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THE ROTARY CLUB OF SWAFFHAM Page 1 President ..... Claire Dunne President Elect .... John Wallace Vice President ..... Jane Harding Treasurer ..... Bill Muir Secretary ...... Jane Harding NEWSLETTER OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF SWAFFHAM JULY 2012 OUR NEW PRESIDENT We welcome as President of The Rotary Club of Swaffham for 2012-2013, CLAIRE DUNNE and wish her a happy and successful year. President Claire and her Consort, Liam

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THE ROTARY CLUB OF SWAFFHAM Page 1

President ..... Claire Dunne

President Elect .... John Wallace

Vice President ..... Jane Harding

Treasurer ..... Bill Muir

Secretary ...... Jane Harding

NEWSLETTER OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF SWAFFHAM

JULY 2012

OUR NEW PRESIDENT

We welcome as President of The Rotary Club of Swaffham

for 2012-2013, CLAIRE DUNNE and wish her a happy and successful year.

President Claire and her Consort, Liam

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June ... what a month it has been! The Jubilee weekend provided

hours of enjoyment watching the many events in London and throughout the country

although I did find the Thames Pageant a little too long. Then it was time to dust off my

green, white and gold flag for Euro 2012 but I soon put it away again and decided to support

the country that has given me a home. Unfortunately that flag had to be put away as well!

June 16th

saw me putting on Bunny Ears to participate in the Swaffham Home Hospice ladies

night out 10 km walk to raise funds for this very deserving cause.79 ladies ( including Julia

Wallace ) took part and at the time of writing the amount of money raised has not yet been

announced.

Next morning it was off to Derbyshire for a week’s holiday in Castleton. This pretty village is known as the ‘gem of the Peaks’. It is ideally situated for visiting many places of interest

such as Chatsworth and the lovely town of Buxton. . The village has lots of gift shops, good

pubs and restaurants and on the Thursday we celebrated our wedding anniversary in ‘ 1530’ an Italian restaurant serving excellent food. In fact we dined there twice during our stay. I

also managed to visit some very big and well known bookshops.

Monday June 25th was a very special evening as 40 members and partners gathered in

Swaffham Golf Club for the club Handover. After an excellent meal and many amusing

speeches the various jewels were handed over and I received my President’s chain which I will be very proud to wear. My thanks go to everyone for their attendance and kind and

encouraging words. Hopefully we will have many more enjoyable occasions during the year.

Now the real work starts but there is lots to look forward to in July as there is, as always, a

varied programme of events. Perhaps summer will arrive before the next edition of Pedlar’s Post.

Claire

President 2012-2013

THE PRESIDENT'S CORNER

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HANDOVER 2012

Over to you! Malcolm! Don't do that...

Paying attention!

THE CLUB PROGRAMME FOR JULY AND AUGUST IS AS FOLLOWS:

Date

2012

Event / Speaker Duty

Member

Guests?

July 2nd Lunch Arthur Rackham -- Chatterbox Malcolm

9th Visit Voewood House visit Yes

10th Tuesday Club Council Meeting

16th Get to Know Your President Dennis

23rd Business Meeting Denis

30th Rev Tim Lawes -- My Life / My Job Nigel Yes

Aug 6th Lunch Dennis Baldwin Mike

13th Steve Munns--District Foundation Chair

14th Tuesday Club Council Meeting 20th Pauline Craske -- ACTS Colin Yes

27th No meeting BANK HOLIDAY

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THE FAMILY OF ROTARY

We remember fondly TRISH EVANS and our thoughts are with Colin and his family.

Perhaps the following lines by Joyce Grenfell, which Stuart Nairn read at the service

held in All Saints'Church, Shouldham to celebrate Trish's life, may be appropriate here.

If I should go before the rest of you,

Break not a flower, nor inscribe a stone,

Nor, when I'm gone, speak in a Sunday voice,

But be the usual selves that I have known.

Weep if you must:

Parting is hell,

Life goes on

So ... sing as well!

We have been busy preparing ourselves to present Dictionaries4Life to Year 6 Leavers at

the Primary Schools. This involves 13 members of the Club, 14 schools and 222

Dictionaries. So it is quite an undertaking. Janice Parsons kindly dealt with printing book

plates and a team of 4 of us spent an afternoon sticking them into the books. So now each

pupil will leave with a book that shows their name and refers to Rotary as the donor. Thanks

to all those who have agreed to help.

