Supporting a wide range of charities, both locally and internationally, is an important aspect of a Rotary Club’s work. In total we have raised over £440,000 and in the five years to end June 2019 we raised just over £166,000.
Christmas is a key fund raising time for us. Here is our major fund raising from Christmas 2018 to October 2019 (all numbers rounded):
- Xmas tin rattling – £2,900
- Christmas Float – £6,900
- Spring Fashion Show – £900
- Duck Race and Family Fun Day – £14,500
- Ed’s Hair Birthday Party – £1,200
- Scarecrow Festival – £2,000
Many thanks to eveyone who has contributed in any way to the above – it all goes to good causes, for example (In Rotary year July 2018- June 2019):
- Together Trust £6,000
- Beechwood Cancer Care £6,000
- Swanbourne Gardens £2,500
- End Polio Now £2,000
- Lee’s Sunshine Fund £2,000
- Lend with Care £1,500
- Hearing Dogs £1,500
- Bramhall High School Borneo Trip £1,500
- DEBRA £1,200
- Kerala Floods £1,000
- Disaster Aid International £1,000
- Cyclone Idai appeal £1,000
- 31 other donations under £1,000
That amounts to £40,000 of which 17% was for Overseas and 83% for here in the UK, much of which is local to us in the North West.