Our Club has again supported the Shelterbox charity with a donation of £500 as part of our international service work.

The Rotary Club of Bromsgrove is very pleased to be collaborating with the Council and other local partners to achieve the refurbishment of the railings surrounding Catshill Village War Memorial and has donated the sum of £500.

The Rotary Club of Bromsgrove is delighted to have been able to support the local Men in Sheds project with a donation of £300.

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa region, has officially been certified free from wild poliovirus, signifying a major milestone in the battle to eradicate the disease worldwide.

This progress is the result of a decades-long effort across the 47 countries which make up the WHO’s African region and now means that five of the six WHO regions, which represent 90% of the world’s population, will be free of wild polio.

Rotary members have played an invaluable role in the effort to rid the African region of wild polio.

By raising funds for polio eradication, advocating with world governments and national and local leaders, and raising awareness, Rotarians have contributed nearly US $890 million to conquer polio in the region.

Over one of the last weekends Andy Wuzik of Wuzikmuzik and a Friend of Rotary staged an outdoor event with other musicians at the Parkgate Inn in Bromsgrove and played music, raising the sum of £200 to support the fantastic work of Burnaid. Well done to Andrew and all concerned!

The Rotary Club is delighted to be able to support the fundraiser at Catshill Village Preschool with a donation of £200 for books for the children. We hope to visit the school in the new school year when it is appropriate to do so. With all good wishes to everyone at the Preschool!

A couple of us did the walk from Tardebigge Wharf to Stoke Prior and return yesterday following the Worcester-Birmingham Canal passing the Tardebigge flight of 30 locks which is the longest in the UK and the former Engine House. Tardebigge reservoir presents some very good views along the way, and there was plenty of wildlife to see. We were fortunate enough to see a heron fishing and a kingfisher in flight low across the water. Of interest to Club members is the commemorative milestone dedicated to Reverend Alan White just below Tardebigge Top Lock. Alan was a Club member and Rotarian for some fifty years and the vicar of Tardebigge Church prior to his death in 2017 at the age of 99. He was a great friend of the Club and to Rotarian Rosemary Troth in particular. Alan was an acclaimed canal historian amongst his many talents, and his wonderful history of the Worcester-Birmingham Canal is still a ready point of reference for canal boaters and enthusiasts.

The Rotary Club of Bromsgrove has just donated the sum of £350 to the Kids Out Charity. During the current pandemic the charity has been supporting vulnerable children in different ways and continues to need our support.