tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12685792338889902672024-02-20T06:47:44.133-08:00Epsom RotaractTHE ROTARACT CLUB OF EPSOM -
A social, community and fundraising club for 18 to 30 year olds.
www.meetup.com/Epsom-RotaractEpsomRotaracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01062385277687991146noreply@blogger.comBlogger157125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268579233888990267.post-73865042202681904082016-02-29T10:14:00.002-08:002016-02-29T10:14:14.640-08:00We're Moving!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Moving on is hard to do - but fret not! We're not going very far. <br />
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For current updates on Epsom Rotaract got to our Facebook page - Facebook.com/EpsomRotaract!<br />
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A big thank you to all of our contributors over the years!EpsomRotaracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01062385277687991146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268579233888990267.post-6167824047345099892015-12-24T09:48:00.000-08:002015-12-24T10:20:49.882-08:00Merry Christmas from Epsom Rotaract!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We have just received news that Epsom Rotary's Christmas collections, ably assisted by Rotaractors and Rotary Associates, has raised £3500 for their chosen charities this year! Well done one and all for your fine efforts.<br />
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We at Epsom Rotaract would like to wish a everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!EpsomRotaracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01062385277687991146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268579233888990267.post-91714431250550186762015-12-19T09:54:00.000-08:002015-12-24T10:19:44.589-08:00The Epsom Rotaract Christmas Meal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Epsom Rotaract enjoyed an annual staple in their Calendar - The Christmas meal!<a name='more'></a><br />
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Featuring crackers, a three course meal, party poppers, games and even a little bit of singing from Helen and John - the meal was a great success and a great way to get us prepared for Christmas day. A big thank you to club social officer Helen for organising and great to see potential members Luke and Alex aswell!!EpsomRotaracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01062385277687991146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268579233888990267.post-55105117162563439152015-10-31T09:35:00.000-07:002015-12-24T10:20:21.171-08:00Epsom Rotary's 90th Anniversary Banquet at Denbies Vineyard<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Epsom Rotaractors and Epsom Rotary associates attended Epsom Rotary's charity banquet which was in celebration of their 90th year!<br />
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Many of the Rotarians (and some Rotaractors) travelled to the venue via a coach service generously provided by Epsom Coaches.<br />
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At the drinks reception, images of some of Epsom Rotary's key moments throughout the years were projected onto the wall, for visitors to enjoy. An excellent booklet was also produced detailing the history of the club.<br />
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An excellent three course meal followed. With a raffle and the singing talents of the Heart and Soul Choir providing the entertainment and great night was had by all and raised approximately £1000 for Epsom Rotary's President Andy Ballard's chosen charities!EpsomRotaracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01062385277687991146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268579233888990267.post-62771390684386059502015-09-20T07:48:00.000-07:002015-12-24T10:21:21.444-08:00The Epsom and Ewell Borough Fun Day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We had a great day helping out at the Epsom and Ewell Borough Family Fun Day with Epsom Rotary Associates, Barclays Epsom Branch employees, Epsom Rotary Club and Rotary Club of Ewell! <br />
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Over 14,000 people descended on Hook Road Arena on Sunday for the ‘one of the best ever’ Epsom and Ewell Fun Days, which raised just under £20,000 for local Rotary Clubs’ charities. Well done everyone!<br />
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After narrowly winning the quiz by two points, Universally Challenged, got the jackpot question spot on and Jasmyn picked lucky envelope number 9 winning the team £260! Well done Jasmyn, Simon, Chris, Katie and Andrew.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We had a great first meeting at our 'new home', The Faraday, on Church Street in Epsom!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">After many years at The Haywain in Epsom we have relocated to The Faraday, 2 Church Street, Epsom, KT17 4NY. You will find us upstairs in the mezzanine area on the first and third Tuesday of every month from 8:15pm for our club meeting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Interested in <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">being part of a fun, dynamic and unique international organisation for people aged 18–30, offering a wide range of activities that enables its members to try something new while having a great time and making new friends? Then why not come along to a meeting</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> and see what Epsom Rotaract is all about? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">For more information please go to </span><span style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"><a href="http://www.meetup.com/epsom-rotaract/">http://www.meetup.com/epsom-rotaract/</a> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">or contact us on epsomrotaract@hotmail.co.uk </span></span></div>
