News & Events
REACH HIGH FUND......
News on exciting new fund available for young people
Westbourne Rotary is looking for bright and committed young people who face financial barriers to progressing to further or higher education or vocational training. It is aimed at disadvantaged young people especially from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities and young people leaving care, both groups often have more financial issues affecting their progression. The funding can cover a variety of costs including amongst others: course fees, travel, subsistence, computer equipment and specialist software.
The fund can also help young people from the target groups who are looking to work or self-employment and can cover costs such as; interview expenses and specialist tools and equipment or even micro-loans for business start -ups.
Westbourne Rotary have said they welcome informal enquiries from young people who can make contact by emailing info@westbournerotary.org.uk where you can request guidance notes and an application form.
Club President Chris Colledge explained: We have been able to obtain this significant funding from a partner organisation who shares our desire to ensure all young people can make the most of the opportunities available to them”
Click here for guidance Notes
Click here for Application Form.
Send to us at info@westbournerotary.org.uk
News on exciting new fund available for young people
Westbourne Rotary is looking for bright and committed young people who face financial barriers to progressing to further or higher education or vocational training. It is aimed at disadvantaged young people especially from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities and young people leaving care, both groups often have more financial issues affecting their progression. The funding can cover a variety of costs including amongst others: course fees, travel, subsistence, computer equipment and specialist software.
The fund can also help young people from the target groups who are looking to work or self-employment and can cover costs such as; interview expenses and specialist tools and equipment or even micro-loans for business start -ups.
Westbourne Rotary have said they welcome informal enquiries from young people who can make contact by emailing info@westbournerotary.org.uk where you can request guidance notes and an application form.
Club President Chris Colledge explained: We have been able to obtain this significant funding from a partner organisation who shares our desire to ensure all young people can make the most of the opportunities available to them”
Click here for guidance Notes
Click here for Application Form.
Send to us at info@westbournerotary.org.uk
QUEENS PLATINUM JUBILEE COMMUNITY STREET PARTY
SUNDAY 5TH JUNE 2022 - LANDSEER ROAD, WESTBOURNE
1.00pm - 5.00pm
Lots of planning has gone into the community street party that we have organised for the local community of Westbourne. This momentous occasion in the history of our Monarch is one to be celebrated here in Westbourne and we will be joining people from all over the country and the Commonwealth who will also be celebrating our Queen's Platinum Jubilee over the Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend.
People from many different groups, ages and abilities that make up the local community have already been invited to this Westbourne Rotary event and there are many more events all over the UK organised by many different groups taking place all over the jubilee weekend, with beacons lit, street parties, parades and pageants, but with many especially focussed on the London and Windsor area.
Our Westbourne community Jubilee street party involved getting permission from BCP council to close Landseer Road for the event on the afternoon of Sunday 5th June to give us the space to host up to 350 invitees to an afternoon tea, with traditional music and singing and time to chat and remember events during the decades of the Queen's reign.
This is a free, not for profit event, organised by Westbourne Rotary for the community with assistance from Lollipops Cafe and support from our business partners - especially Harvest Fine Foods - and event sponsors, but maximum numbers for catering are limited and tickets will therefore be required to gain entry to street party area on the day.
REGISTRATIONS FOR THIS EVENT ARE NOW CLOSED.
We have had such an incredible response for the request for e-tickets for our Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Community Street Party in Westbourne on Sunday 5th June that all spaces have now been filled and we can take no further bookings at this stage.
However, as further tickets may become available should there be any cancellations, we will keep a list of any further enquiries and offer places if they become available.
Everyone who has already registered for this event has been sent an e-ticket in confirmation and this e-ticket will be needed to gain access to this event.
Thanking Westbourne for their support for our Queen's Platinum Jubilee Street party.
SUNDAY 5TH JUNE 2022 - LANDSEER ROAD, WESTBOURNE
1.00pm - 5.00pm
Lots of planning has gone into the community street party that we have organised for the local community of Westbourne. This momentous occasion in the history of our Monarch is one to be celebrated here in Westbourne and we will be joining people from all over the country and the Commonwealth who will also be celebrating our Queen's Platinum Jubilee over the Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend.
People from many different groups, ages and abilities that make up the local community have already been invited to this Westbourne Rotary event and there are many more events all over the UK organised by many different groups taking place all over the jubilee weekend, with beacons lit, street parties, parades and pageants, but with many especially focussed on the London and Windsor area.
Our Westbourne community Jubilee street party involved getting permission from BCP council to close Landseer Road for the event on the afternoon of Sunday 5th June to give us the space to host up to 350 invitees to an afternoon tea, with traditional music and singing and time to chat and remember events during the decades of the Queen's reign.
