Support for Charities
Rotary is not just about business networking and building friendships. One of our key aims is to get involved in our local communities and support local charities, helping those most in need. It is a very fulfilling role and Rotarians can get involved as much or as little as their time will allow.
In addition to clubs being active at a local level, Rotary International has created a charitable trust fund - the Rotary Foundation. The objective of the Foundation is to achieve world understanding and peace through international charitable and educational programmes. One of its most well known and ambitious projects has been PolioPlus, a global effort to rid the world of this crippling disease. Rotary has played a key part in immunization campaigns throughout the world, and polio is now very close to being eradicated.
The Bristol Bridge club will be supporting numerous charitable events throughout the year, but has also chosen a small number of key charities on which we will focus our activities. Please have a look at our Events pages to find out about some of our upcoming charitable activities and volunteering opportunities.
If you have any charities or volunteering opportunities that you would like our club to get involved in, please contact our Charities officer.
Our Charities for 2009/10
1625 Independent People
Independent People is a merger of Priority Youth Housing and Wayahead Housing and Support. It provides housing, support and advice to over 400 young people aged between 16 and 25 and is working to improve the housing and support services for vulnerable young people in the Bristol and South Gloucestershire areas and to raise awareness of their needs, including delivering high quality and strategically relevant services in these areas.
Dom Wood of the charity says: "Working with Bristol Bridge Rotary will be an excellent way to provide some positive successful role models for the young people we support, raise awareness of the plight of young homeless people and provide some fundraising and volunteering opportunities including painting properties and running a Christmas social event."
Windmill Hill City Farm
Windmill Hill City Farm is an independent community project situated half a mile south of Bristol city centre. They aim to meet the needs of local people through a wide range of social, environmental, educational, recreational and economic activities.
Bristol Bridge Rotary Club aim to provide them with both our voluntary support, ideas, connections and fundraising events.
Bristol Adult Leukaemia Support (BALS)
We are a new group aiming to provide support for adults and their carers who have been diagnosed with leukaemia and other blood and bone cancers. BALS provide advice about the illness and treatment, child care, provide caring support and home help, and advice on simple things such as how to tie a head-scarf.
Bristol Bridge Rotary Club aim to provide them with fundraising events such as our annual quiz, our dragon boat support, bucket shakes, etc.