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EpsomRotaracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01062385277687991146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268579233888990267.post-44021462768691511792015-07-06T13:17:00.000-07:002015-07-20T13:33:58.340-07:002014/15 Rotaract Year <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; margin: 9pt 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">2014/15 has been a fantastic year for Epsom Rotaract - 3 new members, nearly £3,000 (so far) raised for our club charity and lots of brilliant socials and community events!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">This year the club has supported one local charity Surrey Air Ambulance (</span><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://www.kssairambulance.org.uk/">http://www.kssairambulance.<wbr></wbr>org.uk/</a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">). The club chose to continue to support the charity in memory of Epsom Rotaractor Simon who sadly </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;">passed away in September 213. Our Carry on Flying Quiz in aid of Surrey Air Ambulance which took place in February was a huge success with 144 people attending and nearly £1,600 raised. And with our other fundraising efforts during the year we have raised nearly £3,000 for the charity, which we hope to </span>present to them in the near future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We have had several presentations to last year's charities in the last 12 months. In July w</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">e presented the Ebbisham Ward at Epsom General Hospital with a neonatal Sure Signs monitor purchased as a result of our fundraising for Epsom Medical Equipment Fund (EMEF). In November we presented Surrey Air Ambulance with £</span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;">3,290.61 at a special club meeting. And in February we were able to present Epsom General Hospital with a </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;">Bariatric Urology Couch with the rest of the money we had raised for EMEF. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;">The club has been involved in a number of community events over the past year. In September members of the club helped out at the Epsom and Ewell Borough Family Fun Day at Hook Road Arena. In December we were doing Christmas Collections with Epsom Rotary and in March we returned to Slindon for our annual conservation weekend with the National Trust. Over the Easter weekend Epsom Rotaractor Helen volunteere</span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4799995422363px; text-align: justify;">d at Rotary District 1140's RYLA weekend in the New Forest. In May we assisted Epsom Rotary and Ewell Rotary with the Nepal Earthquake Appeal collection in The Ashley Centre and in June we helped out at Ashtead Village Day and marshalled at the Cancer Research UK Race for Life Event at Epsom Downs Racecourse. We have also helped out with conservation projects at Epsom Riding for the Disabled and St Ebba's Hospital Garden during the year.</span></div>
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We had a really fun time volunteering at the Cancer Research UK Race for Life Event at Epsom Downs Racecourse. </div>
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It was a fantastic atmosphere despite the rain showers halfway through. There were 3,000 runners and the organisers hope the event has raised £265,000 for <a href="http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/?gclid=CPeqoayax8YCFW7KtAodp78MuQ&dclid=CIGvq6yax8YCFaUfwwodUxgAUQ" target="_blank">Cancer Research UK</a>. <br />
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Well done to Epsom Rotary Associate Caro who took apart in the 10km race and has so far raised £275 for Cancer Research UK. You can sponsor her at: <a href="https://www.justgiving.com/Caroknight/">https://www.justgiving.com/Caroknight/</a></div>
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We had a great evening at Leatherhead Rotary's Barn Dance at Fetcham Village Hall in aid of local charities.<br />
