ROTARY CLUB OF Biggleswade IVEL DISTRICT 1070 Service Above Self

WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS RECENTLY …
Our activities centre on three main areas :
	Service Opportunities for Young People Entertainment and Social

SERVICE …
Biggleswade Hospital Trolley If you visit Biggleswade Hospital on a Wednesday afternoon you may be lucky to meet up with the Biggleswade Ivel hospital trolley. Volunteers take round goodies and essentials for sale to the patients. Saxon Gate Pocket Park We have worked with the Ivel and Ouse Countryside Project to plant an osier bed	JULIE AND THE TROLLEY	OSIER BED
Mosquito Nets We have recently raised money to supply impregnated mosquito nets to Kenya. Trade Aid Box The club had purchased this to help disadvantaged people establish their own independence Shelter Box The club has purchased this to enable people cope with natural catastrophe
St Andrew’s Clinics Since the club was formed in 2000 we have supported St Andrew’s Clinics. Kids Out This is an annual event taking place in June. We join with Sandy Rotary Club to take pupils from Sunnyside School to Wicksteed Park for the day.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE …
Rotary Youth Speaks Holmemead Middle School took part this year and two teams represented Biggleswade in the District Semi Finals. The event is open to Middle and Upper School students. Any school or Youth Group that would like to enter a team should contact us.	YOUTH SPEAKS
Rotary Young Chef Samuel Whitbread School hosted a local competition in November. The winner, Marcus Willis, took part in the District Final in February and came third. This was a tremendous achievement and we hope to support the competition again next year. We will welcome enquiries from other schools.		YOUNG CHEF
Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) Between us and Biggleswade Rotary our “mother club”, we will be sending two candidates to this excellent personal development course which is held at Grafham Water in the summer	RYLA
Interact We are working with Stratton Upper School to set up an Interact Club. The group commits to undertake at least one Local Community and one International project each year. So far they have raised over £200 for Keech Cottage Children’s Hospice, collected several hundred pairs of spectacles for Vision Aid and are just working on a setting up the collection of books for Education Aid.		INTERACT
Young Enterprise For many years we have supported a Young Enterprise Company at Hitchmead School. The students set up and run their own company with support from Rotarians and teachers. Supporting Hitchmead Assistance in restoring the school’s garden trellis. Running a “Race Night with a Difference” also at Hitchmead	YOUNG ENTERPRISE

ENTERTAINMENT and SOCIAL …
Old Time Music Hall This took place for the first time in November 2007 and looks set to become an annual event. This year we hope to be able to offer a matinee as well as an evening performance. St George’s Day Celebration This takes place at Shuttleworth College on 23^rd April. Traditional English food is served with entertainment. Burns Night A very popular annual Club event !
Trips Out We enjoy a good trip out and this year these have included : Peterboro’ Greyhound Racing Millbrook Test Track New Year’s Day Walk Willington Dovecote	NEW YEAR WALK	AFTER DOVECOTE FEAST

A BRIEF CLUB HISTORY …
The Rotary Club of Biggleswade IVEL first gathered as individuals in September 1999, and was chartered as a club in 2000. It was formed with the invaluable help and encouragement from the Rotary Clubs of Biggleswade and Sandy. Unlike these 'mother' clubs of ours, we have our meetings in the evening rather than at lunchtime, thus enabling a wider range of members to take part. Currently we have around thirty six members with a fairly broad spread of interests and disciplines, but with only a 'slight' bias towards education and engineering. Like all Rotary clubs we have a 'dual-gender' membership policy, and we are always encouraging the recruitment of younger members to our ranks.
Our Rotary club is officially part Area G of District 1070, in Zone 18, of Rotary International, and Rotary International in Great Britain & Ireland. Over the years, we have variously organised Fun and fund-raising events, including Music Concerts, Quizzes, Race Nights, Social Evenings, Fireworks Displays, and many more. We have successfully undertaken many community projects, notably the Kingfisher Way Project in association with our mother clubs and the Ivel & Ouse Countryside Project. ... in addition, we are currently involved in an international community project to fund, supply and distribute mosquito nets in Africa.

FINDING US
Our regular venue is : ‘The Old Coach House’ 12-13 Market Square Potton Bedfordshire SG19 2NP - which can be found here … Google Map

CONTACTING US

If you wish further information about our Club, then email … Club Secretary or Club President

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