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RIBI COMMUNITY AND VOCATIONAL RESOURCE GROUP
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Accident Prevention Programmes for Children
Objective:
To put each child, in year five of Primary or Middle Schools (9
year olds), through a practical safety workshop facilitated by
qualified personnel from a number of key organisations to
promote general safety awareness, responsible attitudes and to
encourage the transference of the learning to family, friends and
the community as a whole.
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Accident Prevention Programmes for Children
Typical Scenarios:
• Fire Safety: A house fire and what to do if you find yourself trapped.
• First Aid: Very basic actions, such as recovery position and use of phone
to call 999.
• Gas/Electricity: Dangers of death from sub stations, dangers of kites
near overhead lines, smell of gas, what to do in the event of a leak, all
coupled with “stranger danger” at front door when repair man calls.
• Food Safety: An active, well recognised quiz game in which all the
questions are food safety related.
The above are just four examples. Also consider water safety, handling of
rubbish, peer pressure, action having witnessed a crime,
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Barnardo's Vision:
The lives of children and young people should be free from poverty, abuse
and discrimination.
Objective:
To help the most vulnerable children and young people transform their
lives and fulfil their potential.
Websites: www.barnardos.org.uk (UK)
www.barnardos.ie (Republic of Ireland)
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Caring for Young Carers
Objective:
To provide support, encouragement and recognition of the work of
young carers.
Who are Young Carers?
Children under the age of 18 years, who, through no choice of their
own, are thrust into a caring role for a family member.
Rotary Help:
Rotarians can help young carers, who can usually can be identified
through voluntary organisations who in turn can be identified through
Local Authority Social Services Departments, by organising and
financing a series of visits and outings and consider sending persons to
RYLA camps etc.
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Dictionary 4 Life (D4L)
Life is a journey – literate adults travel that journey with
greater confidence.
Objective:
To encourage Rotary clubs to respond to the literacy needs
in their own communities. Rotary International is
committed to help the world with literacy
http://www.dictionary4life.com
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Disabled Sports
Objective:
For Rotarians to organise a memorable
sporting occasion for teams of athletes
with physical disabilities and/or learning
difficulties and to encourage the
participation of young disabled in sport.
The next Rotary Disabled Games event will take place in Coventry on
Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th November 2011.
http://www.rotarydisabledsports.org.uk
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RIBI's service committees and resource groups have
produced a range of project sheets,
tried and tested projects that have been approved by the
RIBI General Council that provide both clubs and districts
with
'opportunities to serve'
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Donor Campaigns
Objective:
To increase the number of people in the UK who are registered on the NHS
Organ Donor Register.
Method:
To persuade all Rotarians, their families, friends and the general public to
complete an Organ Donor form through pro-active publicity campaigns.
Distribute leaflets/registration forms at local theatres, stores, libraries,
universities, sporting events, etc, or other high public density places.
Circulate leaflets at club events or projects and involve other organisations in
distributing forms - scouts, cubs, youth clubs, etc.
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Objective:
The objective of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People is to offer greater
independence, confidence and security to deaf people by providing dogs
trained to alert them to chosen everyday sounds.
How can Rotary help?
Hearing Dogs receives no government funding and relies solely on
donations from the public. The Charity also could not exist without its
network of volunteer branches, speakers and volunteer puppy
socialisers.
www.hearing-dogs.co.uk
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HOSPICES
Objective:
Rotarians participate by holding fund raising events to fund new
buildings and facilities, and use their vocations in providing help
and expertise where and when needed.
www.childhospice.org.uk
www.helpthehospices.org.uk
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Institute of Cancer Research
How Rotary can help
The Institute would like to work with Rotarians in their
community to raise awareness about cancer and its symptoms
and help save lives. The Institute has created a series of
Cancer Information leaflets - for distribution in your clubs and
communities – on the many cancer types, including:• breast cancer
• cervical cancer
• childhood cancers
• colon cancer
• head and neck cancer
• leukaemia and blood cancers
• lung cancer
• prostate cancer
• ovarian cancer
• skin cancer and melanoma
• testicular cancer
To receive these leaflets please e-mail [email protected] or
download from: www.icr.ac.uk
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Jubilee Sailing Trust
The integration of able-bodied and physically disabled people through
the adventure of sailing a tall ship at sea.
