Rotary in West Cumbria

Mary Bradley

Membership Team Leader

membership@rotary1190.org

Importance of Rotary

• International Organisation in 202 counties

• 1.2 million members who interconnect

• Established over 100 years ago - own Foundation

• Business opportunities

• Training and mentoring

• Travel and experience

• Opportunities to serve

Rotarians are People of Action

• We build lifelong relationships

• We honour our commitments

• We connect diverse perspectives

• We apply our leadership and expertise to solve social issues

Rotarians are:-

• Smart - we are insightful and discerning

• Compassionate - we tackle community challenges with empathy and understanding

• Persevering - we find lasting solutions to systemic problems

• Inspiring - we encourage others to take action, conveying hope, enthusiasm and passion

Delivered over 6 Areas of Focus

Rotary in West Cumbria

Members organised into 12 clubs working in partnership:-

• Delivering hands on support e.g. decorating, litter/beach

cleaning • Collecting for e.g. FoodShare/banks, refurnishing, coats,

street sleepers • Practical support to others e.g. stewarding, resilience • Fundraising to support local charities e.g. Hospice, WOW,

Mountain Rescue • Having lots of fun…….. Making new friends, business

networking

Local Rotary working in the Community and Internationally

Local Rotary working in the Community and Internationally

Why should you be interested?

Social Corporate responsibility :-

• A Corporate club for your own employees • You can be a Corporate member of a local club • Start a Rotaract club for 18 -30 year olds

• Enables easier involvement of employees • Supports loan working isolation/builds confidence • Provides international links • Access to additional funding via The Rotary Foundation • Enables opportunistic fund raising/project support

Next Steps

• Contact me - my card

• Take a booklet

• Arrange a presentation or a chat - have a coffee/drink

• Try us for ‘size’ by visiting a club

• Pick up an invitation to Hunday Manor for 6th April to hear more about our Community Projects

• Bring your partner, family and friends - we need to support the West Cumbria Community and have fun doing it!!