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Epsom Rotaractors Jasmyn, Katie and Helen and Jasmyn and Katie's partners Simon and Andrew had a really fun time dosey-doeing, threading the needle and stripping the willow to the music of the Byfleet Brewers.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">On Saturday, 9th of May, Over 80 Rotaractors, Interactors and Rotarians from London and the surrounding area attended the Rotaract District Conference for Districts 1120 and 1130.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Attendees of the conference enjoyed two excellent speakers, Ian Lawson (Director of Leadership Works Ltd) who gave advice on how to motivate and manage your team towards success, and Mike Daligan (Author, Speaker and Award Winning former Charity Director) who talked about his life; he has been fostered, signed into the army at 15, married and raised two children, pursued a career as an architect, been divorced, a single parent, student, community activist, barman, cleaner, pizza chef, odd job man and unemployed before he joined the voluntary sector on a job creation scheme. </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition to the fabulous conference sessions, there was a range of workshops for Rotaractors. The Board Elect Training Seminars were very informative, and we built up the spirit of Rotaract in team building exercises. </span></span>EpsomRotaracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01062385277687991146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268579233888990267.post-20027351791131280002015-05-07T03:59:00.000-07:002015-07-13T05:30:23.300-07:00The Induction of the Epsom Rotary Associates - 05/05/2015<br />
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On 5 May 2015 at The Haywain in Epsom, history was made when former members of Epsom Rotaract were inducted as Associate members of Epsom Rotary.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">I helped with the RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) over the Easter weekend. It took place in a lovely activity centre called Avon Tyrrell, in the beautiful countryside of the New Forest. It was great fun for all involved. Twenty students from local Sixth Forms participated. The staff consisted of 3 Rotarians from different clubs, myself and another Rotaractor from Portsmouth. The idea of the weekend was for the participants to develop and improve their communication, teamwork, and leadership skills. The accommodation was dormitories in the main house, and meals were provided in the dining hall, by the Centre.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">The weekend included canoeing, low ropes, archery and a trust activity with the instructors from the Centre. The rest of the time was spent doing indoor activity sessions run by Rotary. These included a wide range of teamwork and communication based games, such as a fast paced coordination hat game. Another was a rumour game based on Chinese whispers, telling a short story. Others included silent teamwork games, which required different ways of communicating.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">One of the most enjoyed activities run by Rotary was a creative egg race, in which the participants were split into four groups and each team had to design and make an object, out of any materials they could find, which they could use to propel an egg as far as possible, without breaking it. The winning team made wheels out of a stick and giant drafts pieces, sellotaped the stick to a chair trolley and put the egg on top, inside two cups sellotaped together, with tissue inside.</span><br />
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Another very much enjoyed activity was a treasure hunt in which participants were in teams, and had to find something ugly, a thing of beauty, something very light, a smooth round stone etc. from anywhere around the grounds. As judges, we had to disagree with what they found as much as we could, and they had to argue their reasons for why they thought it was a suitable object, which earned then more points, if it was a good argument. For example; one of them said the brick wall was ugly, but we argued it wasn't, as it consisted of different colours and had plants growing on it, so they had to find something else.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">There were also sessions on 'Issues Affecting Young People' in which the participants listed all the issues they could think of, and put them together to make one long list. Some examples of issues which came up were unemployment, university fees, driving expenses, depression and abuse. The participants then got into groups to discuss who they could speak to about a particular issue, and what questions they could ask, which would help the problem. Each group shared their ideas with everybody else.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">During evenings and daytime breaks, we all watched TV, and played table tennis, pool, Jenga and other games.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">On the first day; myself and the Portsmouth Rotaractor said a few words about Rotaract to the participants, and the Rotarians told them about what Rotary do. We also had a visit from the District Governor and her husband, who is also in Rotary, and they gave a very inspiring talk to the participants about being a part of Rotary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There was also a chance to go and see the local village Burley, one afternoon, which is a tourist area with interesting shops, including witch shops. There were lots of wild ponies around the village and in the fields by the road on the way to the village.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">Feedback on what the participants liked about the weekend is as follows:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"I felt that because everyone and everything was so welcoming, we all bonded exceptionally."</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">"It was very diverse."