club service.

Chairman - Gareth Williams

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: Richard - Membership

Chairman - Richard Brook

Objectives for the Year

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

Speakers:

Chairman - Harry Smallman

Andrew - PR

Public Relations

Chairman - Andrew Lawless

Deputy - Glyn Morris

Webmaster - Graham Reeves,

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:

Phil Atkinson

Sergeant at Arms:

Chairman - Adrian Baxter

Deputy Secretary:

Mike Jackson

Asssistant Treasurer:

Roy Wallwork

YP & VA, H & S Officer: 

Alan Gardner

Alan Gardner, George Randles

Community Service

Chairman  -  Sam Williams

Deputy -  Malcolm Davies

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  -  Mike Dowse

    Deputy - Frank Ball

Objectives for the year.

  • Our overriding objective is ‘Inclusion’. To encourage as many of our club members to participate as many events and functions as possible. To achieve this by our careful selection of functions, activities and suitable venues that will help to encourage participation and foster our renowned ‘club night atmosphere’ into these events!
  • To achieve our goals we will try to use our committee to the full. With individual Fellowship and Social committee members taking responsibility for certain events but with participating support from the remainder.
  • Our programme to include the following events:-
    • ‘Fellowship and Social’ activities on club nights.
    • ‘Scatter Visits’ to other clubs.
    • Train excursions.
    • December ‘Charter Night’.
    • ‘Carol Concert’
    • ‘Ladies Night’ or some other partner inclusive event.
    • ‘Alan Fozard Trophy Bowls Night’.
    • Annual ‘Cricket Match’ vs. Northwich Vale Royal.

Foundation

Chairman -  Mike Collins

Deputy - Adrian Baxter

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 -  George Randles

   Deputy - Mervyn Shannon

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 - Vince Akers

Deputy - Barry Linaker

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  -  Alan Laird

Deputy -   Tony Fernandez

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.