The Rotary Club of Bromsgrove will be hosting the annual Dinner of Rotary Clubs in Worcestershire on 8 April 2016 at Bromsgrove School, which is a prestigious setting for such an event. The guest speaker will be David Shaw Chief Constable of West Mercia Police.

Webbs Garden Centre has kindly granted the Rotary Club of Bromsgrove permission to stage a charity collection at its premises on 16 November 2016.

At the recent Michael Holt debate sponsored by the Rotary Clubs of Bromsgrove and North Worcestershire, North Bromsgrove High School triumphed over Bromsgrove School. The motion was: ‘This house believes that the United Kingdom should leave the European Union’.

Once again, the quality of the debate was superb.

Members attended the funeral of Rotarian Bob Foxall on 14 December 2015 to celebrate his life and charitable work with Rotary and other bodies. He will be missed greatly by our Club.

Members held a successful charity collection on 9 December 2015 at  Morrisons in Bromsgrove. We aim to repeat this in 2016 with the support of Bromsgrove residents. Charities we have been supporting include Age UK and Bromsgrove Young Carers.

21st Jun – BBQ at Audrey’s.
25th Aug – Duck Race in Sanders Park.
12th Sep – Cheese and Wine Call My Bluff.

For more details on any of these events please contact the club secretary

It was agreed at the EGM on the 10th December 2013 the officers of the Club for the 2014/15 Rotary year were:

• Club President………………………………………………………………Tony Docherty
• Senior Vice President…………………………………………………….Robert Nutting
• Chair of Club Service……………………………………………………..Bob Foxall
• Club Secretary……………………………………………………………….Robert Nutting
• Club Treasurer……………………………………………………………….Liz Pheysey
• Chair of Foundation Committee………………………………………Bob Foxall
• Chair of the International Committee………………………………John Teece
• Chair of the Vocation Committee…………………………………….Vacant
• Chair of the Community Committee…………………………………Liz Pheysey
• Chair of the Membership Committee………………………………..Ken Pheysey
• Member Responsible for Health & Safety…………………………Ken Pheysey
• Member Responsible for Protection………………………………..Ken Pheysey
• Member Responsible for Publicity/Fund Raising/ Press/ Programme…Bob Foxall
• Member Responsible for I.T. ………………………………………….Tony Docherty

President Elect Tony welcomed members to the Club Assembly by saying his plans for the forthcoming year will be in line with the 2013/14 Rotary theme of, “Engage Rotary – Change Lives“.

Tony said “Engage Rotary – Change Lives” reminds us that as Rotarians we need to be proactive within Rotary. Our actions in Rotary help to change the lives of others but we need to get others to engage with Rotary as their support is vital in helping us to help others.

Consequently he has decided that in his year as President he would like the Club to engage more with the local community. In particular he hopes to develop a close working relationship with a local school to:

• Provide some funding for an important project within the school.
• Encourage the school’s students to take part in the Rotary competitions for young people.
• Encourage students to raise funds for a Rotary overseas project.
• And to set up a “RotaKids” club at the school to persuade young people to become the Rotarians of the future.

Also during the forthcoming year of Tony’s Presidency, the Club’s International Committee will be undertaking a fellowship visit to Cyprus where books, teaching and other equipment will be donated to a local Cypriot school and a home for elderly people. The Club Foundation committee will be raising funds to support the work of the Bromsgrove Stroke Centre and for the provision of specialist wheelchair for a competitor in the next paralympic games. Young people are to be encouraged to become involved with debating, photography and cooking through the Club’s “Vocational Service Committee, while annual holidays in Blackpool for the elderly and “Kids Out” days for disadvantaged children will continue to be facilitated by the Club Community Service Committee.

Tony confirmed the Club will continue support for the events it has long been associated with as well as adding some new exciting projects during the coming year.

At the recent Club Assembly, District Governor Steve Cartwright presented long service awards to the following club members:-

Rotarian Alan White …………………45 Years

Rotarian Hans Rostrup………………40 Years

Rotarian Bob Foxall (President)….30 Years

Rotarian Stephen Godber…………30 Years

Rotarian George Shannon………..30 Years

Rotarian John Allen………………….30 Years

The funeral of Rotarian John Allen who sadly passed away on Monday 20th May will be held on Friday 31st May 2013 at Tardebigge Church at 1.00pm.