Fraserburgh Rotary in Scotland has recently been supporting several local projects.
The club presented local school children that attend Fraserburgh North School with Doric books.
Doric refers to the language used by Mid Northern Scots. However, in the past the dialect has been discouraged in schools.
The books are meant to promote the children’s understanding and ability to use the local “tongue,” encouraging understanding of their local heritage.
Rotary President John Buchan presenting a cheque to Ainsley Dyga, Chairperson of Broch Businesses Together and Lt Cdr Craig Trail (Royal Navy Reserve and Commanding Officer of the Sea Cadets) Leader of the Christmas Lights Group.
The club also made a substantial donation to the town for Christmas. This will be used to purchase a ten metre LED outdoor Christmas tree for the town centre.
Further down the country, Bike Active have joined forces with Ipswich Rotary Club to build a log cabin at Alton Water.
Bike Active is one of several charities supported by the club and this year the club collaborated with the charity by erecting a bike shed for the charity’s ever-growing activities.
Ipswich Rotary Club has been partnered with the charity Bike Active since 2004.
This was first time everyone was able to enjoy the opportunity for a cycle ride since the COVID-19 pandemic began.”
Bike Active volunteers offer a cycling opportunity for adults with special needs, utilising the lanes and byways around South Suffolk. They use a wide variety of specially built wheelchair cycles, three-wheel tandems and Duets.
The charity has been using a small bike shed but as they grew in members, the number of bikes has exceeded the space available.
In order to help, the trustees of the Rotary club’s investment fund agreed to sponsor half the cost of the new facility.
Volunteer using the bike shed.
Bike Active volunteers painted the new welfare facility and it was used for the first time at the beginning of November 2021.
This was first time everyone was able to enjoy the opportunity for a cycle ride since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
Finally, Rotary in Taunton has converted what used to previously be a Topshop in North Street, Somerset into a Rotary Pop-Up Shop.
Action for Climate Change group members have partnered with their local Rotarians to give an emphasis on recycling and sustainability.
Front of the Pop-Up shop set up by Rotary in Taunton, visible to pedestrians.
Rotarians will be selling a wide range of high quality donated items until the end of the year.
President of Taunton Rotary Club, Peter Renshaw, is encouraging everyone to get behind the initiative to ensure that local charities benefit from the efforts of the team of volunteers and generous donors.
He said: “I hope that everyone who makes their way into Taunton for shopping, business or recreation in the coming weeks will take time to enter the Rotary Pop-Up Shop.
“As well as the many bargains on offer there will be a warm welcome and an opportunity to discover more about the longstanding work and charity support by Rotary members locally for nearly one hundred years.”
