Charities We Support

Last night our club joined forces with the Blackwater Valley Rotary club at the Holiday Inn Farnborough, to hear a very motivating and inspirational talk given by Helene Raynsford, the young paralympian who has achieved so much in the last 8 years.

Helene spoke about her illness that left her disabled whilst at university, the challenges she faced up to, on the way to becoming a gold medal winner and she gave us a blow by blow account of how she was feeling as she won the gold medal race.  Truly inspirational..

As I mentioned she was extremely candid and over 150 rotarians and rotoractors (younger rotarians) from other local clubs came to hear her talk.

Another great night out

Helene’s website click here

In December rotarians and other group pounded the streets of Farnborough and collected money at various street locations.

We raised over £12,400

To find out who recieved funds from us click on the link below

Farnborough Rotary Club Website

Farnborough Rotary Club whose members annually pound the streets of Farnborough with collection tins have raised £12,524 over the Christmas period.

This amount is down on the money raised last year, but according to veteran rotarian John Grenham, the club is very happy, “considering the downturn in the economy, the people of Farnborough have been generous and we are extremely grateful. In recent years we have tried to make a target of around £12,000, but thought this year that would not be achievable”.

One additional donation was also gratefully received, a turkey. Club President Bill Cooke received the gift, “ This lady approached me when I was doing one of our  collections and said the she had bought a turkey, but so had her husband, so now they had two, would I be able to find a suitable home”.

The turkey was given to Deveraux House, the retirement home in Farnborough.

The money raised will be passed on to many local and national charities.