Almost everyone has a fond memory of their childhood holidays and for the people of Liverpool, that memory will be of their summer visits to Colomendy – a camp in North Wales.
The Rotary Club of the City of Liverpool is keen to maintain this tradition and, in recent years, has raised thousands of pounds to send children to the North Wales centre.
We could not do this without the generosity of people in the Liverpool area who buy a raffle ticket to help us raise the money to send a group away in the summer.”
Those efforts are continuing and, once again this year, a grand raffle is being organised to raise much-needed cash for the Merseyside Children’s Holiday Fund (MCHF).
The original Rotary Club of Liverpool, which was chartered in 1913, was instrumental in founding MCHF in 1967 and, for more than half a century, has continued an unbroken record of financial and practical support to the charity.
The money raised by the raffle, which takes place on Friday 17th of December, ensures that at least 60 deserving children are able to spend a week in the North Wales camp enjoying activities such as swimming, hiking and trips to the beach.
The camp, at Loggerheads in Denbighshire, North Wales, has a variety of activities that children can take part in.
“We are proud of the part we have played for over 50 years,” said Andrew Allen, President of the Rotary Club of the City of Liverpool. “We are even more proud that we are continuing this tradition.
“Each year, a group of us visits the camp while the children are there and, without exception, each child tells us what a fantastic time they are having – with one of two saying that they want to stay at the camp forever.
“We could not do this without the generosity of people in the Liverpool area who buy a raffle ticket to help us raise the money to send a group away in the summer. I am confident that we will sell thousands of tickets as there are some excellent prizes to be won.”
Up towards the Midlands, Rotary is supporting a charity that financially supports the sick who struggle to leave the hospital because they don’t have the money to buy medical or other kinds of equipment.
The David Scott Coventry Jubilee Community Care Trust was set up in 1980 by the late Dr David Scott – the first President of Rotary Club of Coventry Jubilee.
Since then, the charity has grown to become one of the largest charities in Coventry, providing aid to mentally and physically ill people who have little or no income.
The David Scott Coventry Jubilee Community Care Trust has been helping the sick and poor across the city of Coventry, with Rotary’s assistance, since 1980.
This year, 2021, approximately 600 families have benefited from the charity as it now donates between £250 and £500 per approved request which they hope will help tide families over until their benefits come through.
The delay in paying benefits causes major problems to the sick and poor so it is greatly fortunate that the charity can respond with monetary help within 48 hours.
Rotary Club of Coventry Jubilee still assists the charity with postage and are proud to be helping a charity that has given to many thousands of people around the city of Coventry.
Finally, Steve Woplin – President of the Rotary Club of Caterham, Surrey – visited locally-based charity ‘Their Voice’ to deliver 60 brand new wrapped toys for the children of survivors of modern slavery within the UK.
The toys were packed into special “bags of kindness” by the charity’s team of volunteers and delivered to families in a safe house.
We were thrilled to receive these toys from Caterham Rotary and to see the joy they brought to the children of the survivors was truly heart-warming.”
There are still an estimated 45.8 million people in slavery across the globe, with someone becoming a victim of modern slavery every 30 seconds.
‘Their Voice’ empowers survivors of human trafficking and modern slavery by providing practical and emotional support.
Carolyn Thom, founder of ‘Their Voice’, said: “We were thrilled to receive these toys from Caterham Rotary and to see the joy they brought to the children of the survivors was truly heart-warming.”
