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Winchester Rotary Bulletin Free Fireworks Inside!

November 2013

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Graham Perrin and Nick Bell at the

Thursday District Conference Dinner.

There was a 60 strong contingent

from Winchester comprising

members and partners as well as

Luke Addison the prospective

President of the Rotaract Club, who

I know learnt a lot about Rotary in a

very short time! It was the first time

a large proportion of those there

had been to Conference and I was

pleased they enjoyed themselves

and got a lot out of it. Well done

John に by all accounts an excellent

Conference に and well done to all

Winchester Rotarians who worked

hard to make it a success.

many photos were taken and

hopefully will be used to attract

some publicity!

The icing on the cake was the

support we received from the

embryonic University Rotaract Club

who not only provided large

numbers of collectors but also

novelties such as Mascots, a clown

and break dancers which I am sure

increased our takings from the day

to over £500 with Gift Aid as well

as providing us with some

excellent publicity. It was fitting

that Rotaract played such a big

part in the subsequent Youth

Activities Showcase at our Meeting

following, with much enthusiasm

and clear commitment to working

in our Community.

A much needed holiday means that

I cannot write anything about the

Quiz and Fireworks Evening which

will have happened by the time

you read this although not as I

write にbut rest assured they will

receive a mention next month!!

Finally to return to my initial

comments に I am very pleased and

proud as a former Rotaractor that

a Rotaract Club is being chartered

in my year as President. I am sure

you can all see the benefits of

having a Club from our experiences

to date as well as of course the

benefits that the young people

themselves derive from such an

organisation. As I write it looks as if

their Charter Night will be on

November 30th at the University. I

hope as many Winchester

Rotarians as possible will support

and give the committed band of

Rotaractors a really good start to

the life of the new Club. You are

never too old!

As the nights draw in the activities

of the Club seem to be increasing

as does the buzz which these are

creating にdue in no small part to

the enthusiasm and ideas of our

new Rotaract Club, of which more

later!

We started the month well with

the Clarendon Marathon attracting

help from the majority of

Winchester Rotary and proved to

be a real focus for members, their

families and friends. Whilst we are

still learning how to maximize the

Charitable funds which this raises it

certainly raises the profile of

Rotary in the local Community and

assists individuals in raising funds

for their own Charities.

It is anticipated we have raised a

small amount for the Rotary Trust

Fund にwhich is unallocated Funds

and can therefore be used for

projects the Club decides are

suitable as they arise. A further

encouraging sum was estimated as

raised by individuals for their own

charities.

I would like to thank all those who

supported me in my running the

Full Marathon to raise £750 for

Winchester Youth Counselling.

Congratulations are due to Roger

Walker, J-J Heath-Caldwell and

Fiona Whitehouse and of course

the rest of the Committee for their

considerable hard work put in over

several months leading up to the

Marathon and with which they are

still involved.

The dust (very apt considering the

gorgeous weather) had hardly

settled on the Marathon before we

were off to Plymouth to support

District Governor John Eade in his

District Conference helping in the

organization and stewarding.

As soon as we returned from the

excellent speakers of Conference we

were treated to a real feast of a

presentation from Sarah Whiting of

the local charity Hope & Homes for

Children にthere was hardly a dry eye

in the house as she explained about

their work closing down orphanages

in Eastern Europe something much

more complex than we had

imagined!

We were given a weekend off from

Rotary activities but then World

Polio Day was upon us and

Winchester Rotary marked its

support of that by holding a

collection two days later in the City

Centre. We were privileged to have

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British Polio Fellowship. Nick Bell

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Breakfast Meeting Wednesday 23 October

Lunch Meeting

Lunch Meeting

Monday 7 October

Monday 21 October

Simon Applebaum (IT) and Nina Kelly

(Community Action Hampshire)

Dominic Hiscock and Jackie Porter

(Breakfast Meeting Chairman).

Gill Russell (President Elect) and Iain

Steel (Richard Steel & Partners).

Tony Blackshaw (Education) and Rob

Carter (Millgate Winchester Ltd.)

Anthony Arkwright (Goadsby) and

Keith Myers (The Myers Touch).

Nick Bell (President) and John Sweeting

(Rotary Foundation Director).

Sarah Cragg (Choice Care Group) and

Mike Hill (Christmas Shoebox Scheme)

Ron Venturi (Guest), Simon Burge

(Dutton Gregory) & Bruce Royston-Smith

Luke Addison & President Nick Bell

Nick Bell (President), John Richards

(WTN Chairman) and David Farthing.

Julian English speaks on Membership

Luke Addison (Winchester University

Rotaract President) received a cheque

from Nick Bell (Winchester Rotary

President and former Rotactor) for

their help in the Clarendon Marathon.

In advance of the District Conference

Julian English gave his presentation

on the constant need for Members.

John Richards from the Winchester

Talking Newspaper explained the

wonderful work done on behalf of the

visually impaired. Audio recordings

from the local newspapers especially

the Hampshire Chronicle are

circulated by a most professional

team of volunteers.

David Farthing was WTN Chairman for

21 years and founded the service with

a former Rotarian Martin Fayers and

previously of Alton where he met a

young Nick Bell!

The WTN meets in Chesil House

through the kindness of Richard Steel

& Partners (Rotarian Iain Steel).

The Guests introduced themselves and

the host Rotarians looked back at the

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Saturday 26 October and Fireworks on

Saturday 2 November (H.Q. at Carter

Jonas). Even Tony Blackshaw (alias

Reginald Bunthorne) sang a number

from Gilbert & Sullivaﾐげゲ Patience to

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Early start at H.Q. Base Camp

Anthony Arkwright & Robert Parsons

with generous members of the public.

