seen actively working around the town.

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RIBI Conference …The Saturday afternoon was taken up with the Annual Business Meeting – I will

not bore you with the details, as the results are available on the RIBI website. On Sunday morning there were presentations by Wheelpower, Rotaract, TheRotary Institute, The Stroke Association including a project called “The 500 MilesProject”. There were various types of entertainment during the evenings including GalaDinner and a Variety show. We attended the variety show and were absolutelybowled over by a group of four young men, calling themselves “String Fever” whowere one of the funniest musical acts I have seen for a long time. Overall the Conference itself was excellent. I have to say it is a bit expensive,when compared with the District Conference but the quality of the speakers wasvery good. Again some of the evening entertainment is also expensive, but we wereselective in what we went to which kept the cost down considerably and also gaveus some free time to do our own thing – something which has been in short supplyover the last twelve months or so. Next year the conference is going to be held in Birmingham and so anyonewishing to attend may well be able to do so without the cost of hotels etc. Gail andI will probably be going and we would love some company – think about it.

Dave AshleyPhotograph on page 11.

Finally, DG Elect Roger Summers, representing the District Governor, com-mented on the programmes which had been outlined and stated that the clublooked very healthy and that things promised well for the Rotary year 2013/14. Hewished Hilary and the club a successful year.

Membership ServicesDavid AshleyJohn HorwoodJohn Scotney

Youth ServicesStuart LimbGail AshleyNick BlurtonDavid CollardEileen MurphyJohn NorreysDavid Partridge

InternationalDavid HarrisJohn BrazierMartin DrakeSheilagh HarnanJames Kerr

FoundationDavid SoulDavid HensonPeter LöchelJohn Lowe

Com & VocAlan WiddowsonVernon BarnesCoral BreachPeter DaviesJohn FranklandRon GiffinPeter JamesPeter ShepherdPaul TaylorGraham Wright

Composition of Committees 2013 - 2014

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RIBI Conference at Harrogate(May 2013)

Gail and I have just returned from a really interesting and informative RIBIConference at Harrogate and I thought I would write a few words for Chatter-

box about it.The conference opened on Friday afternoon with welcome speeches by

the Mayor of Harrogate, the host District Governor, a friend of mine, Keith Davisonand the President of RIBI John Minhinick. During his speech he introduced the RIPresident, Sakuji Tanaka who then addressed the conference in very good English. President Sakuji spoke about his early life in Japan, how he came from a poorfamily and about growing up. He also mentioned that each week he and his fellowRotarians from the Rotary Club of Yashio in Japan go out onto the streets withbrushes and rubbish bags and clean the streets of their town, to show that Rotari-ans care about their local community. He still does that, bearing in mind his positionin Rotary International and the fact that until recently he ran a very large nationalcompany. (Can you see Lord Alan Sugar doing that?) We then had a presentation from Rotarian Sandra Dinely-Jones on the night-mare she and her family suffered when her son became addicted to heroin. Shegave a very honest and moving account of how she and her family dealt with thissituation. Other presentations by actress Helen Lederer on behalf of Water Aid andby Sir Tim Smit, the founder of the Eden Project – a very inspirational talk. An Honorary Rotarian from West Bridgford in District 1220, Albert Woods OBEgave the last presentation of the day talking about his experiences as a ViceChairman of the British Olympic Association and his involvement with the recentOlympics; an excellent talk. During the Saturday morning session we heard presentations from GordonMcInally, a past RIBI President talking about Hope and Homes for Children, a projectthat the club has previously donated to, but which is still worthy of our attention.There was then a most graphically realistic presentation by three lady Rotariansabout prostate and testicular cancer – something that all us men folk need to beaware of. Also during the morning BBC News 24 filmed a live broadcast of the “RotaryYoung Citizen Awards”. This is I believe the seventh year that the BBC have filmedthis and shown it as live on the BBC News Channel. The recipients were all presenton the stage and seemed to very much enjoy their moment on the telly. The morning closed with a heart rending and very inspirational speech bySimon Weston OBE about his life, being blown up in the Falklands and the processof his recovery. It was moving, funny, factual and inspirational all at the same time.

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2013 Organiser Reporter Cash Fraternal

July1 Installation E Murphy M Drake D Ashley

8 E Murphy J Norreys J Frankland G Ashley

15 D Partridge R Giffin V Barnes

22 Guest Evening J Lowe J Scotney S Harnan J Brazier

29 Business Meeting P Shepherd D Harris C Breach

August

5 J Norreys D Soul D Henson D Collard

12 D Partridge P Taylor J Horwood P Davies

19 J Scotney A Widdowson P James M Drake

26 BANK HOLIDAY

September

2 P Shepherd G Wright E Murphy J Frankland

9 Away Day D Soul D Ashley S Limb R Giffin

16 S Limb G Ashley J Lowe S Harnan

23 P Taylor V Barnes J Norreys D Harris

30 Business Meeting J Brazier D Partridge D Henson

DUTY OFFICERS

July/August CHATTERBOX: Publication - 2nd September 2013Editor - John Scotney 01773 823678 Photographer - Alan Widdowson

The latest information about meetings can be found in the weekly Bulletin Boardsand on the Club web site:

www.belper-rotary.co.uk

DIARYJuly 14 Belper Food Festival 10am - 4pm

July 20 Belper Games Day

July 22 Guest Evening. Organiser - John Lowe

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President Elect Hilary with DG Nominee Roger Summers and President Grahamat the Club Assembly. Page 15.

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The Rotary Club

of Belper and Duffield

Founded 1930

President Hilary Surga President -Elect John Horwood Treasurer David Henson Secretary Nick Blurton

The Club meets every week on Monday at 7.30pm.The Lion Hotel, Bridge Street, Belper (01773 824033)

Rotary is a service organisation which exists to help those in need and to providefellowship and support to its members, whilst maintaining high ethical standards. If you areinterested in visiting the Club and learning more about Rotary, please contact the Secre-tary, Nick Blurton:

01773 824607 nickblurton@yahoo.co.ukWebsite: www.belper-rotary.co.uk