club service.

Chairman - Brian Henshaw

Czech Liaison Officer - Malcolm Davies

House Attendance:

Chairman -  Bill Aukland.

Objectives for the year.

  • Monitor catering standards quality, improving as necessary.
  • Review the way we collect information concerning attendances outside our Club meetings.
  • Closely monitor members NOT apologising for non attendance at Club meetings.
  • Ensure appropriate Club returns are provided as required.

Membership:

Chairman - Barry Linaker

Objectives for the Year

  • Continue the New Member Recruitment initiative.
  • Give Club Membership Retention Initiatives renewed consideration.

Speakers:

Chairman - Gareth Williams

Communications:

Chairman - Graham Reeves

Deputy - John Butler

Website - Graham Reeves/John Butler

Objectives for the Year

  • Promote the awareness of the public and potential members of our club with regard to our club, the work it does and the fellowship and social activities, i.e. :
    i)    the voluntary work done by our Club
    ii)   the Fund-raising activities undertaken by our Club
    iii)   appropriate Social activities undertaken by our Club
  • Ensure that suitable events and activities for promotion are identified in good time.
  • Ensure that a reporter and photographer are identified and briefed ahead of the event.
  • Ensure that reports are written up in a timely manner with regard to publication deadlines.
  • Foster good relations with local media outlets and Rotary publications
  • Ensure that the Club's web site continues to be relevant to the need of the Club's current and potential membership
  • The web site information should be kept up to date, particularly the programme of future activities.
  • The web site should continue to develop in new areas.

Sales:

Harry Smallman

Sergeant at Arms:

Chairman - Gareth Williams

Deputies - Les Cottrell

Ray Ashley

David Roaf

Deputy Secretary:

Don Patterson

Asssistant Treasurer:

Roy Wallwork

YP & VA, H & S Officer:

Alan Gardner

Community Service

Chairman  -  Fred Bishop

Deputy -  Alan Revell

Objectives for the year.

  • Co-ordinate activities associated with Frodsham's Festival in the Park. 
  • Arrange visits to local Primary Schools of Rotary's Life Education Caravan.
  • Arrange Stroke Awareness Day.
  • Support our local Kids Out day.
  • Assist with the Frodsham Bonfire Night.
  • Manage car parking provisions for Helsby Running Clubs 4 Villages Half Marathon. 
  • React to request for assistance from our community as and when appropriate.
  • Assist Halton Haven with the Christmas and Easter Appeal
  • Helping Frodsham Round Table with the Christmas Float.
  • Publicise the above events to maintain awareness of the Club within the community.

Fellowship & Social

Chairman  -  Jeff Mycock

Objectives for the year.

  • Extend our liaisons with Inner Wheel though the appointment of a specific Inner Wheel Social Officer.
  • Start an Annual Quiz for fun and as training for the District one.
  • Organise annual events such as Ladies Night and the Charter Dinner. 
  • New events, such as a beer tasting, a car treasure hunt, barbecue, Christmas event, bingo with a difference, canal trip, theatre trip, and perhaps even a night at the proms.

By increasing the committee by 50%, we should all have the best time!

FoundationGareth Williams

Chairman -  Mike Gammie

Objectives for the year.

  • We plan to help to educate club members in the Role and procedures of The Rotary Foundation (TRF) and encourage the support of TRF through the Annual Clay Target Shoot and other club and personal initiatives.
  • To assist Club Council in obtaining timely Paul Harris Fellowship awards if required.
  • To encourage participation in TRF grants schemes as appropriate. This club has contributed of the order of £20,000 to TRF over the last twelve years since we first ran the RIBI Clay Target Shoot and in that period have obtained one small youth opportunity grant from TRF which went to supply sports hall equipment to township children in Soweto.
  • To work with the Club's Community, International and Youth Chairmen together with the incoming President in order to utilise wherever appropriate the Foundation Grants Programmes. e.g.
    District Simplified Grants
    Volunteer Service Grants
    Matching Grants.
  • To work with Youth Chairman, other Rotarians and District to identify potential candidates for Ambassadorial Scholarships and Group Study Exchange (GSE).
    To support, with the members support, visiting GSE teams.
  • To make available to members the fantastic opportunities of Calenders and Christmas Cards in support of Foundation.

International

Chairman -  Frank Holland

Objectives for the year.

  • Respond to various requests for aid as international emergencies arise.
  • Consider donations to Rotary and non Rotary charities as requests are received.
  • Identify international projects and causes being supported by local people which are worthy of our support. The intention is to invite such people to speak at our International evenings. Several people have already been identified.
  • Seek matched funding as appropriate from Rotary Foundation.

Ways And Means

Chairman - Eddie Basnett-Briscoe

Objectives for the year:

We will be going ahead with all the usual events that have been planned from previous years, and the logistics have been well tried and tested, such as:

  • The Burger Stand at the Festival in the Park.
  • The Brass band Concert
  • Catering at the Helsby Half Marathon
  • Car Boot Sale
  • Sportsman's Dinner
  • Classic Car Show

The Sportman's Dinner has been changed to a Friday evening, in the hope that it will attract more corporate tables.

Throughout the year, the committee have agreed to meet on a regular basis to improve planing, work to budgets and forecasts and discuss other possible events such as a Fashion Show.

Whilst our job is to raise funds for the club/charity, there will be an emphasis on making the Rotary Club and the 'Objects of Rotary' better known. This will raise our profile and may encourage new members.

The events will have to be meticulously planned, but with and enjoyable and enthusiastic approach.

Youth and Vocation

Chairman  -  Rod Hyde

Deputy -   Alan Laird

Objectives for the year.

  • Supporting Brian Henshaw with his District Youth-Speaks activity. This year Brian has asked the club for further assistance in general organisation and promotion in the District.
  • Supporting Alan Laird with the Business Enterprise Awards in Helsby HS during the school and therefore the working day.
  • Delivering CV/Interview presentations during the school day at local schools and youth organisations. We will review the paperwork and update the supporting material.
  • Foster links with the Canal Boat Project where we have already provided limited financial assistance and mentoring activity.

We also plan to support the Club evenings with 3 Youth orientated speakers by:

  • Introducing the club to local youth based charities.
  • Following up with the young people we have sponsored but who have not yet been asked to talk about their experiences.