Radio Solent!

Welcome to an

interview with

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Saturday 26 October

Members will recall my invitation to the British Polio

Fellowship (BPF) to join us on the day に which they did に

with a display van outside the Guildhall - launching their

first annual Post Polio Syndrome (PPS) day showcasing

the work of the charity.

The BPF were able to highlight the debilitating condition

affecting more than 120,000 people in the UK (around

デｴW ゲ;ﾏW ﾐ┌ﾏHWヴ ;ゲ P;ヴﾆｷﾐゲﾗﾐげゲぶが ﾏﾗゲデ ﾗa ┘ｴﾗﾏ contracted polio in the 1950s. We were all also

delighted to welcome the Mayor and Mayoress of

Winchester, Councillor Ernie Jeffs and his wife Barbara

who lent their support to both campaigns.

On Saturday 26 October (two days after World Polio

Day) Winchester Rotarians were on the High Street

collecting for the still very much relevant global Rotary

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Their numbers were increased with the additional

presence of members of the newly formed Winchester

University Rotaract Club に whose enthusiasm livened

up proceedings with the addition of a clown and

Donald Duck (see below)!

Positive publicity outside The Guildhall, Winchester

The Rotaract help was very welcome and added

greatly to the enjoyment of the day に cheering

everyone up, despite intermittent autumnal

downpours!

Collectors handed out crocus badges に the symbol of

the campaign に a reminder of the purple stamp put on

the little finger of those immunised (see right).

£420 was collected on the day に and donations are still

arriving from members unable to join us に so we

estimate that with the addition of Gift Aid, the end

result will be in the region of £550. A great result!

Winchester University Graduate Peter Barter giving

encouragement to bright-eyed Donald Duck.

End Polio Now

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British Polio Fellowship

Gill Russell with Roger Sales and Alan Beckett

Postscript: As this edition of the Bulletin goes to press,

there are confirmed reports of a re-emergence of polio in

eastern Syria (the first outbreak in the country in 14 years)

に 10 confirmed cases in children under the age of five.

Before the war Syria had one of the most sophisticated

medical services in the Middle East.

The World Health Organisation fears that the virus could

spread as refugees try to leave. Justin Forsyth of Save the

Children said: "Polio doesn't respect conflict lines or

borders so we need ceasefires to reach all children with

vaccines, no matter where they live. If chemical weapons

inspectors can be allowed access across Syria with

notebooks, surely aid workers can be allowed in with

vaccines." (with acknowledgement to the BBC and

Guardian websites).

Out in the High Street and undaunted by the rain above.

The Mayor, Cllr. Ernie Jeffs, also visited the collecting

points along the High Street に under a giant Rotary

umbrella! Our pre-event joint publicity with the BPF

resulted in additional media coverage に a call from Radio

Solent which resulted in a live interview on the Saturday

breakfast show with Gill Russell as a polio survivor.

As a result several members of the public, who had

contracted polio as children and heard the interview,

visited the BPF van to find out more about the

organisation and the help it can offer.

Ted Hill MBE, Chief Executive of the British Polio

Fellowship, who was among the BPF group has since

sent us this message:

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venture with an overall mission that we wholeheartedly

support. Whilst the need to prevent further Polio

outbreaks is well documented, we also want people to

remember those who will be living with the after effects

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As long as there are pockets of endemic polio anywhere in

the world the risk remains に demonstrating the need to

さEﾐS Pﾗﾉｷﾗ Nﾗ┘ざぁ Gill Russell

As reported by the BBC on Thursday 30 October

Saturday 26 October

British Polio

The charm of Alan Darlington

BPF ladies from London with Gill Russell

Syrian Crisis

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Annual Fundraiser Sunday 6 October

Paparazzi personified:

James Larcombe and Joe Bright

St John Ambulance early massage!

Fiona Whitehouse making it happen.

Team Winchester

Dreaming of making it happen.

Winchester Rotary President Nick Bell

speeding away from Salisbury cathedral.

What a great day after a year of

planning and preparation by so

many people headed by JJ Heath-

Caldwell, Roger Walker and Fiona

Whitehouse.

The bare facts: 1000+ registered for

either a full marathon, half

marathon or team relay. 800+ ran

on the day and thousands of pounds

were raised for Charities who helped

and those who were sponsored. This

left a small profit at the end to be

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Runners Feedback:

さFantastic marathon, and brilliantly

organized from start to finish. The

Marshalls were wonderful, probably

the best at any race I've ever run. I'll

be back as someone in a film once

said!ざ Mark Harvey

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さalso - a van selling bacon rolls at the

finish - genius!ざ Alison Gay

さぐamazing jelly beans, which I loved

those beans so much I've just

ordered a big jar of them from

Amazon. ざ

Teresa Griffith

Many a special story:

OﾐW ヴ┌ﾐﾐWヴげゲ ﾏﾗデｷ┗W ┘;ゲ デﾗ ヴ┌ﾐ this, her first full marathon, for a

charity that helps those with

eating disorders. She had

overcome such an issue but a

friend was in need of support.

Thanks to all charities and

volunteers who made it all

possible.

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The Clarendon Way Salisbury to Winchester

Running for joy

Running for The Ghurkhas

Runners Feedback:

さThank you so much to all who

contributed to such a special day. I

suffered horribly in the heat, so the

frequent water stations were an

absolute godsend, as were the huge

numbers of volunteers and constant

encouragement.

