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Centennial Dinner
Sat 6th July Celebrating 100 years of District 1090 in the Thames Valley at Sindlesham Court, Wokingham RG41 5EA
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Rotary Unplugged
Thursday 18th April 2024
District Event: Meet Marius Hopley, IPDG, District 1090. A fantastic opportunity to learn about Rotary, how we give back to the community and how you can join our team today.
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District 1090 Assembly
Saturday 27th April 2024
District Event: To be held at the Christchurch Centre Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1AG. All Rotarians and Rotaractors are welcome to attend our District Assembly; particularly those who are taking on an office in their Club and District in 2024-25.
moreVolunteering for the Windsor Endurance event
Friday 3rd May 2024
RC Maidenhead Thames Members & interested individuals welcomed.
Wokingham Rotary at the May Fayre!
Monday 6th May 2024
RC Wokingham Join us for fun at the May Fayre!
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Haddenham Rotary Charity Quiz and Raffle
Saturday 11th May 2024
RC Haddenham and District 11 May, Haddenham Village Hall, HP17 8EE
moreDistrict Executive Meeting - DEM4
Tuesday 14th May 2024
District Event: The fourth District Executive meeting to be held at the Christchurch Centre, Henley-on-Thames.
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Rotary in the Thames Valley
Welcome to our Rotary website, showcasing Rotary in the Thames Valley covering Berkshire, Oxfordshire, South Buckinghamshire and the London Borough of Hillingdon.
The Rotary Clubs and Rotaract Clubs do a variety of projects both locally, nationally and internationally.
If you are looking for a club near you, then click on the ‘clubs’ link at the top of the homepage. And if you are looking for more information then please use the contact form at the top of the homepage or use the contact form at the foot at lots of the pages through the site.
This video shows what Rotary does.
Update on Ukraine conflict
The District is currently fundraising for ambulances to go to Ukraine. The Rotary Club of Jordans and district are coordinating this project.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES: Rotary Club of Reading Abbey has started a project in conjunction with the local community. Launch Reading helps establish and develop new businesses in Reading by supporting and developing entrepreneurs in under- resourced communities in the local area. This is done by providing free training, business development services and networking opportunities.
The Rotary Club of Reading Abbey is keen to share this model with other clubs in the District. Please contact them for more advice.
Rotary Projects
Our clubs make a difference both locally and internationally. One of the projects that has been supported by the district is the Vocational Training Team. This is a team of 4-5 people led by a Rotarian who can all teach birth emergency skills to local health professionals. It has been going out since 2014 initially to Kamuli Mission Hospital and lately to Ngora Freda Carr Hospital. Has it made a difference? It has improved lives of local women and their babies.
We now cover menstrual hygiene and how to make reusable sanitary pads using a local charity. The women cannot afford disposable sanitary pads so they either use rags, banana leaves or dig a hole and sit on it all day. This impacts on girls getting an education, impacts on women's self-esteem and is an infection risk
It is also an opportunity for health professionals to update their skills because unlike the UK they don't do annual updates in birth emergency skills which all midwives, obstetricians and paediatricians have to do. There is a plan to support another hospital in Kampala.
