Every year Farnborough Rotary club awards a group or individual a vocational award.

This year it was awarded to the Source Cafe in Aldershot.

Richard Cooper and Sean Usher

Started in 2000 by youth worker Jo Emmett in response to the needs of local vulnerably-housed or homeless youths, The Source worked with local churches, voluntary groups and statutory agencies to establish a youth café, offering a safe space free from drugs and alcohol for young people to meet in the evenings and ‘be, belong and become’. The Source moved into its new fully equipped premises in 2007 with support from Rushmoor borough council.

Farnborough Rotary club presented the award and a cheque for £250
The centre is open to all young people, but it predominantly helps 10-25s who have problems at school, or are alone or homeless as a result of family breakdown.

The Source aims to create a positive environment where young people can feel empowered and trusted and able to form relationships with each other and with mentors, so that they can grow spiritually and personally and change their lives.

A key part of this comes from training young people to take responsibility for key roles, such as helping to run and manage the centre’s café or an after-school club for younger children.

International Boxing Tournament coming to Farnborough

Opportunity for Local Businesses to get involved

The Rotary Club of Farnborough has successfully concluded negotiations with the Amateur Boxing Association of England to stage a Farnborough based Senior International Boxing Tournament, England v Ireland.

John Batty Andrew Cox and the President Sean Usher

This high profile black tie event is to be held at the Maida Gym in Aldershot on Saturday the 30^th October 2010, just weeks after the conclusion of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi India and it is hoped that the successful boxing medallists will be on show at this event. All proceeds will be used to support The Rotary Club of Farnborough’s very popular bi-annual Picnic to Music In The Park event in 2011, which will once again be raising money for the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice.

The picure on the right is of John Batty from Farnborough Rotary Club, Andrew Cox from the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice and Sean Usher the current president of Farnborough Rotary Club

Don’t miss out! Limited tickets available

As a charity event this is an ideal opportunity for local businesses to get involved. Why not make this prestigious occasion your corporate event for your colleagues, friends and clients and book your own table for 10 at £70 per ticket including a 4-course dinner and the unique opportunity to see a full evenings programme of world class sport with the potential Great Britain and Ireland 2012 Olympic boxers in action.

If you can’t stretch to booking a table, or if you just want to get involved, why not take advantage of our low cost sponsorship packages.

This event is supported by a number of local businesses and  Rushmoor Borough Council

For further information please contact John Batty on  jcbatty1@yahoo.co.uk

More details and flyer click here

Every July, every Rotary club throughout the world gets a new president.

On the first of July Sean Usher became this year’s president of Farnborough Rotary club.

Sean has been with the club since 2001.

A local businessman, he formerley owned two resturants in Farnborough, but now concentrates on internet marketing for local businesses.

Each president of the club brings something different to the club and there have been 51 previous presidents of Farnborough Rotary Club.

Sean wants to make sure that he has a fun year, but at the same time carrying on the good work of Rotary locally.

“We want to recruit new members, in fact we are always looking for the right kind of people to join us. We want men and women from 40 years upwards who want to give something back to the local community”.

The club consists of nearly 50 members “The common view held by the public is that rotary clubs are filled with posh bankers, in fact we do not have a banker in our club at all, yes we have an accountant, a couple of lawyers, an architect and other “professions” but we also have a driving instructor, signwriter, aero engineer amongst many other men and women from all walks of life”.

So if you are interested, please contact us through the website for more information and give something back to the community.