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Rotary Magazine for District 1210

The project has already caused a stir
both inside and outside Rotary with
a visit from ‘Mr Compost’ himself,
Past District Governor Trevor Davies.
In addition, a group of keen
horticulturalists from Shropshire have
visited the site to learn about the
methods of cardboard composting.
Already links are being forged with a
national delivery company who are
interested in using this project as part
of their community service for their
managers. Discussions are ongoing
with two organisations whose aims
are to attract more young people into
a farming career and to use spare land
in urban areas to grow food.
The £25,000 investment will secure the project for a generation of young children and their families
for their local community.
The project and the investment are in no small way due to the hard work and diligence of members of
Walsall Saddlers Rotary, in particular, Rotarians Ian Johnstone, Martin Whitehouse and Paul
Daniels. Without their efforts this project and the funding would never have got off the ground.

Rotary supports Ukrainian families

Newcastle under Lyme Rotary applied for
funding from Rotary Foundation to support
displaced Ukrainian families and obtained a
total grant of £690 to assist families in North
Staffordshire.

Rotarians from the club made contact with the
Newcastle (Staffs) Branch of the Association
of Ukrainians in Great Britain and discussions
took place with its chairman Karl Stubbs to
ascertain how Rotary could help with local
needs and the Club agreed to buy a laptop for
two families.
The purchase laptops was considered to be the
best way of assisting these families to enable
them to access facilities in this country, to
learn English and to make contact with their
families back home.
The laptops were given to Elena Nikishina
staying in Bentilee with her two children and
Oksana Demkiv living in Middleport with her
three children.

Presentation of the laptops took place at
Middleport Pottery by kind permission of the
Trustees.

President Marion Reddish and Rotarian David Price,
Foundation Chairman presenting the laptops to
Daniel Nikishina and Oksana Demikiv.

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