Chuckle Corner

I recently took an airline to court after my luggage didn’t turn up... I lost my case. I went to the zoo yesterday and saw a baguette in a cage. The zoo keeper said it was bread in captivity. Within minutes, the detectives figured out what the murder weapon was. It was a brief case.

Volume 25 Issue 4 October2019

Economic and Community Development Month

http://www.bushhillparkrotary.org.uk/

RI President 2019/20—Mark Malony

RIBI President 2019/20—Donna Wallbank

District Governor 1130—Tony Sharma

Dates for your Diary

Changes will be announced at the club by the President.

October

Wed 2nd Mike Bower - Where we are on Marketing and Membership Thurs 3rd District Meeting Wed 9th Andrew Gaudion - Job Talk Wed 16th Neil Hall - All we want to know about Pensions Fri 18th/Sun 20th—District Conference at Bournemouth Wed 23rd Business Meeting Sat 26th Race Nite at St Pauls Hall Winchmore Hill Wed 30th 5th Wednesday - Malone & Co (Enfield Town)

November Wed 6th Wed 13th Dr Patrick O’Mahony Enfield Charitable Trust Wed 20th Wed 27th

Let Bob know of potential speakers.

October Birthdays

12th—Derek Banks

Forthcoming events

Christmas Collections—Fri 20th and Sat 21st Dec - Enfield Precinct

Christmas Carol Service—Thurs 12th Dec—St Olave’s Church EC3R

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situation, which contacts to be made, what resources are available,

etc. – important questions we tried to find the answers for; of course

all in the context of assessing the needs for the help and support to be

provided. We worked in teams, and team dynamics and team

reflections on the situations were also very important part of the

experience. And all the time new surprises and twists of the situation.

By doing so, we indeed learned and understood a lot. Nevertheless,

we are still far from being trained people that can be deployed

tomorrow - but we are much further than what we could get out of

only listening to talks or reading promotion leaflets.

Sounds all quite serious – and indeed it was an intense weekend.

However, many Rotarians add a fifth question to the 4-way test – Is it

fun? Indeed, it was! Most of us did not know each other from before,

and the individual reasons for signing up for the training were very

different. However, within just a weekend we all became a team of

fellows and friends. I myself, and I am pretty sure all other

participants as well, returned home with a lot of energy and

excitement.

Lutz Bachmann Professor for Molecular Systematics Research group: Frontiers in Evolutionary Zoology

Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

Lutz Beckman, PE of London Centenary is a more than keen supporter of

the Shelterbox scheme, and recently went for a training course to become

a member of a Shelterbox response team. Below is his story

First weekend in September 2019 I had the exciting opportunity to

participate in a ShelterBox training in Enköping, Sweden. During the two

days we not only learned a lot about ShelterBox as a charity organisation

but also about the 'real life' challenges on site that ShelterBox

response teams experience once deployed for need assessment after

disaster.

We were a group of 17 participants from Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and

Norway that had signed up for the training, and we were taken care of by

several experienced ShelterBox 'activists' that provided expertise as

previous members of response teams, fundraisers, organizers, promoters,

you name it. In short, we were taken care of very well. Nevertheless, it

was by far not a weekend in just comfort, as one of the aims of the

training was to better understand the on-site challenges of both the local

people hit by disaster and those that are deployed to assess the needs for

help.

Most of the time we spent with a role game that put us as a response

team in the situation of being deployed after disaster. How is the safety

EVER WONDER WHO DELIVERS THE SHELTERBOXES

FOLLOWING DISASTERS?

Bob’s Banter No.4 October

With my bit , I’m always trying to look forward rather

than talk about what we have done. I think we know

that or hopefully we do.

As in the club you are all ‘learned scholars’ and keep

abreast of the political debacle as at present, I am

sure you watched 'Question Time’ on Thursday 19th

September when a very brave man in the audience, asked the assembled

Politicians etc, on the panel "what they were doing about the huge rise in

young people taking their own lives”. He himself was there on the

Anniversary of his 16 year old Daughter, having taken her own life. It is

the first time, probably, in 2 years, that I have seen a bunch of Politicians

agreeing over a serious matter and proves to me that my cause for this

year is the correct one.

