02/09/2026
The Rotary Club of Wrington Vale will be in Winscombe and Wrington on Saturday Morning (5th September) shaking collection buckets for victims of the devastating floods in Nepal. Do come and say hello if you are in the area.
Or perhaps donate through the Just Giving link below.
For more details, please read on....
Raising Funds for Nepal:
The Rotary Club of Wrington Vale has longstanding collaborations with two local charities - Water Survival Box http://www.watersurvivalbox.org and the Shiva Charity UK http://www.shivacharity.org.
The Shiva Charity's Just Giving appeal for Nepal (link below) has, at time of writing, already raised over ÂŁ16,000. Some of this money is being used locally to buy essential food and sanitary supplies, and Nepalese representatives of the charity are already in the disaster area helping to distribute this aid. But this posed the question of what else could be done. A meeting between Shiva, Rotarians and the team at Water Survival Box resulted in an immediate commitment from Shiva to fund 50 boxes. Altogether, an initial shipment of 200 boxes are now being shipped to Kathmandu, where they will be met by the local Shiva team who, working with the authorities and other NGOs, will transport the boxes to those most in need.
Water Survival Boxes are packed full of essential cooking, sanitation, basic tools and other survival equipment, and - most importantly - an incredible water filter that can provide clean, safe drinking water for a family of 5 for up to 5 years.
About the Rotary Club of Wrington Vale:
Over the past few years the Rotary Club of Wrington Vale has raised and distributed over ÂŁ200,000 to charitable causes. We raise funds through a wide variety of events, corporate sponsorship and community activities. Look out for our next fundraiser - our annual Classic Car Meet at Brean Down on October 4th.
Causes we support range from local Young Carers and youth and school competitions, food banks, local and national charities and responding to international disaster relief. We also support village schools in Nepal.
But it is not just charitable fundraising. The club's ethos is very much one of giving our time to support our local communities - for example by organising our Senior Citizen's Tea Parties and our annual Kids Fun Day visit to Longleat. And one of our members has, incredibly, just completed his eight trip delivering vehicles full of humanitarian supplies to Ukraine.
We meet on Monday evenings at 7.00 pm, at Mendip Spring Golf Club (BS49 5JT). Typically we will have a meal and then a speaker, covering a very wide range of subjects, although every six weeks or so we will have a business meeting to discuss and plan our various projects.
But recognising that many people have very busy lives and find it difficult to commit to the time (and cost) of weekly meetings, we have also run monthly Breakfast Meetings on the first Wednesday of the month at the Mendip Activity Centre (Ski Slope) in Churchill, from 8 until 9am. These alternative breakfast meetings are much more informal than traditional Rotary meetings, and we have lined up some really great speakers.
Rotary projects and meetings can be both very satisfying and good fun, joining like-minded people committed to helping others and enjoying themselves at the same time.
If you would like to find out a little more about what we do, or if you may be interested in joining the club, please contact our Secretary: Angie Biggs
([email protected]).
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Help Anthony Hobden raise money to support SHIVA Charity