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">"A lot of messages were given to us through unique/interesting ways."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Everybody got involved."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">"There was a great reinforcement to interact with others."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">"An emphasis on every person having a voice."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Helped build up confidence and skills such as leadership."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Communication skills were improved."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">"It allowed you to be able to put your ideas across and be heard as well as communicate with different forms of communication."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">"We learnt new skills that we can apply in the future."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Game such as 'Rumours', 'Hats', and 'Sinbad' were all fun and taught us key features also on communication"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Helped improve many life skills."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">"The range of activities."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">"The people, I've made friends which would last for a lifetime, at least, I hope."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">Some feedback from participants on what they learnt is as follows:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"How to connect as a team and utilize all members strengths in each task when meeting new people."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"If you do not take the most obvious route through a situation an alternative pathway may be just as good."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Different aspect in order to communicate your message and what could happen if the correct message doesn’t go across, meaning that people will only listen/remember to the things that they want."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"How to become more of a leader, as I've gained new confidence due to the course"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"That people are more accepting and less judgemental than I had anticipated"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"To compromise for others, even when you don't want to"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"To help become a better leader, team player and a good communicator at getting a message across to people"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"To trust strangers to a certain extent"</span></span></div>
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EpsomRotaracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01062385277687991146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268579233888990267.post-20971547358634405202015-04-11T12:20:00.000-07:002015-05-03T12:22:00.701-07:00Vice President's Talk to Ewell Rotary on Using Facebook to Promote Rotary and Rotaract - 09/04/2015Following the success of the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/epsomfunday" target="_blank">Epsom and Ewell Borough Family Fun Day </a>and the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EpsomRotaract" target="_blank">Epsom Rotaract </a>Facebook pages our Vice President Katie was invited to speak at Ewell Rotary's club meeting on 9th April to give them an insight into Facebook.<br />
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The aim of Katie's talk was to explain to Ewell Rotarians how Facebook can be used to promote Rotary and Rotaract and to inspire the club to give it a try.<br />
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After introducing herself Katie explained she thought it was essential for clubs to fully embrace social media and the opportunities it offers for promotion and engaging with new audiences if the Rotary movement is going to modernise and fully move into the 21st century.<br />
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Katie explained how she set up the Facebook page for the Epsom and Ewell Borough Family Fun Day in July and how she used the page to promote the event. She highlighted how effective a page can be for promotion and gave the example of one post on 20th September reaching 674 Facebook users.<br />
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Katie explained that her main involvement in social media is for Epsom Rotaract. She stated the primary aim of the Facebook page was promotion of the club, both its ethos and activities. She explained the first way she does this is regular posts. She does posts to promote club activities and charity events as well as to promote Rotaract and Rotary locally. Katie emphasised the importance of creating an image of an active club with varied and regular activities. She also explained how tagging can be used to increase a page's reach. Katie stressed how important it is to utilise local community pages such as '<a href="https://www.facebook.com/WhatsOnInEpsom?fref=ts" target="_blank">What's On in Epsom</a>' and '<a href="https://www.facebook.com/thebestofepsom?fref=ts" target="_blank">The Best of Epsom and Ewell</a>' to promote charity events and also advised contacting Rotary and Rotaract at national level via social media for extra coverage. <br />