Like other great Charities we will all have been ’touched’ by somebody we

know or somebody 'who knows somebody’.

The big difference with this tragic loss of life is that nobody really knows

what causes it and that leaves or can leave families ‘broken’.

Please help me in my and the Club’s efforts to support CALM.

Christmas is only about 12 weeks away and it is the time of year we can

make a bit of difference as a Club.

Ernie’s collection and Dan’s Raffle are both opportunities for us to collect

some cash to swell the Charity Coffers.

I’m also really looking forward to collecting some Food again for the ‘Food

Bank’. In the past it was always amazing, to me, that the one’s you

thought wouldn’t give were the ones who always gave the most.

Poppy Day will very soon be with us and it is fantastic that we support

this magnificent Charity. I’m really looking forward to attending the

memorial service on behalf of the Club.

Mike Harding is now away, taking a well deserved holiday and getting

away from the stress of dealing with my property matters. In his absence

we need to still be getting our Race Nite tables sold and also thinking

about selling the races and horses. Always a good night and 50 people is

really the bare minimum. It is always easy to leave it to others and as the

Americans say “now is the time to step up to the plate.” To remind you

this is on the 26th of October.

At the next business meeting it will be interesting to see how the planning

for other ‘fund raising activities’ are progressing.

Pres. Bob

A Shropshire village has adopted Rotary’s ‘Purple4Polio’ theme as

they bid to win the Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) Britain in

Bloom national competition.

Lying in the north-eastern corner of Shropshire, the picturesque

village of Norton in Hales has a tradition of winning awards in the

county, regional and national ‘Best Kept Village’ categories over

recent years.

Norton in Hales has won the Heart of England in Bloom competition

in the village category several times, and gone on to win at the

national RHS Britain in Bloom level three times, culminating in being

declared the Britain in Bloom ‘Champion of Champions’ in 2015.

This is thanks to a

dedicated team of

volunteers who have

worked hard to produce

colourful displays,

including planting flower

beds and oak barrels

around the village.

Norton-in-Hales C of E

Primary School joined the

Rotary members to plant

crocus corms.

Last year, Norton in Hales won the Heart of England gold medal and

the honour of representing the Midlands in the 2019 national Britain

in Bloom event.

And Rotary’s Purple4Polio campaign lies at the heart of the village’s

bid to win honours this year.

The Norton in Bloom group says they are quietly confident when the

results will be announced in October.

Nigel Passmore, a spokesman for the Norton in Bloom group of

volunteers, said: “Being involved in this competition is part of the

culture of the village.

Time to think CALM

For those of you who missed he

September meeting when Sarah came to

speak to us about The President’s Charity

for this year—CALM - Campaign Against

Living Miserably, here is just a brief

reminder of the Charity’s work.

We are the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) and we’re

leading a movement against suicide, the single biggest killer of men

under the age of 45 in the UK.

Frontline services

Anyone can hit crisis point. We run a free and confidential helpline

and webchat – 7 hours a day, 7 days a week for anyone who needs to

talk about life’s problems. We support those bereaved by

suicide, through the Support After Suicide Partnership (SASP).

Communities

Together we’ll help our boys, our dads, our mums, brothers, sisters,

friends and colleagues. We spread our message and

facilitate supportive spaces in workplaces, universities, pubs, clubs

and prisons across the country – so that people feel empowered to

share their experiences and get the help they need before they reach

the point of crisis.

Campaigns

Everyone has a part to play. We campaign with media partners,

brands and ambassadors to spread awareness of suicide and its

devastating impact with campaigns

like #Project84, #DontBottleItUp and The Best Man Project. We

challenge boring male stereotypes and encourage positive behavioural

change and help-seeking behaviour, using cultural touch points like

art, music, sport and comedy.