This is a free, not for profit event, organised by Westbourne Rotary for the community with assistance from Lollipops Cafe and support from our business partners - especially Harvest Fine Foods - and event sponsors, but maximum numbers for catering are limited and tickets will therefore be required to gain entry to street party area on the day.
REGISTRATIONS FOR THIS EVENT ARE NOW CLOSED.
We have had such an incredible response for the request for e-tickets for our Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Community Street Party in Westbourne on Sunday 5th June that all spaces have now been filled and we can take no further bookings at this stage.
However, as further tickets may become available should there be any cancellations, we will keep a list of any further enquiries and offer places if they become available.
Everyone who has already registered for this event has been sent an e-ticket in confirmation and this e-ticket will be needed to gain access to this event.
Thanking Westbourne for their support for our Queen's Platinum Jubilee Street party.
At Home and Abroad
Westbourne Rotary is busy in the local community whilst also helping other communities elsewhere in the World and have always been very much a project and event led club where ideas are brought to the club by members and action taken wherever and whenever possible and some images on latest projects can also be found on our facebook page.
Weekly Food Parcels |
Following the pandemic, it was realised that many families were struggling to feed their families, so we launched a weekly food parcel delivery with the help of food donations from one of our business partners, Harvest Fine Foods, and funding grants from various sources. This has been invaluable for the recipients and our volunteer drivers are a welcome sight.
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Santa brings Festive Cheer to the Community
This year, we built a brand new Santa Sleigh so that the Rotary Santa and his elves could bring festive cheer to the streets of Bournemouth and it was wonderful to see children's excited faces as Santa went past their house, and the excitement of their parents too. In addition to our Santa Sleigh, we also created a Winter Wonderland and Santa's Grotto inside a marquee in the Sovereign Centre in Boscombe and Santa was delighted to see over 700 children in his grotto. This grotto is organised and manned by volunteers from Westbourne Rotary and others and admission price is kept low, but still with children able to choose a gift from selection on view in the grotto and have a memorable experience - and parents can have the knowledge that proceeds from the grotto visit are divided between three chosen local causes or charities so all visits to the grotto help the community too.
International News
Westbourne Rotarians have carried out several projects in The Gambia - starting with two members leading a Rotaract Overseas Project in 2009 when funds were raised by the team members to install a borehole and standpipes to provide clean water to the remote rural village of Misira, make the bricks and build a wall around a clinic in the neighbouring village of Sambel Kunda and provide long drop toilets for the clinic plus building a washhouse for ladies to do the laundry in Misira too. This project won a Rotary International Project award and was the start of ongoing involvement in The Gambia.
The club continues to support the education of ten children via Stella's School Scheme and has supported an apprenticeship in animal care via Gambia Horse & Donkey Trust - all to give educational assistance to children and young people who may not have had this opportunity without a helping hand.
The club continues to support the education of ten children via Stella's School Scheme and has supported an apprenticeship in animal care via Gambia Horse & Donkey Trust - all to give educational assistance to children and young people who may not have had this opportunity without a helping hand.
This was followed up by a further village borehole installation for Jafai Kuta - but this installation was to be far more sustainable with it including the installation of the first E-water tap - which means there were no taps to break, and water was purchased on a 'pay as you go' low cost system so should there be any repairs needed - the funds would be there to pay for them. Villagers pay a small amount to get credit added to their e-water card and when placed on e-water tap, water is dispensed. Once card removed, water stops flowing - so no wasted water. The e-water technology was developed by three 16 year old boys in the UK as part of Princes Trust competition, and we were lucky to meet the father of one of the boys who worked for Africa Water Enterprises and were introduced to this incredible sustainable method that will help this community for many years to come. The happiness on the faces of the children of this village were clear to see and the health and life expectancy of all the villagers has improved by access to clean, safe drinking water - something the developed countries tend to take for granted.
For the Love of Scrubs
When the pandemic took hold in 2020 - we got involved helping the Dorset For the Love of Scubs group organising volunteers to deliver fabric and bedding to their band of sewists, collecting the finished articles (scrubs, hats, masks, bags etc) and then delivering to where needed. This was at the time when PPE items were in short supply and we filled a gap in the market to enable all workers interfacing with patients had some protection. This was a short-lived project, but one that needed help in the initial emergency.
Trauma Teddies
Children are often traumatized when they are involved in an accident, and as we were involved in a project called Kidsinviz handing out child sized high viz vests to children following a fatal accident on a dark morning, to make sure that children could be seen by drivers, we added 'trauma teddies' to our list of projects - and gave Dorset Traffic Officers a consignment of teddies to carry in their cars to give to vulnerable children involved in accidents they attend.