Now, we shall start thinking about the new Rotary Year. A definite date is The Race Night,

again at The George on Friday March 1st. It is not too early to start thinking about names

for horses and races and a party to come with you to enjoy themselves !!

The next operation is the RYLA course in September and we shall introduce our candidate,

Amber Dugdale, to the Club at a meeting soon.

Simon

VOCATIONAL SERVICE

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Well, what can I say? Bill came home

from a Rotary meeting and asked if I

would like to go on the Twinning trip to

France. Hand on heart, I have to say

that I wasn’t very keen on going. You see I don’t have an ear for languages. My French teacher at school told me to stop trying and find some other subject. I

decided on History.

But the day arrived and we drove to the tunnel only to find someone had decided to

go for a stroll in the tunnel and all trains were delayed for three and a half hours. We

arrived at Rue in pouring rain and were made very welcome by members of the Rue

club (lots of kissing of cheeks). After a welcome snack, we followed our hostess

Nadine to her lovely home and met 2 wonderful dogs who didn’t understand a word I said.

Nadine’s husband Eric (President of the Rue club) arrived and presented me with a bunch of flowers (very nice) and more kisses. Eric spoke good English (hurrah) and

this helped me to relax. That evening we had a wonderful meal with the whole

Swaffham party, their hosts, and other Rue members.

On Saturday we had a full day, visiting Rue and St Valery, with a lunch consisting of

a variety of delicious rolls filled with meat, fish, pate and cheese. A lot of walking, in

beautiful sunshine, with English-speaking guides explaining places of interest. Great

views over the Bay.

That evening was the banquet to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Rue club.

This was a fascinating, and very enjoyable, experience. Officially timed at 7 for 7.30,

and we actually sat down at about 8.40 (after abundant champagne and canapés).

Then speeches. Malcolm spoke in French, and to this English-speaker it seemed

very good (and he did supply us with a written translation into English, perhaps so

we would laugh at the right places). Eric made a brief speech in English.

At 9.15 we had the fish course, followed by dancing (which seemed odd to me).

Main course came at about 10.30. This was beef wellington. Now I don’t normally

like my beef very rare, and my first impression was that Lawrie could probably have

got the beast back on its feet and running around. But I ate it and found it very tasty.

More dancing, with dessert and coffee around midnight, before the party broke up at

about 1am.

THE FRENCH TRIP

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It was a great evening, with everyone chattering away, helped by a number of pocket

French-English dictionaries. The French were very patient with me, with the

abundant goodwill preventing any embarrassment about my lack of language skills.

On Sunday the whole party and their hosts had a farewell lunch at Eric and Nadine’s

beautiful home. Once again the sun shone, and we all sat out in the garden enjoying

the food, drink and company, before Bill and I left at about 4pm to drive to Honfleur

for a couple of days.

The members of the Rue club had made us feel so very welcome, and I will be very

happy to welcome them to our home when they visit Swaffham. While they didn’t let me feel uncomfortable about my lack of French, I did promise Sylvie that I would

take some lessons. So U3A French classes here I come!

June Muir

TEAM

T together

E everyone

A achieves

M more

A good philosophy for the beginning of a new year.

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TEN PIN BOWLING

A group of ten Rotarians and partners visited

Strikes! Bowl in Dereham on 18th

June.

We were allocated two adjacent lanes. Our first

challenge was to master the entry of players’ names into the computer which controls scoring etc. Once

done, bowling commenced. Perhaps the best that

can be said is that no one managed to achieve any

consistency. At one stage the scoreboard looked

more like a game of noughts and crosses!

At the end of the first game we adjourned for an enjoyable plate of food. At this stage Steve

was in the lead, which was a bit surprising since he arrived after we started and his fellow

players had achieved higher scores when taking “Steve’s go”.

Suitably nourished and refreshed, we returned for a second game. Some managed to

improve on their first round score, but most of us seemed to lose what rhythm we had

developed and did not do as well.

Over both games Nigel returned the highest score and won a bottle of wine. The person

with the lowest score was given a ticket for complimentary games. Someone to watch for

next time!

Overall, a different and enjoyable evening of fellowship.