The route was lovely, and the finish

made a great venue. And thanks for

the large quantity of bananas. I can't

say I'll run another half marathon as

I only did this event because I've

wanted to do it for years. But I will

tell all my running friends about it.ざ

Janet Clapton, Burgess Hill Runners

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Full 26 Milesぐ Half Marathonぐ

Winchester Rotaractors in force

Crowd encouragement

The eventual winner mid-race

A winner to those who know Simon

Runner Feedback:

さI ヮｷIﾆWS ┞ﾗ┌ヴ ヴ;IW HWI;┌ゲW I ﾏ┌Iｴ prefer a locally organised race that

raises money for a good cause

instead of commercial profit.

However, the whole day was run so

professionally, from the buses to the

start/finish that it very much

impressed me. The best bits by far

though were the marshals around

the course, supportive, spirited and

utterly brilliant. I will be back in

ヲヰヱヴく KｷﾐS ‘Wｪ;ヴSゲがざ Nina Smith

さBrilliantly run event, my 8th time of

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marshals out, many thanks to all of

them. It really feels like a race that

is run for runners and has a great

けaWWﾉげく Tｴ;ﾐﾆゲがざ Jon Braund

More stories will be featured in next

ﾏﾗﾐデｴげゲ B┌ﾉﾉWデｷﾐく Ia ┞ﾗ┌ ｴ;┗W ;ﾐ┞ relevant news to share with the

wider public please let us know.

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The Clarendon Way Relay Teamゲぐ

John Eade (District Governor), Gill Russell

(President Elect), Nigel Montague (Winner,

┘ｴﾗ HヴﾗﾆW ｴｷゲ ;ﾐﾆﾉW ｷﾐ ﾉ;ゲデ ┞W;ヴげゲ ヴ;IWぁぶ Eileen Berry (Deputy Mayor).

International Rotary running vest

from a previous Isle of Man event.

Simon Burge being interviewed by

Winchester Hospital Radio.

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interviewing JJ Heath-Caldwell.

Roger Walker top Organiser

Wells for India offering water!

Super hero deserving the applause

Jumping for joy

Winchester Rotary team at the finish.

Visit Runners World website for

more comments both positive and

constructively critical which will

help Winchester Rotary improve!

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District 1110 Conference

Conference Committee - Mon. 7 October

John and Patsy Eade (right) with guests

Sandy Dunn of Dentaid

Geri Parlby of REPoD

Exmouth Shanty Men

All was well organised: Registration

packs, accurate and complete. A

good Rotary Showcase was set out,

outside the main hall where the

Plenary sessions were held and gave

delegates a chance to view the

various projects and other items of

interest before sessions and at

breaks. The atmosphere throughout

was friendly and thought provoking.

His Highness, The Hon. John Eade

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Conference Venue

Paul Gelders RI Representative

Judy Emms, Mike & Pam Tilbury

Tom Yendell of Mouth & Foot Artists

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Discussion Panel: Derek Davidson, Georgina Saralis, Mike Sanders and Julian English

11-13 October

The speakers were clear, concise

and professional. They gave the

necessary facts and showed passion

for their laudable causes.

The Membership session worked

effectively making many delegates

accept there is an urgent need to

rethink how new members are won.

Rotaractors from three clubs

Judy Emms of Inner Wheel

Barry Lipscomb asks his question

David Sutton of BASICS Hampshire

Richard Abbott i/c Stewards and Bell

Peter Davey - RI Coordinator Zone 18a

Julian English on Membership

Alarming statistics on Membership

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Plymouth

Winchester Rotary Conference delegates and guests enjoying Presidential pre-dinner drinks at the Duke of Cornwall Hotel.

Old friendships were rekindled, new

ones made and the shared desire to

make everything modern and relevant

was very obvious.

Each evening had its own special

sense of relaxing over a good meal

whether in a restaurant, hotel and

even in the Pavilions Centre.

John Eade as RIBI Representative

Richard Chisnell ADC

Plymouth Naval Dockyard visit

Guy Boocock, Rotaract District Rep.

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Adam Knott of Goalball UK

Amy Davies of Bournemouth Rotaract

Cotehele House visit

Saturday

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District 1110 Conference

Richard Abbott, Polly and Colin Cook

Congratulations to John Eade for a truly

successful Conference. He was last seen

flying high in preparation to enter space.

The Saturday afternoon trips were

much appreciated. The hotel

arrangements were excellent.

Thanks and congratulations to each

Winchester Rotarian who spoke at

Conference and to the enormous

work behind the scenes by so many

and over a long period of time.

Sunday

Elegant John with Maureen and Richard

Adam Smith District Youth Musician

Keith Woodward of Street Pastors

Group Study Exchange Team 2013

Jos Garbett of Wells for India

Mike Jackson and David Pike re.2014

Jeremy Ouvry (centre) + Team Pavilions

Jack Russell Motivational Speaker

Patsy and John unwinding with guest.

The most significant abiding

デｴﾗ┌ｪｴデぎ さデｴW ｪヴW;デWゲデ ゲWヴ┗ｷIW ;ﾐ┞ member can give is to bring in the

next generation oa ﾏWﾏHWヴゲくざ

Next year will be in Bournemouth

and so more accessible for busy,

working people with families! More

information nearer the time.

Ia ┞ﾗ┌ ｴ;┗Wﾐげデ HWWﾐ HWaﾗヴWが デｴｷﾐﾆ about it and give it a go. They are

stimulating; you meet interesting,

like-minded people.

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Evening Meeting Monday 14 October

Richard Abbott and Fiona Whitehouse

wearing the youthful eye-catching

District Conference baseball hat!

