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Bishop’s Waltham Rotary Club News…
Not a normal year! Looking back over the last 6 months press releases, the resounding theme seems to have been that this is not a normal year and how things are different, what has been cancelled and what will not happen! With the announcement that immunisation against Covid 19 will start imminently gives rise to the hope that we may be able to return to some sort of normality and put 2020 behind us and start planning for 2021. With this firmly in mind here is a date for your new 2021 diary: The Bishop’s Waltham Rotary Carnival will take place at Hoe Road Recreation Ground on Saturday 12th of June 2021. The theme for 2021’s Carnival will be “Children’s Books”, so get your thinking caps on and start planning how you can support us as part of the Carnival Procession by getting dressed up or organising a float depicting a character or scene from your favourite Children’s Book. New Member Despite things we have managed to induct a new member into our Rotary Club and we welcomed Lynn Dow as our newest member at one of our weekly Club Zoom meetings. It was a bit different not being able to give her our usual sociable warm welcome, over dinner at one of our usual meetings, but we look forward to getting to know her better, and not just on a computer screen at a virtual meeting, as we go into the new year.
New President Our present President Linda Treveil has put in an extended stint covering an 18-month period as President instead of the usual year. This has not been an easy time, trying to keep things running from a distance, and also having to make some very difficult decisions to cancel some very eagerly anticipated events, and dealing with difficulties and disruptions that our Club has never seen in its thirty plus years.
Due to the disruption to Linda’s year, with many of her major events cancelled, the incoming President Mandy Tourle, who should have taken over in July, agreed that Linda would stay on and then Mandy would take over in January and again she would do an 18-month stint. Once Mandy has completed her 18-month run we will then be able to get back to our normal July to June yearly cycle and we have Sara Walker, who will take over in July 2022.
Here is a picture of John Natt our 2018-2019 President handing over his Presidential chain of office to Linda, who is handing over her President Elect chain to Mandy who is handing over her President Nominee chain to Sara.
Like our Facebook page or take a look at our website for updates on what is going on, what we have been up to and how you can help us help others! ian.treveil@bishopswalthamrotary.org.uk
Local Cycling Pensioners Raise More Than £3,000 for Mental Health Charity
Peddling Pensioners getting ready for a group ride in preCOVID times.
If you have been out and about around the country lanes of the Meon Valley on a Thursday, you may well have come across a group of cyclists, in their 60s, 70s, and 80s, enjoying the countryside. These friends have been cycling together on a weekly basis some for over 14 years – enjoying the Hampshire Hills and stopping for a great pub lunch on route. LOCKDOWN 2 was announced in early November, and cycling in groups was off the agenda for the next four weeks, as was the idea of a nice pub lunch. However, the group decided to turn a negative into a positive: they challenged themselves to cycle 2000 miles over the 4 week period and at the same time raise funds for a good cause.
PEDDLING PENSIONERS. “We know how important being outside and getting physical exercise is for people of our age, and we also know that this year has been particularly hard on charities as they have been unable to organise the usual fundraising events that support them”, said Mike Berry, who came up with the idea. “So calling ourselves ‘Peddling Pensioners’, we each set ourselves an individual target for the miles we could cycle during the lockdown period and went out as often as we could, either singly or in pairs to clock up the miles and raise funds for SHOUT 85258.”
SHOUT85258 was delighted to hear about the Peddling Pensioners fundraising activities. Delphine Ho-Thanh - Development Officer at Mental Health Innovations said “It's wonderful to hear about Peddling Pensioners and we're so grateful that you're raising funds for SHOUT 85258, the UK's only 24/7 mental health support text line. SHOUT is here for anyone who is struggling to cope, at any time, from anywhere in the UK. Your support is invaluable and comes at a critical time, when so many people are struggling with lockdown and isolation. Your donation will help us train more volunteers than ever (we currently have over 2,200) and support our team of clinical experts. Thank you for helping us to help others."
THE RESULTS ARE IN. By the last day of lockdown the group had exceeded all of its targets. Over 2,300 miles had been clocked up between the 12 participants and over £3,000 (including Gift Aid) had been raised for their chosen charity.
“Peddling Pensioners are delighted with what we’ve achieved “, “a great team effort”, concluded Mike. “ It has given us real motivation to get out on our bikes and we are really grateful for the very generous support that we have received from family and friends for our fundraising efforts. Our fundraising page is still open and accepting donations at https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/ PeddlingPensioners.