John

( Do they look more interested in the bowling or the food? ) Ed

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VERSE AND WORSE.... After a lifetime of teaching literature I hope that I might be forgiven for now abusing my

position as Editor and including from time to time in Pedlar's Post some of the poetry etc. which

has particularly caught my eye over the years. One or two other members have already

expressed an interest in following suit and the opportunity is offered to all. Over to you!

Many of you will already have heard me quote to you the final line of my opening choice (usually

when you have expressed uncharitable views about my favourite football team) but I believe

that the poem is worthy of inclusion here in full. Alan J.

HE WISHES FOR THE CLOTHS OF HEAVEN

by W.B.YEATS

Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,

Enwrought with golden and silver light,

The blue and the dim and the dark cloths

Of night and light and the half-light,

I would spread the cloths under your feet:

But I, being poor, have only my dreams;

I have spread my dreams under your feet;

Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

******************************************************************

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This month has just whistled by – we are almost at the end and I can’t help wondering where it went to! We started of course, with the fantastic Jubilee weekend for our Queen with the beacons,

fireworks, BBQs, parties etc and the magnificent (if wet) pageant down the Thames, not to mention

the lovely service at St. Paul’s Cathedral. It has been a very busy month with lots of happenings

including the delivery to our garden of two very large Canary palms. When we unpacked them, we

couldn’t believe how big they were. Very hardy down to -6 degrees so should be ok for the winter

but will need to be wrapped in fleece if the temperature drops any lower. They make a real

statement in the garden. They now have to be repotted into 25 cm pots to enable the roots to

spread. As they are rather prickly, not looking forwards to doing that. With all the rain, the garden is

looking very lush – the roses have really come on and we have great double head cream and red

roses which are beautifully scented. Not much sign of redcurrants on the bushes so think it will be

another year before they really get going. The grapevine has taken off this last month and now

needs tying into the pergola supports otherwise it tends to ramble all over the roof, getting under

the eaves and being a nuisance. The two rhododendrons were a mass of purple and red flowers and

I have strawberries on my plants in the pots which will need to be netted otherwise the birds will be

after them. The potatoes Himself planted earlier on in their tubs are coming on. There is something

good about digging your own new potatoes so looking forward to that. They have such a different

taste to the shop bought ones.

Two of the apple trees have plenty of fruit but the old Egremont Russet has been attacked by woolly

aphids and no amount of spraying, cutting out diseased wood etc has made any difference. It may

have to be cut down but I will be sorry to lose it. The apples are huge, juicy and very tasty with the

lovely rough skin of a russet apple. It is one of the oldest varieties we have in this country and there

are specimens at the National Apple collection as well. The lavender is now out and looks a picture –

no sign of the bees yet which is worrying although the bumblies are around but again, not many of

them this year. A beekeeper friend has lost one of his hives and there seems to be a general

shortage of bees in the area. Such a pity as without bees, we don’t get pollination of our fruit. Can I

urge everyone to make sure they have bee friendly plants in their gardens. We cannot afford to lose

these little creatures. The cherry tree is full of fruits so hope for a good crop this year if we can get

to them before the birds do! The only thing left to do is to get a new pump for the fountain. Junior

Labrador managed to chew the top off the old one so now it doesn’t work.

Not seen much evidence of the deer around - the occasional munkjac and the odd Chinese water

deer but not much else. Lots of kestrels about so there must be plenty of mice etc for them. It is

lovely to see them hovering over the roadsides clearly having spotted something in the grass. I don’t think the Peregrines have returned to the grain silo in King’s Lynn this year – there has been no sign

of them at all which is a pity but good to see a breeding pair on the side of the spire of Norwich

Cathedral. Quite magical to watch on the webcams particularly when the two remaining babies

were fledging and teetering on the brink deciding whether to jump off or not!

DAISY'S DAYS

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GINGER & TREACLE SPICED TRAYBAKE

(This is one of Mary Berry’s recipes and very good and easy).

225g butter

175g light muscovado sugar

200g black treacle

300g self raising flour

2 level tspns baking powder

1 level tspn ground mixed spice

1 level tspn ground allspice

4 large eggs

4 tbspns milk

3 finely chopped bulbs of stem ginger from a jar

FOR THE ICING: 75g Icing Sugar, 3 tbsp ginger syrup, 3 finely chopped bulbs of stem ginger.