Colin Cook, Sarah Whiting, President Nick Bell

and Gloria Vessey (Advocates for Children).

We work together with children, their

families, communities, professionals,

NGOs and governments across Central

and Eastern Europe and Africa to

ensure that institutionalisation is a

thing of the past, and that no child has

to grow up deprived of the love and

care of a family.

We have the expertise and the skills

to transform the lives of children

trapped in institutions and to

prevent the separation of children

from their parents when families

are at risk of breakdown. We

strengthen families, provide family

based care for children unable to

live at home, close institutions and

develop institution-free childcare

systems for future generations.

When we began work in Romania in

1999 there were 100,000 children

trapped in institutional care. Today

the figure is approximately 9,000

and the Romanian Government has

committed to working with us to

close every state run institution by

2020.

In 1994 a retired British UN

Commander, Mark Cook, and his wife

Caroline visited the Bjelave Children's

Institution in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Mark,

who previously served as

Commander of the British Contingent

of the UN Protection Force in the

former Yugoslavia, knew only too

well the devastating consequences of

Sarajevo's long-running siege.

But it was when he watched a heart

wrenching television news report

about the city's shelled out Bjelave

institution that he realised he and

Caroline had to helpぐ

So began the remarkable story of this

Charity. Winchester Rotary has had a

long association with it and quite

recently a former member Rick

Foulsham worked closely with them.

Hope and Homes for Children is an

international charity working to ensure

that all children have the chance to

grow up in the love of a family. We are

leading experts in closing children's

institutions and reforming childcare

systems.

Sarah Whiting

Rotary friends, Andy Williams, Beth &

Bob from Salisbury who helped in the

Marathon with JJ Heath-Caldwell (right).

Royal Hampshire County Hospital

League of Friends & Winchester Floral

Design Society.

Offer beautiful gifts, cards, jams,

chutneys and floral arrangements at the

Cathedral Christmas market on

9am to 6pm - Saturday 7th December

Proceeds in aid of both organisations.

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Youth Showcase Monday 28 October

Winchester Rotary Bulletin Sponsor

さYouth Speaksざ

さMock Interviewsざ

Gloria Vessey, Nick Bell and Maggie Hastie

Iain White and Adam Leemans (American

Ambassadorial Scholar at Southampton Uni.

I was introduced to Youth Speaks

shortly after joining Rotary last year

and immediately I could see the

huge benefits which this competition

provides for pupils aged 11-17.

Not only does it give young people

experience of speaking on a public

platform as members of a team, it

provides an incentive for them to

formulate ideas on topical subjects

within the discipline of dealing with a

topic in a limited time.

Above all the competition provides

the opportunity for pupils to learn

and practise high standards of

expression and presentation and to

receive impartial criticism and

assessment by experienced

adjudicators.

I met Nim Coomber, who had started

a debating club in order to promote

the skill of public speaking.

Nim competed in Youth Speaks and

she thinks that it is a great way to

prepare students for further

education/future employment.

The students who competed

discussed the impact of social

networking sites on our society,

debated the definition of the term

'friend' and lamented the effect of

technology on modern society. Many

Rotarians from this club supported

the event as an audience, time-

timekeepers and the speakers were

asked suitably challenging questions

by Jackie Porter and Jeremy Ouvry.

Before the District round a month

later, the teams were coached

intensively by Brian Bull and Ian

White - both Rotarians who have

considerable experience of previous

Youth Speaks competitions. This was

a true example of where Rotary can

have a huge positive impact on the

lives of young people.

Thanks to Gloria Vessey (Barrister)

and Nick Bell (Solicitor) to have

worked with groups and taught about

prosecution and defence aspects of

court proceedings.

Their Club starts at 3 pm on Weds

from 13th Nov. 3 judges and a

questioner, two timekeepers and

stewards needed on Jan. 9th at 5 pm.

In January this year, together with

Henry Beaufort School, we organised

for approximately 25 adults to help

conduct mock interviews with some

130 students.

They face a 20 minute 1 to 1

interview with a stranger, possibly for

the first time in their lives and then

are provided feedback.

Each student fills out a short CV

before the interview so his/her

interviewer does have some idea of

their academic background, their

interests, any work experience and

anything else the student may think

is relevant.

Sometimes there is very little on the

CV ;ﾐS ｷデげゲ ｴWヴW デｴ;デ ┘W ｴ;┗W デｴW opportunity to talk to the student

and hopefully help them to sell

themselves better on their CV.

The students are not applying for a

particular job but where a student

has indicated a particular interest we

do try to match them with a suitable

interviewer if we think it may help.

We also have a list of sample

questions to help get started.

The day is split in to 30 minute

sessions に 20 minutes to engage the

student in talking about themselves

and then 10 minutes to complete a

ゲｷﾏヮﾉW けFWWSH;Iﾆ “ｴWWデげ ;ゲ デﾗ ｴﾗ┘ you feel the interview went. I usually

discuss this with the student.

The completed forms we hand to the

school at the end of the day and they

are passed on to the student through

the school.

The details of this event are on the

Cﾉ┌H ┘WHゲｷデWく Gﾗ デﾗ けMWWデｷﾐｪゲ ;ﾐS E┗Wﾐデゲげ ;ﾐS ┞ﾗ┌げﾉﾉ ゲWW MﾗIﾆ Interviews in the top LH corner as a

featured event.

I would ask you to at least click on the

Henry Beaufort website to see a short

video. It gives you a fantastic idea of

the school and the sort of students

you will meet. I found it quite

refreshing.

