Rotary Wellington Supports Telford Foodbank
Our support of Telford Foodbank goes back to September 2018 when Erin Aston spoke at a club meeting about her work seeking food and toiletries donations for the Foodbank and explaining how it operates. At that time it’s fair to say our members were amazed at the high level of demand and the simplicity of …
LENDWITHCARE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19
Lendwithcare has written to all investors advising what steps they have taken to continue to support their entrepreneurs saying: “Thank you so much for supporting hard-working entrepreneurs through Lendwithcare. You will notice that this month you did not receive any repayments into your Lendwithcare account from some (or all) of the entrepreneurs you are supporting. …
Medic Malawi Global Grant
I believe that the Global Grant Project has been completed, but we are still awaiting a report from The Rotary Club of Lilongwe. The eye surgery at St Andrews Hospital, Mtunthama, Malawi, health worker training and the establishment of new assessment eye clinics in the villages was achieved and indeed exceeded some time ago and …
Wrekin Rider’s BMX Project
WREKIN RIDERS BMX TRACK CLUB DAWLEY A definite success and project completion with the Rotary Wellington Club House and Toilet Unit being lifted into place during the last week in May. It’s a pity that the youngsters of the club can’t meet at the moment to make use of the facilities. The Club House was …
Rotabilia @12.30 20 March 2020
Welcome to this the first edition of Rotabilia @12.30. It is being circulated to all members, honorary members as well as to others connected with the Club. Hopefully there will be a new edition every week and this will be circulated at about 12.30 each Friday – the time when we normally gather together for …
Tree of Light Presentation Evening
Rotary Telford Tree of Light Distributes £42000 to Local Charities. The Rotary Telford Tree of Light held its presentation evening, hosted by Rotary Club of The Wrekin President David Shelmerdine at the Hadley Park House Hotel on Thursday 27th February. This year the Rotary Telford Tree of Light, which is run by the Rotary Clubs …
Ten Pin Bowling Update
Sports officer Rob reports that a very close win over Ironbridge at 10 pin bowling means Wellington meet Audley or Leek in the next round.
Food Bank February Update
Richard Studd reports We had a really good collection on Friday 7 February, our second of 2020. Food and toiletries weighed in at 198 kilos and members donated a further £60 cash. Furthermore, Ollie, the Foodbank manager acknowledged an error in January’s figure; it too was in the region of 190- 200 kilos in addition to …