http://www.jst.org.uk
RIBI COMMUNITY AND VOCATIONAL RESOURCE GROUP
OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE
www.ribi.org/resources/opportunities-to-serve
RIBI's service committees and resource groups have
produced a range of project sheets,
tried and tested projects that have been approved by the
RIBI General Council that provide both clubs and districts
with
'opportunities to serve'
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Rotary KidsOut Day
Objective:
Children with special needs and caring adults are
brought together to have a memorable day out.
Rotarians learn at first hand the problems of
children in special needs schools, and support
those who have dedicated their lives to looking
after them.
“Google” Rotary Kids Out
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Life Education Centres
Life Education Centres (LECs) are educational
programmes offering health education and drug
awareness programmes to children from the age
of 3 years to 15 years delivered on school sites
by specially trained educators working in hi-tech
mobile classrooms.
How Rotary can help:
Rotarians can act as trustees and volunteers in the Life Education Programme.
Rotarians could form a new trust in areas without a Life Education Centre and
support hard working Rotarians where a trust already exists.
Rotarians with all manner of business, professional and technical skills are
needed to manage and operate a health education charity. Most of all the
enthusiasm of Rotarians for helping children make healthy choices is needed.
www.lifeeducation.org.uk
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Literacy
How Rotarians could become involved?:
• Contact heads of local schools to establish their needs.
• Offer hourly or morning/afternoon assistance.
• Listen to readers (often the more able children get less attention).
• Assist teachers by accompanying children to the school library.
• Expand the school library (subsidise/purchase books in deprived areas some cannot afford to join library services).
• Set up contacts between schools for e-mail exchange between pupils,
possibly abroad and perhaps using links with other Rotary clubs.
• Sponsor spelling/reading/essay competitions, all ways of helping to raise
literacy and education standards.
Many websites and organisations involved. See:
www/ribi.org/resources/opportunities-to-serve
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A Maggie’s Centre is a place to turn to for help with any of the problems,
small or large, associated with cancer.
Request a speaker at your meeting or Attend a Welcome event
Please contact Natalie on 020 7386 3525 or by email [email protected]
for further details
A great big thank you
We'd like to offer a big thank you to the Rotary Clubs that have already
supported us throughout 2011 and we look forward to working with more
clubs in the coming years.
www.maggiescentres.org/home.html
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Rotary Awareness - Prostate Cancer
Objective:
To raise awareness about Prostate Cancer
involving The Prostate Cancer Charity
(PCC), the national Prostate Cancer
Support Federation (PCSF) and other local
prostate cancer support groups.
Your Club Can Help:
Awareness-raising in your Rotary club and your community.
Arrange speakers at club and district events.
Hold an awareness raising day and/or arrange the distribution of Prostate
Cancer information leaflets across your community.
Assist and support your local and national prostate cancer charities in their
fund-raising activities.
www.prostate-cancer.org.uk
RIBI COMMUNITY AND VOCATIONAL RESOURCE GROUP
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www.ribi.org/resources/opportunities-to-serve
RIBI's service committees and resource groups have
produced a range of project sheets,
tried and tested projects that have been approved by the
RIBI General Council that provide both clubs and districts
with
'opportunities to serve'
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Protecting our Environment
Objectives:
• To promote the improvement and protection
of the local environment.
• To develop awareness of environmental issues
throughout the world.
Some Suggested Websites
Reduce plastic bags campaign Google “Message in the Waves”
Act on CO2
www.directgov.uk/actonco2
Every Action Counts
www.everyactioncounts.org.uk
Transitions Towns
www.transitiontowns.org
Eco Schools
www.ecoschools.org.uk
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Objective
REPOD believes that it is time to take direct action within our own communities
to help support families who are struggling to cope with dementia. Our mission is
to increase awareness, both amongst Rotarians and in the wider community by
the provision of suitable information, to encourage Rotarians to offer hands-on
support for families in their geographical location.