If you would like to help for the day

(08:30 to 16:00), or just the morning

or the afternoon - please register.

Ian White

Maggie Hastie

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9a Jewry Street , Winchester SO23 8RZ

Tel: 01962 842742

EMAIL : winchester@carterjonas.co.uk

www.carterjonas.co.uk

Winchester Rotary Bulletin Sponsor

Our Involvement with Youth

Rotary International Fundraising

End Polio Now (Foundation)

Rotary International Schemes

Rotaract (Luke Addison) - Ambassadorial Scholar (Adam Leemans)

Georgia Scholarship (Denis Welstead) - Youth Exchange (Foundation)

Rotary Youth Leadership Award (Bruce Royston-Smith)

Winchester Rotary Fundraising

Swimathon - Education Uganda - Celebration of Youth

(Lesley Loughridge) (John Wilkinson) (James Larcombe)

Rotary in Britain & Ireland Awards & Events

Kids Out (Gareth Jones) - Youth Speaks (Maggie Hastie)

Young Musician

Rotary District 1110 Initiatives

Christmas Shoeboxes (Mike Hill)

Winchester Rotary Initiatives

Reading in Schools (Bill Lumsden) - Mock Interviews (Ian White)

Specialist Music Concert (Richard Abbott)

Also available

Interact - Children in Need 2013 - Young Innovator - Young Citizen

Young Technologist - Young Photographer - Young Writer

Young さWｴ;デW┗Wヴ ┞ﾗ┌ ┘ﾗ┌ﾉS ﾉｷﾆW デﾗ ﾗヴｪ;ﾐｷゲWざぁ

Prof. Neil Marriott & Rotaractor

けEﾐS Pﾗﾉｷﾗ Nﾗ┘げ “;デく ヲヶ OIデく

Adam Leemans

Luke Addison

Swimathon 2013

Education Uganda

Kids Out

Youth Speaks

St. Faiths School

Peter Symonds College

Henry Beaufort School

Specialist Music School

Youth Showcase

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Winchester University

Rotaract

First Event in June: Kids Out

Pedal - Pace - Paddle

Freshers Fair

Successful First Meeting

Clarendon Marathon

Plymouth Conference

けEﾐS Pﾗﾉｷﾗ Nﾗ┘げ in High Street

Oxjam Charity event

Youth Showcase

Rotary International Scheme

Winchester Rotary Initiative

Starting point: Meeting with Simon Theobalds

and Marcus Swalwell at Winchester University.

Showcase presentation

Rotary Quiz on 1 November

After meeting Rotarians at events such as Kids Out

and Pedal に Pace に Paddle the obvious thing was to

give the Freshers Fair a good try.

It has been so encouraging to get a great

response within the university and then to learn

so much more from the District 1110 Conference.

All the activities have been awesome: helping

with the Clarendon Marathon and End Polio Now

street collection as well as our own Oxjam event.

Thanks for all the hospitality and encouragement

which we have received since the whole process

has started. Youth Showcase and Quiz were cool!

You are more than welcome to the Charter night on 30 November

The Joint Meeting in July

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New Member

Foundation Quiz

Susan Watson

Anthony Arkwright, Proposer, Susan Watson

and President Nick Bell (Monday 28 October)

I have lived in Hampshire for the

last 16 years, but moved to

Bramdean around 3 years ago and

started working in Winchester a

couple of years ago. I work full time

and in my spare time I am

renovating my house, which has

proved to be a time consuming

process and is still an on-going

project. My parents and sister all

live in Scotland, although my

parents are currently planning a

move to Hampshire to be closer.

Having gained a degree in hotel and

catering management, I worked for

many years as a conference venue

finder for corporate clients. A few

years ago, I decided to try a new

challenge and am now a qualified

estate agent. My current employer

is Smiths Gore, which is a national

company with a strong background

in land and estate management,

and I work from the Winchester

office located in Eastgate Street.

This proved to be a challenging but

highly rewarding role and it was a

great way of becoming more

involved with local people, including

offenders, their family and other

volunteers.

My leisure activities include dancing

- salsa and Argentine tango.

Since my career change, increased

work commitments meant that it

proved difficult to find sufficient

time to carry on with my voluntary

work. However, I found that I

missed this side of my life

enormously and so now that my

career is more established, it feels

the right time to become more

involved again in the local

community. The Rotary offers the

opportunity to support many good

causes, as well as the enjoyment of

working alongside other members

who have proved to be friendly and

welcoming.

From 2003 until 2009, I was a volunteer

for the Wessex Youth Offending Team

acting as a panel member dealing with

young people in the local community

who had been given referral orders in

court.

This involved an initial meeting with the

young person to discuss reparations and

interventions, leading to the formation of

a contract which addressed the offending

behaviour. Review meetings were then

scheduled, so that progress could be

monitored and any problems resolved. Susan Watson

Picture gurus: including John & Myra

Wilkinson, Barry & Christine Lipscomb

Paul and Gill Russell (President Elect)

with Irene Modzelan (Quiz Organiser).

Quizmaster James Larcombe, Carole

Steel and Gareth Jones (right).

Arun Swarup and Angela Another

masterminded the successful bar.

Left to right: Roger Sales, Simon

Applebaum (IT Guru) & Irene Modzelan

Friday 1 November

Young, intelligent Winchester University

undergraduates including new Rotactors

Thanks to Irene Modzelan and her

wonderful helpers who provided a

sumptuous and satisfying supper.

It was a lively and cerebral evening at

Itchen Abbas Village Hall with a quiz,

raffle, bar and two-course supper.