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Katie showed the club the last week of posts on the Epsom Rotaract Facebook page to give them a flavour of what posts she does.<br />
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Katie also gave examples of how Facebook can be used to promote club charity events.<br />
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Katie explained the second way she does this is photos. They visually capture what a club is about and have a very large reach, especially if people in them are tagged. For example, Epsom Rotaract's Carry On Flying Quiz photo album reached 1,636 people, was liked 13 times and shared once and a video of the club's Great British Quiz last year reached 1,625 people, was liked 9 times and shared 16 times. Katie also explained how photo albums can be integrated with the club blog and gave a few examples.<br />
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Katie explained how important it is that a Facebook page is set up correctly. She highlighted a number of issues with the current <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RotaryClubOfEwell?fref=ts" target="_blank">Ewell Rotary Facebook </a>page, in particular the lack of details in the 'About' section and the lack of recent activity and photos. Katie suggested in some ways the current page is worse than not having a page at all because it is creates the impression that Ewell Rotary is no longer an active club. Katie recommended creating some photo albums of the last year and doing some posts on big events in the Rotary year so far and after that doing regular updates.<br />
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Katie then explained the benefits of having a Facebook page. Firstly she told the club it is a brilliant promotion tool. It is free and easy to use she explained and moves Rotary into the 21st century. Secondly she explained it can be an excellent way to increase awareness of Rotary. Katie informed the club one of the most common things Epsom Rotaract hears from new members is 'if I had known about Rotaract earlier I would have joined sooner'. So increasing awareness of Rotary and Rotaract generally is vital and Facebook can be one of doing this, Katie explained.<br />
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Lack of self-promotion seems to be endemic in Rotary, she explained, as highlighted in Nisha Kotecha's recent blog post '<a href="http://blog.rotary.org/2015/02/18/why-we-need-to-share-rotarys-good-news/" target="_blank">Why we need to share Rotary's good news</a>' on the Rotary Voices blog. Katie explained that she had definitely found this to be the case locally when she searched online for news on local Rotary clubs' events and fundraising to post on the Epsom Rotaract Facebook page. Websites and other social media for Rotary clubs are often not up to date. Rotary and Rotaract need to be shouting out about all the fundraising and community events we do Katie explained, so the local community are aware of us and our existence does not come as a surprise to potential members who often stumble across us by chance if they don't come from a Rotary family. Katie informed the club that Mole Valley Rotary clubs have recently launched a '<a href="http://www.dorkingandleatherheadadvertiser.co.uk/Play-Rotary-Club-seeks-new-members-Mole-Valley/story-26046848-detail/story.html" target="_blank">Play Your Part Campaign</a>' to raise awareness of what Rotary is doing in the local community and to encourage new members to join. She suggested perhaps this is something which should be replicated throughout Surrey.<br />
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Thirdly Katie explained having a Facebook presence can aid the recruitment of new members. She said having an active online presence has really helped Epsom Rotaract's recruitment. Being active on various social media accounts, she explained, means Epsom Rotaract are near the top of Google searches on Epsom social, Epsom social 18-30, Epsom community, Surrey Rotaract so when potential members are searching online for a social community group for under 30s Epsom Rotaract are right there. Katie also explained how <a href="http://www.meetup.com/Epsom-Rotaract/" target="_blank">Meetup</a> has been very beneficial to Epsom Rotaract.<br />
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Katie then explained how Facebook allows page administrators to monitor the impact of their page through Insights which displays information on Page Likes, Post Reach, Engagement and Audience. As this feature is only available to pages with 30 likes or more she suggested Ewell Rotary's first target should be to get 9 more likes to unlock this feature. Katie explained how useful this feature is as it allows administrators to see which posts have the largest reach so this type or style of posting can be replicated in future. <br />
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Katie finished by saying that Facebook is an easy and quick way for Rotary clubs to start to engage with social media and if used effectively is a brilliant way to engage with a younger audience, promote themselves and raise general awareness of Rotary. She explained Facebook is not something to be scared of, but rather something that Rotary should really embrace along with other forms of social media if the movement is going to evolve and adapt to the 21st century and its ways of communication and promotion. Katie urged the club to follow some of the tips she had spoken about this evening and make the Ewell Rotary Facebook page something which represents the club, what they do, what Rotary means to them and something which the club can be proud of.<br />