METHOD: Preheat oven to 180oC/Fan 160C/Gas 4. Grease a 30 – 23cm (12 x 9 “) tray bake or roasting tin then line the base with baking parchment. Put all the ingredients for the tray bake into a

large bowl and beat until well blended. Turn the mixture into the prepared tin, scraping the bowl to

remove all the mixture and then level the top. Bake in the preheated oven for 35- 40 minutes or

until the cake has shrunk from the sides of the tin and springs back when pressed in the centre.

Leave to cool in the tin for a few minutes then turn out, peel off the parchment and finish cooling on

a wire rack. To make the icing, sift the icing sugar into a bowl, add the ginger syrup and mix until

smooth and has a spreading consistency, Pour the icing over the cake, spread it to the sides with a

small palette knife and sprinkle with the chopped stem ginger to decorate. Allow the icing to set

before cutting the cake into pieces. ENJOY.

Daisy.

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JOHN AND JULIA'S TRIP TO CANADA For years Canada has been on our list of holiday destinations. Julia and I have often talked about

what to see and where to go. Chances are that if you have been there, we have quizzed you as well!

One dark and cold January evening Julia was looking through the Trailfinders newsletter and, bingo,

there it was - the ideal trip for us. Back in January we were aware it was the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year and as it turned out we were going away on the weekend.

When we met two fellow tour members at Vancouver Airport it was too late to join the rest of the

group for dinner so after a brief hello we retreated to our room for an overdue night’s sleep. The following morning we all met up for a coach tour of Vancouver. Most of our fellow travellers were

Aussies. We knew at once we few Poms could expect some friendly ribbing but we could not have

even guessed at what a great time was in store with everyone gelling and laughter being the order of

every day. We had some free time after the tour, long enough for us to re-visit the Gastown clock

which had a steam powered Westminster.

The following morning we set off early (for us at least) to join the Rocky Mountaineer for a two day

trip. I had expected this journey to be the highlight of the tour. It did not disappoint. I can remember

the days when British Rail served “proper” food in their dining cars and the scenery on some routes in the West Country and Scotland was pretty special. On both counts Canada came out on top. The

food was impressive. On the second day especially, the scenery was amazing. Maybe it was

heightened by the fact that the track snaked alongside a river or lake and thus we looked up at steep

sided snow covered mountains either side of us

Next morning we went down to breakfast oblivious to the overnight storm. There were people

everywhere and a long queue for breakfast. We quickly found out that there had been a land slip

and both the road and rail line were closed so the Rocky Mountaineer could not do the reverse of

the trip we had just enjoyed. The weather also put paid to our planned helicopter trip in Banff but I

think I enjoyed the substitute wine tasting as much if not more! We did ride on the gondola to the

top of Sulphur Mountain, freshly dusted with a layer of snow, for some spectacular views of six

mountain ranges.

Thereafter we travelled by coach, first to Lake

Louise looking at glacier after glacier. At the lake we

found our hotel at one end and a spectacular glacier

at the other. I was told the photo opportunity at

5.00 a.m. was amazing - mill pond still and

reflections of the trees and snow covered tops in

the water. My pics, taken at a more civilised 8.00

o’clock aren’t bad! Just when we thought we might

have done enough glaciers, we were taken by

specially built vehicles to walk on the Athabasca

Glacier. Now many of our new Aussie friends don’t see snow that often so it was inevitable that a snowball fight would ensue. We avoided direct hits,

not so our tour director. A very nice Canadian lady of 50 something somehow finished up on her

back in the snow. Fortunately she saw she funny side of it.

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Next night we were in Sun Peaks. Now I can see how it would be bursting with activity in the

skiing season, but that had just ended and it was something of a ghost town between

seasons. Not so Whistler our next overnight stop. Clearly hosting the Winter Olympics in

2010 caused massive development but it has developed into an all year attraction. We

watched mountain bikers put their bikes on the chair lifts and then come hurtling down at

speeds comparable to down-hill skiers. And they did not have the snow to cushion their falls

if they made a hash of it. It was a thriving place where Canadians go to enjoy themselves.

Next morning we were on our way to Victoria on Vancouver Island, described as having a

British feel and twice voted best city in the Americas. We had some free time to explore a

little on our own and we liked what we saw. Next morning we had breakfast in the Butchart

Gardens and then wandered at will through acres of themed gardens. I bought a green

sweatshirt like those worn by the 50 gardeners in the hope that some of their magic might

rub off on me. The day was completed with a farewell dinner with all our new friends.