The Rotary Charity Fund will benefit

from £1,600 raised on the night.

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Street Reach Monday 7 October

Careers and Educational Guidance

Front Row left: Jackie Porter and Jeremy

Ouvry at the Street Reach AGM held in

Winchester University on 7 October.

The inaugural meeting was called by

Denis Beacham who had just retired

as the inspirational Headmaster of

Montgomery of Alamein (now Kings)

School. As I had been a member of

ｴｷゲ ゲIｴﾗﾗﾉげゲ ヮ;ヴWﾐデ っ デW;IｴWヴ association I found myself on the list

of invitees.

In 1983 there was no Nightshelter or

Trinity Centre. There was no

Winchester Area Community Action

started so successfully a few years

later by Alison Way (known then as

the Winchester District Council for

Community Service).

Equally thW Cｴ┌ヴIｴ ﾗa Eﾐｪﾉ;ﾐSげゲ F;ｷデｴ in the City Report which was to cause

quite a political stir was still a year or

two away so that I think that we

citizens of leafy Winchester believed

that we had none of the social

problems other cities were suffering.

As we know today this view was not

shared by Denis Beacham who

believed that our school system was

failing some 25% of our children

particularly those from the less

advantaged parts of our community.

Having been involved for some years

with the Ocean Youth Club I had seen

the transforming effect that the Club

had on some young people from

disadvantaged backgrounds and the

inspirational role models provided by

the skipper/youth leaders.

I aWﾉデ デｴ;デ DWﾐｷゲ BW;Iｴ;ﾏげゲ ヮヴﾗヮﾗゲWS Detached Youth Worker project

seemed to have much to recommend

it.

I think Denis retired a year or so later

but it was not until the early 1990s

that I joined the committee and

served for a while as Chairman. There

were some challenges:

We had an income only sufficient to

employ one full time youth worker

and that income was not entirely

secure.

The youth ┘ﾗヴﾆWヴげゲ ｴﾗ┌ヴゲ ゲWWﾏWS little different from a 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

5 day week when it was apparent

that most contact needed by the

young was evenings mainly Thursday

and Friday.

Before long the project worker

decided that the role was not for her

and we were left with a clean sheet

of paper to decide how we would

recruit for the future.

We ended up recruiting 3 excellent

ゲデ┌SWﾐデゲ aヴﾗﾏ Kｷﾐｪ AﾉaヴWSげゲ CﾗﾉﾉWｪW each working 6 to 8 hours a week

mainly on Thursday and Friday

evenings. By so doing:

1. It made the best use of our limited

resources.

2. 2 workers could always work

together so that each would know

what the others were doing providing

greater safety for them and the

young in sometimes noisy and

potentially unruly situations.

3. It provided valuable hands on

experience for students aiming for a

career in the wider world.

During my time as Chairman the

opportunity arose to attend a

weekend long National Conference of

Detached Youth Workers in Coventry.

It seemed to confirm that, for such

people whose role is very much

detached, a supportive and engaged

management committee is

particularly important.

On a personal note it was a

humbling, and indeed moving,

experience for me that many of those

attending felt I needed to be looked

after and did just that. I was old

enough to have been father to most

of them and even grandfather to

some!

The Saturday night was given over to

a very jolly party which went on late

into the night. I went to bed at a

relatively civilised hour to arise early

and grasp the opportunity to make

my first ever visit to Coventry

Cathedral. It proved to be an historic

moment in that I found myself

attending Holy Communion

celebrated by one of the first ever

Church of England women priests

who had been ordained only the day

before. By the time I returned to the

conference breakfast for some bleary

eyed delegates was not yet over!

I believe that many young people join

gangs out of fear of being bullied or

isolated and then find themselves in

trouble out of boredom or whatever.

I have no doubt that the timely

support of a youth worker can make

all the difference to those young

ヮWﾗヮﾉWげゲ a┌デ┌ヴWゲく I wish the present team every

success.

Winchester Detached Youth Worker Project 30th Birthday に Some Recollections

Jeremy Ouvry

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District Golf Competition

Friday 25 October Shoeboxes Deadline

The sun shone throughout the round on the

China Fleet Golf Club by the river Tamar.

District Governor John Eade with James

Larcombe (Winner of the Claret Jug).

Vision Aid Overseas

Peter Symonds College

Mike Hill with staff from Sainsburys

The Henry Beaufort School

Many thanks to a whole host of generous

people, from a wide range of places, who

have given so much of their time to make

up Christmas shoeboxes this year.

A further update will appear in next

ﾏﾗﾐデｴげゲ DWIWﾏHWヴ B┌ﾉﾉWデｷﾐ H┌デ aﾗヴ デｴW moment a thank you to students and

staff at the Peter Symonds Sixth Form

site, and at the Adult Higher Education

campus in Stoney Lane, Winchester.

Plus members of the local community

who responded to a request on

Winchester Freecycle for contributions,

Moda Pelle in Winchester High Street for

their support with copious amounts of

empty shoe boxes. All this has been

made possible through the work of

Demelsa Healy at Peter Symonds.