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Katie thanked Ewell Rotary for inviting her to speak at their meeting. She said she hoped she had been able to give the club an insight into how she used Facebook for Epsom Rotaract and the Epsom and Ewell Borough Family Fun Day and that she had encouraged the club to embrace Facebook.<br />
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On the evening of Saturday 21st March we supported both Bromley Rotaract's Fish 'n' Quiz in aid of Target TB (<a href="http://www.targettb.org.uk/">http://www.targettb.org.uk/</a>) and Woking Rotaract's Race Night in aid of Surrey Search and Rescue (<a href="http://www.sursar.org.uk/">http://www.sursar.org.uk/</a>). <br />
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Katie, Chris, Anthony and Ellie headed to Bromley Parish Church for a fun evening of quizzing. Our team was paired up with Nisha and Stephen from Hampstead, Hendon and Golders Green Rotaract. Really good evening of quizzing, even if the quiz master was a little zealous with his fining policy, and great to meet Nisha and Stephen. And we came joint third! Thank you for a great evening Bromley Rotaract. A very well organised and fun charity event. And congratulations on raising £1,000 for Target TB. </div>
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Phil, Lizzie, Helen and Dan headed to Mayford Village Hall for Woking Rotaract's Race Night. They had a great evening despite losing pretty much every race. Thank you to Woking Rotaract for a really fun event and we look forward to hearing what they raised for Surrey Search and Rescue. </div>
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EpsomRotaracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01062385277687991146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268579233888990267.post-54408989671327491772015-03-20T12:44:00.000-07:002015-04-05T12:04:11.418-07:00Quiz at the Penny Black - Rotaract win! - 19/03/2015<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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EpsomRotaracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01062385277687991146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268579233888990267.post-41860745126947408602015-03-10T08:07:00.000-07:002015-03-15T08:13:23.741-07:00Slindon 2015 - 06/03/2015 - 08/03/2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We headed back to National Trust Slindon for an another weekend of conservation!This year veteran Slindon volunteers Wendy, Rob, Anthony and Phil were joined by Slindon newbies Katie, Ellie and Beth. </div>
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We arrived at base camp on Friday afternoon and after unpacking it was time for sausage butties followed by games. </div>
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Next an early evening walk to The George Pub in Eartham via the folly. We were treated to a spectacular sunset. We enjoyed a delicious meal and some local ales and cider and several games of Linkee before heading home.</div>
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We were up early on Saturday for breakfast and then headed out on the estate with our ranger Bob for tree felling and hazel coppicing. This was to improve the area as a habitat for dormice. Armed with our bow saws and loppers we got down to work.</div>
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On Sunday we were helping with a different project 'The Rise of Northwood'. The National Trust are returning 75 hectares of farmland to woodland on the Slindon estate. Find out more about the project on their blog (<a href="https://riseofnorthwoodnt.wordpress.com/">https://riseofnorthwoodnt.wordpress.com</a>/). We spent the morning planting tree saplings. </div>
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EpsomRotaracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01062385277687991146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268579233888990267.post-34132074985845782482015-02-23T20:00:00.000-08:002015-03-03T10:00:34.733-08:00Carry On Flying Quiz Night - 21/02/2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Epsom Rotaract returned to Leatherhead Parish Church Hall for our Carry On Flying Quiz in aid of Surrey Air Ambulance (<a href="http://www.kssairambulance.org.uk/">http://www.kssairambulance.org.uk/</a>). </div>
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There were Surrey and flying themed rounds on Surrey, Sport, History, Music and Food and Drink plus a picture round on transport related films and a cryptic round on Surrey Towns and Villages. Epsom Rotaractor John Bishop was the quiz master for the evening and club mascot Super Ted was nearby looking out for any cheaters! There were 19 teams, 133 quizzers and 11 Epsom Rotaractors on the night. <br />
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A crowd of 144 people attended the event including Dennis from Surrey Air Ambulance who gave a speech at the beginning of the night. </div>