On the final morning it was back across the Georgia Strait to Vancouver. The airport for a

few of us, the cruise terminal for most as they had opted for a seven day Alaskan cruise. Did

the holiday meet our expectations? Oh yes, and exceeded them in many respects. Was the

Rocky Mountaineer the best bit? There were many best bits. Much as we enjoyed it, I doubt

if we would ride the train again. However I could see us going back to Victoria and making a

return trip to the Butchart Gardens. Would we travel with APT again? You bet we will. Never

heard of them before we booked this holiday but now we can’t sing their praises enough. It might have been dearer than some other tours, but we had some excellent rooms in superb

hotels in beautiful locations. Overall we had an unforgettable holiday which was excellent

value for money.

John and Julia

On Top of Sulphur Mountain Young Grizzly Bear

SWAFFHAM ROTARY VISUAL ARTS FESTIVAL

@swaffvisarts

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How cool is that?

The Rotary Swaffham Visual Arts Festival is now on TWITTER.

Join in, keep in touch with the comments and information that is up to date on the

Festival for 2012.

What is Twitter?

Twtter is an information network. Millions of people, organisations and businesses use

it to discover and share new information.

On Twitter anyone can read, write and share messages of up to 140 characters.

These messages or Tweets are public and available to anyone interested in them.

Twitter users subscribe to your messages in their timeline, a feed of all the accounts

they have subscribed to.

What will it do for the organisation or major event?

You can use Twitter to quickly share information and build relationship with people

who care about your event – in this instance VISUAL ART. Its good to create interest

and have a conversation about the event happening in the future – or what

happened last year.

Tips

Keep the message simple, only 140 characters

The profile is important and should describe in a few words what you do.

Listen and watch what other similar organisations say and do.

Comment on other organisations and they will do the same with you.

Be nice to people and organisations and again they will do the same with you.

Interact with others. They will retweet to all their followers – someone reading their

Tweets.

Be relevant and interesting, ask questions,

Promote the Twitter name on promotional leaflets, websites etc. Denis

A "brain teaser" cribbed from "The Times"

Which illness appears terminally in Romeo's family, a form of Rugby, and the capitals of the Czech

Republic and South Holland, each time pronounced differently?

(Answer on Page 14)

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TIME PASSES

Have you ever been guilty of looking at others your own age and

thinking, surely I can't look that old? Well...You'll love this one!

My name is Alice Smith and I was sitting in the waiting room for my

first appointment with a new dentist. I noticed his Dental Diploma,

which bore his full name.

Suddenly, I remembered a tall, handsome, dark-haired boy with the

same name had been in my secondary school class some 30-odd years

ago. Could he be the same boy that I had a secret crush on, way back

then?

Upon seeing him, however, I quickly discarded any such thought. This

balding, grey-haired man with the deeply-lined face was far too old to

have been my classmate.

After he examined my teeth, I asked him if he had attended

Morgan Park Secondary School.

"Yes, yes I did. I'm a Morganner!" he beamed with pride.

"When did you leave to go to college?" I asked.

He answered, "In 1965. Why do you ask?"

"You were in my class!" I exclaimed.

He looked at me closely; then , the UGLY, OLD, BALD, WRINKLED, FAT-

ARSED, GREY-HAIRED, DECREPIT, BAST*RD asked ............

"WHAT DID YOU TEACH?"

(ANSWER to the brain teaser on Page13 :--

"ague".......as in Montague, League, Prague and The Hague)

SOME FACTS YOU DO NOT NEED TO KNOW ........

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The English National Health Service was the seventh biggest employer in the world in 2010,

employing 1.4 million people, or about one person out of every forty in England!

The world's biggest employers were as follows (figures in millions) :

3.2 US Department of Defence

2.3 Chinese People's Liberation Army (2008)

2.1 Walmart

1.7 China National Petroleum Corporation

1.7 McDonald's

1.6 State Grid Corporation of China

1.4 NHS (England)

1.4 Indian Railway

0.9 China Post

0.8 Hon Hai Precision Industry

Rotary's collaboration with Start, the

sustainability initiative inspired by HRH The Prince of Wales, is detailed in the RIBI

Environment Group's Service Project Sheet printed on Page16. Recent news on the

initiative includes the following:

Start worked to promote the benefits of seasonal food at the Big Jubilee Lunch With Start in

Greenwich, which attracted 10,000 people. Droves turned up with home-cooked food to eat

at the long decorated tables(even in the rain), with a great variety of street entertainment and

guest appearances culminating in the spectacular Jubilee Pageant going past.