100 VIP guests attended a prestigious

ヴWIWヮデｷﾗﾐ ﾗヴｪ;ﾐｷゲWS H┞ VAO ﾏ;ヴﾆｷﾐｪ けWﾗヴﾉS “ｷｪｴデ D;┞げ ;デ デｴW Hﾗ┌ゲW ﾗa Cﾗﾏﾏﾗﾐゲく BBC presenter Fiona Bruce, who is Hon. Vice-

President of Vision Aid Overseas, made a

ゲヮWWIｴ ﾗ┌デﾉｷﾐｷﾐｪ デｴW Iｴ;ヴｷデ┞げゲ ┘ﾗヴﾆ ;ﾐS デｴW Cｴ;ヴｷデ┞げゲ Cｴ;ｷヴﾏ;ﾐが D;┗ｷS “Iﾗデデ ‘;ﾉヮｴゲ デﾗﾗﾆ the opportunity to announce that VAO has

been awarded a Global Poverty Action Fund

(GPAF) Impact Widow Grant from the

Department for International Development:

http://bit.ly/17NwXBd

John Eade and Julian English, the

Winner of the best Stapleford score.

Wednesday 9 October

Richard Rawling (MD Rawlings

Opticians), Kate Lee, (Finance Manager

at VAO), Sally Hake, Marcus Swalwell

(Former Chairman).

Sally Hake (Rawlings Opticians) and

Derek Davidson at the Vision Aid

Overseas stand during the District

Conference in Plymouth.

St. F;ｷデｴげゲ “Iｴﾗﾗﾉ

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Good Neighbours Monday 9 December. Evening Meeting. 7.00 for 7.30 に 10.00 p.m. Winchester Hotel.

Attendance & Reception: Gloria Vessey. Properties & Grace: Dominic Hiscock.

Menu: Chicken, Ham & Leek Pie, with Homemade Chunky Chips & Seasonal Vegetables

Ginger Sponge Pudding with Sauce Anglaise

Featuring: Winchester Youth Counselling and Winchester Rotary SGM.

SGM

Monday 23 December. Lunch Meeting. 12.30 for 1.00p.m. Royal Hotel.

Buffet. Reception & Attendance: MｷﾆW TｷﾉH┌ヴ┞く ヱヰ ﾏｷﾐ┌デW けT;ﾉﾆげ デH;く

Nan McCreadie

Meetings in December

Meetings in November

Monday 4 November. Lunch Meeting. 12.30 for 1.00p.m. Royal Hotel.

Buffet. Reception & Attendance: デH;く ヱヰ ﾏｷﾐ┌デW けT;ﾉﾆげく

Aﾐﾐ; OげBヴｷWﾐ に けHｷゲデﾗヴ┞ ﾗa Hﾗゲヮｷデ;ﾉ ‘;Sｷﾗげ

Monday 11 November. Evening Meeting. 7.00 for 7.30 に 10.00 p.m. Royal Hotel.

Attendance & Reception: Geraldine Martinsen. Properties & Grace: Graham Topping.

Menu: Steak & Kidney Pie, Boiled Potatoes & Season Vegetables

Profiteroles with Hot Chocolate Sauce

Featuring: Brig. David Harrison & Tony Dowland に

"The Morn Hill Camps, Winchester - Their Role in The Great War 1914-1918"

Wednesday 20 November. Breakfast Meeting. 7.15 for 7.30 に 8.30 a.m.

The Hampshire Room, Winchester Royal Hotel. Contact: Iain Steel/Website.

Monday 18 November. Lunch Meeting. 12.30 for 1.00p.m. Royal Hotel.

Buffet. Reception & Attendance: Mike Hill.

Monday 25 November. Evening Meeting. 7.00 for 7.30 に 10.00 p.m. Winchester Hotel.

Attendance & Reception: Lesley Loughridge. Properties & Grace: James Hull.

Menu: Lamb Cobbler, Creamed Mashed Potatoes & Seasonal Vegetables

Apple Pie & Custard

Featuring: Nan McCreadie (Rotary International in Great Britain & Ireland President).

Hospital Radio

To Honour a Promise

Monday 2 December. Lunch Meeting. 12.30 for 1.00p.m. Royal Hotel.

Buffet. Reception & Attendance: Derek Davison. ヱヰ ﾏｷﾐ┌デW けT;ﾉﾆげく

Lou Lewis に さGﾗﾗS NWｷｪｴHﾗ┌ヴゲざ

Wednesday 18 December. Breakfast Meeting. 7.15 for 7.30 に 8.30 a.m.

The Hampshire Room, Winchester Royal Hotel. Contact: Iain Steel/Website.

Monday 16 December. Evening Meeting. 7.00 for 7.30 に 10.00 p.m.

at The Officers Mess, Worthy Down.

Attendance & Reception: Roger Sales. Properties & Grace: Simon Theobalds.

Menu: Roast Turkey with all the trimmings, Seasonal Vegetables with potatoes OR

Foil Baked Fresh Salmon Steak with parsley sauce, new potatoes and crisp green vegetables.

Christmas Pudding with Brandy Sauce OR Baileys Chocolate Torte. Coffee/Tea & Mince Pies.

Cost: £30 per head. Payable from personal meals account for members, cheques please on

The night to Winchester Rotary for partners and guests.

Featuring: A brilliant Christmas Party.

Worthy Down

Breakfast

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Winchester Inner Wheel Monthly Club News

President Pam Tilbury and Ailsa Walter

Judy Emms and Windy Ling at Plymouth.

Charity Christmas cards at the Guildhall.

Sybil Thomas, Maureen Chisnell and Joy

Reynolds with their special shoeboxes.

Judy Emmsげ ┗ｷゲｷデ ﾗﾐ PヴWゲｷSWﾐデ P;ﾏげゲ HｷヴデｴS;┞く

Members: Judith Lumsden, Ann

Jones, Maureen Chisnell and Carole

Steel manned the NSPCC Day selling

Christmas cards at the Guildhall on

Friday 1 November.