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Everyone in the club came out to support this event, whether it was to set up, run the bar, do the scoring, distribute food, welcome guests or clear up. A big thanks to Katie for co-ordinating the event and doing a lot of the organisation beforehand. Also to Chris for booking the hall and placing the food order, to Dan for doing the scoring on the night and to alumni David for his help with the accounts. </div>
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In the end £1600 was raised for Surrey Air Ambulance! A brilliant figure! </div>
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Our Vice President Katie said "Surrey Air Ambulance is a charity, which is very close to the hearts of club members and our fundraising for them is in memory of a friend and club member who sadly passed away suddenly in 2013. It is fantastic that we have raised another £1,600 for this great local charity with our Carry On Flying Quiz. This builds on the success of our fundraising efforts for the charity last year, when our sponsored walk up Snowdon in June raised nearly £3,300."</div>
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EpsomRotaracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01062385277687991146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268579233888990267.post-32342159014306902792015-02-07T11:59:00.000-08:002015-03-03T10:53:26.577-08:00Epsom Medical Equipment Fund Equipment Presentation - Part 2! - 05/02/2015<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Epsom Rotaractors Helen and John headed over to Epsom Hospital for another medical equipment presentation!<br />
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With funds remaining after the purchase of a baby monitor for Epsom
General Hospital, the purchase of this special £1,428 Bariatric
Urology Couch has been made possible.<br /><br />In January 2014 Urology
Diagnostic Services were centralised within the Trust and located in
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<span style="color: #1c1c1c;">Daphne Colpman, Nurse Specialist said “The generous
gift of the Bariatric couch to the Urodynamic Service, has allowed us
to treat those individuals whose weight would have excluded them from
investigations in the past. It also has proved to be more comfortable
than a standard couch for all users, and enables us to provide a
better service to those who need assistance to move. Lastly, it is
electronically controlled by a foot peddle, which enables the nurse
or doctor undertaking the procedure to alter the patients position in
the middle of an investigation.”<br /><br />John said "I'm
very proud to say that Epsom Rotaract has once again played its part
in helping the local community, via the money we have raised for the
EMEF. This couch will provide an improved service to local patients.
As someone who was born here it is great to know that the money we
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A long time favourite, the birthday meal has long been an Epsom Rotaract tradition enjoyed by many club members and Felicia's was no exception. </div>
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As the drinks, conversation and er, Italian food, flowed, Felicia informed us that her birthday was actually the next day. Felicia said that she planned to go to the West End to get some theatre tickets from the refund queue. Let's hope her and the other punters weren't fighting like CATS and dogs for a ticket! EH? A great social event, that even a cheap pun couldn't spoil! Happy birthday Felicia!</div>
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<span class="userContent" style="font-size: small;">Tickets are now on sale for our Carry On Flying Quiz on Saturday 21st February 2015 in aid of Surrey Air Ambulance (<a href="http://www.kssairambulance.org.uk/">http://www.kssairambulance.org.uk/</a>)! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The quiz will be held at Leatherhead Parish Church Hall on Saturday 21st February 2015. Tickets are £12, which includes a Fish & Chip supper (sausage and vegetarian options available). Tickets must be purchased in advance. Teams of up to 8 players. There will be a bar and a raffle. </span> </div>
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<span class="userContent" style="font-size: small;">For more information and to book tickets please email epsomrotaract@hotmail.co.uk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">More details about the quiz can be found at the link below:</span></div>
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Helen sang Amy Winehouse's 'Valerie.' John sang 'It's my Life' by Bon Jovi and 'Fly Away' by Lenny Kravitz. John's brother Martin even got involved, singing the Rolling Stone's 'Sympathy for the Devil.'</div>
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Bar XLR also very kindly provided a free buffet for the evening. That, along with a bar, some free entertainment, courtesy of a cavalcade of excellent local singers, and a friendly atmosphere, made for a thoroughly enjoyable New Year's Event. It was so enjoyable that we forgot to take a photo of potential new member Sanchez who also attended. Sorry Sanchez!</div>
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Happy New Year from everyone at Epsom Rotaract! We hope that 2015 will be a great year!EpsomRotaracthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01062385277687991146noreply@blogger.com0