The "Start Roadshow with B&Q" will visit agricultural shows and festivals across the UK this

Summer. The exhibition will take visitors on a journey of sustainable living ideas for the

home: including great ideas for saving energy and water; growing food in small spaces; and

upcycling household items that otherwise would be thrown away.

"Start Imagining" is a creative programme encouraging young people to make things from

what they would normally throw away -- junk! A national competition recently encouraged

schools to make a boat from junk to celebrate The Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Over 1,000

children in 150 schools entered and the six winning entries will be on display at the Discover

Greenwich Visitor Centre until Sunday 15th July ( The winning entries can be seen on

www.startimagining.co.uk ).

To find out about Start events, plus great sustainable living tips, sign up to the monthly Start

Newsletter.

ROTARY AND THE

ENVIRONMENT

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SERVICE PROJECT SHEET

Environmental Education Programme Collaboration with " Start"

Objective

To expand and develop RIBI’s environmental programme through collaboration with Start, a national

initiative of HRH The Prince of Wales’s Charities Foundation which promotes and celebrates

sustainable living.

RIBI Environment Group

Mankind’s impact on natural resources (atmospheric pollution, fresh water supplies, biodiversity etc) has reached unsustainable levels. Unless action is taken to live within our means, this will result

in adverse and very unpleasant consequences for us all, especially the underprivileged. The RIBI

Environment Group, through its network of District Environment Officers (DENs), promotes

awareness of sustainability issues within Rotary and supports Clubs undertaking environmental

projects within their local communities.

Start

Start’s objective is to present an inspiring picture of a sustainable future by highlighting the very best examples of sustainable practice in the UK, and showing how we can all make positive changes right

now.

Funded by corporate partners, it currently has eleven full time staff who promote and facilitate

sustainability programmes within the community and liaise with supporting not-for-profit

organisations such as Rotary.

Rotary Service type

Rotary organises environmental initiatives within the community, especially amongst young people.

These currently include, for example:

the annual RIBI Environment Awards competition

recycling projects such as bicycle recycling

conservation projects such as tree planting schemes

support to eco schools projects

a carbon emissions offset scheme which funds solar ovens in the third world

Opportunities for collaboration

Like the RIBI Environment Group, Start also organises and facilitates community based sustainability

projects. Many of these are targeted at young people and schools and are well resourced and

publicised via a comprehensive website www.startuk.org. RIBI and Start therefore intend to exploit

these synergies by cross linking their websites and jointly promoting selected projects.

Personalities/Organisations supporting the projects

Start is an initiative of the Princes Charity Foundation. Corporate financial sponsors include, inter

alia, B&Q, M&S and Business in the Community. Not-for-profit supporters include the RSPB, the

Woodland Trust and the WI.

Benefits to clubs

access to top class web based resources on the Start website

ideas and encouragement for club projects

sharing and learning through access to other Start supporters

opportunities to tap in to well funded promotions and celebrity endorsement

profile for Rotary as an active player in sustainability initiatives endorsed by HRH The Prince

of Wales

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Feedback from clubs

The Rotary Clubs of: Berkhamsted Bulbourne, Lodden Vale & Swaffham

Contacts for further information

Start

Michael Davies

Local Communities Manager

137 Shepherdess Walk

London N1 7RQ

p: 0207 566 8691

m: 07802 250 139

e: michael.davies@ bitc.org.uk

Rotary

Rtn Malcolm Whittley ( RC of Swaffham & RIBI Enviornment Group)

The Hay Barn

Hall Farm Barns

Oxborough

Kings Lynn

Norfolk PE33 9PS

p: 01366 328 190

m: 07765 091 533

e: [email protected]

My thanks to the many people who sent in contributions to this first edition

of the new Rotary year. Ed.

The Rotary Club of Swaffham

District 1080. RIBI No. 1095

"The Pedlar's Post" - Issue number 85 - July 2012

Editor : Alan Jones

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

All editions of the newsletter are available on the club website

(www.swaffhamrotary.org.uk) and can be downloaded.

ROTARY MEETINGS

At The George Hotel, Swaffham

1st Monday: Lunch, 12.30 for 1.00pm

Other Mondays: Dinner, 7.00 for 7.30pm