Geri Parlby, Chairman Tel: 01822 852102 Email: [email protected]
http://www.repod.org.uk
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Sailability
The Objective is to encourage Rotary Clubs to
collaborate with disabled people/groups to introduce
sailing for disabled people at suitable sites.
We hope that Rotary Clubs can establish Rotarians and other
interested people with a sailing background to encourage fellow
Rotarians to work with disabled groups to find a suitable water site
where people with disabilities can participate in sailing.
www.rya.org.uk/programmes/ryasailability/Pages/rotarysupport.aspx
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Rotary Stroke and Health Awareness
Rotary Know Your Blood Pressure Day
is run in partnership with The Stroke Association to help people
better understand the relation between high blood pressure
(hypertension) and stroke. It is estimated that 40% of the 150,000
strokes suffered by people in the U.K each year could be prevented.
This condition can easily be controlled
www.stroke.org.uk
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TB Alert
Mission
TB Alert is Britain’s National Tuberculosis Charity. TB Alert exists to work
towards the control and ultimate eradication of TB by increasing access to
effective treatment for all. It aims to do this by:
• Advocating for greater global spending for TB work by government,
international agencies and companies
• Raising awareness in Britain of the threat of TB both worldwide and abroad
• Supporting projects in the UK and in developing countries which increase
access totreatment for everyone, especially those from poor and marginalised
communities.
www.tbalert.org
RIBI COMMUNITY AND VOCATIONAL RESOURCE GROUP
OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE
www.ribi.org/resources/opportunities-to-serve
RIBI's service committees and resource groups have
produced a range of project sheets,
tried and tested projects that have been approved by the
RIBI General Council that provide both clubs and districts
with
'opportunities to serve'
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Volunteering
Volunteers needed in every community and region to do all the positive work
for victims and witnesses of crime; we rely on their dedication and expertise.
Fundraising and events
Events going on across the country; get involved just by having fun!
For more information about getting started or for fundraising ideas and questions
please contact
Anna Scalera on 0207 268 0279 or via email at [email protected]
www.victimsupport.org.uk
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Whizz-Kidz transforms the lives of disabled children by providing a wide range of
customised mobility equipment such as powered, manual and sports wheelchairs
and tricycles not available on the National Health Service.
Do it for the kidz
Your support for Whizz-Kidz will change a disabled child’s life forever .
You could volunteer your time and energy, donate, sign up for an
event or marathon, campaign or get your company involved.
Your support will help us to help more disabled children and ensure
that every disabled child has a chance to be something special…a kid.
www.whizz-kidz.org.uk
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Young Enterprise
Objective:
The Young Enterprise programme aims: To inspire and educate young people
to understand and value the role of business, through practical business
projects which develop attitudes and skills for personal success, lifelong
learning and employability.
The Role of Rotarians:
Rotarians can become involved by:
• Acting as business advisers for two hours a week in term time.
• Acting as an area board member.
• Providing in kind support to their local Youth Enterprise board.
www.young-enterprise.org.uk
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Rotary Excitement of Science 2011
A project of Rotary International in Great Britain & Ireland
in partnership with the Royal Institution of Great Britain
The objectives fall into two groups:
• those associated with adults who are curious about science; and
• those associated with students who might join the next generation of scientists.
This year's grand finale takes place on Thursday 14 July 2011
at the Royal Institution
www.excitementofscience.org
RIBI COMMUNITY AND VOCATIONAL RESOURCE GROUP
OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE
www.ribi.org/resources/opportunities-to-serve
RIBI's service committees and resource groups have
produced a range of project sheets,
tried and tested projects that have been approved by the
RIBI General Council that provide both clubs and districts
with
'opportunities to serve'