Charity cards continue to be

available until mid-December.

Acknowledgements to Rosie

Aldridge for the card to the right:

Left: Some of the Christmas shoeboxes

which will be amongst thousands sent

to Montenegro, Albania, Moldova and

the Philippines this year.

‘ｷｪｴデぎ CｴｷﾉSヴWﾐげs happy smiling faces !

At the first meeting of the month

Ailsa Walter, Community Fundraiser

for The Gift of Sight Charity based at

Southampton University, gave a

fascinating and inspiring talk on

research carried out into eye

diseases. Dame Mary Fagan, Lord-

Lieutenant of Hampshire, recently

opened a medical retina suite at the

University headed by Professor

Andrew Lotery.

Above: The new display pop-up was

on show at the Inner Wheel stand at

the Rotary District Conference at

Plymouth. Many Inner Wheel

members attended over the three

days and Winchester Rotary were

hosting the whole event this year.

Left: District Chairman Judy cuts the

I;ﾆW デﾗ IWﾉWHヴ;デW ｴWヴ ┗ｷゲｷデ ;ﾐS P;ﾏげゲ birthday on Monday 28 October. She

ゲヮﾗﾆW ;Hﾗ┌デ デｴW けWｴWWﾉゲ PヴﾗﾃWIデげ which will have a stand at the

District Rally. Her own charity is

さAIデｷﾗﾐ aﾗヴ MEざく

Children bearing their Christmas gifts on a

lovely donkey, which seems rather biblical.

Thank you to those Members who

have hosted coffee mornings and

the next one will be on Wednesday

20 November at Maureen Chisnell.

There will be a Christmas Bazaar

between 10.00 am and 12.30 pm at

Lｷ┣ Cﾗ┝げゲ ｴﾗﾏW ﾗﾐ WWSﾐWゲS;┞ ヴ December.

At the Rotary District Conference

Judy spoke about the organisation

as it now is, and continues. Many of

┌ゲ ｴ;S IﾗﾐゲｷSWヴWS デｴ;デ ‘ﾗデ;ヴ┞げゲ adoption of dual gender

membership might have sounded

the death knell for Inner Wheel, but

no! The organisation still flourishes

and still plays a part in the greater

Rotary family.

District Chairman Judy Emms at Plymouth

Judy joined Inner Wheel in 2005

when her husband David joined

Rotary. She was introduced to the

breadth of activity within Inner

Wheel when she became District

Treasurer. Judy hopes to take Inner

Wheel forward by providing clubs

with support to help them continue,

increasing membership under the

revised Constitution, and renewing

commitment to community service.

Carole Steel

For your diaries: Jolly Christmas Party

at The Winchester Hotel Thurs. 9 Dec.

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Winchester Rotary give invaluable support

to Round Table at this huge event and are

rewarded for their help.

At 5.30 report for briefing and only up to

the end of the show as Stewards. Please

contact: Anthony Arkwright.

Fireworks Night 2 November in River Park

Key Events November onwards Details at: winchesterrotary.ning.com

Editorial: A sincere thank-you to all contributors to and advisers for this edition. Especially to our Hon. Sec. Gill Russell,

who sends relevant emails to us all and regularly updates the website; which we need to visit. Not forgetting Joe Bright

for his professional photography and others who have kindly donated their pictures. JML Ed.

14 October at Sunrise Senior Living. Reminiscence Coffee Morning

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Thanks to those who came last month to

the comfortable Sunrise Senior Living.

Website or Contact: Norman Murphy.

Coffee and chat with dementia sufferers

and their carers. 10.45 a.m. to 12.00 p.m.

Come along and brighten up their day.

Winchester Operatic Society stage Gilbert

;ﾐS “┌ﾉﾉｷ┗;ﾐげゲ ﾏ┌ゲｷI;ﾉ IﾗﾏWSy: けas Oscar

Wilde meets The Archersげく

15 November in Theatre Royal

7.30p.m. A group booking of 15 or more

reduces the ticket price to £12. Please

sign on web. Further details: Gill Russell.

Theatre Royal Night

11 November in Sunrise Senior Living Reminiscence Coffee Morning

31 January in Henry Beaufort School

3 December in Winchester Cathedral

3:15pm to 5:30pm. Finishing in the

Undercroft to enjoy well-earned mince pie

and mulled wine in a convivial atmosphere.

A bargain at £15! Please pay on the night.

The spiral staircase is narrow and steep so

please wear suitable shoes and clothing.

Cathedral Twilight Tour

A walk up to the Bell Chamber and then

on up to the top of the tower to view

Winchester in the twilight. Through the

stunning nave roof and out onto to the

South Parapet for the magical view of the

market and ice rink. See: David Farthing.

8.30 am to 4.00 pm, or either morning or

afternoon. We are looking for volunteers

to help for part or all of the school day.

Also, if you know of anyone outside the

Club who could and would like to join us,

please let me know in the comments field.

Coffee, lunch & tea provided.

What would be your dream career?

Describe a project which required you to

work as part of a team?

This is your opportunity to help young

students deal with such or similar

questions at an interview.

See website and contact: Ian White

Mock Interview Day

29 December - 1 January at sea! Cruise with the President!

Our cruise agent tells us that there are

only three cabins left at £749pp and 9

slightly superior ones at £819pp. You

could of course go for a suite at £1229 if

you are feeling flush and adventurous!

Leaving Southampton and away for 3

nights. Travel to Amsterdam and Bruges

on the Oriana and spend New Yearげs Eve

on the Ocean (well - the English Channel !)

and see in 2014 with a bang!

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