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2018 RIBI CONFERENCE young people. He laid down a challenge regarding
one of his areas of interest for when we complete
Report from Darren the Polio fight and that is his work to combat
Hands slavery.
RIBI’s National Rugby legend Phil Bennett finished off the session
Conference was held at in typical Rugby style with some great anecdotes
the Riviera Centre in of his playing career before also congratulating
Torquay this year and encouraging all Rotarians in what we do.
(August 6-8) and kicked off in fine style with the
planting of elm trees in the gardens at the "Believe in Yourself" was the message at the start
Seafront and the presentation of awards to the of Day 2 of the conference with Paralympian Liz
Humphry Davy Interact club, (for best project Johnson telling us that we should all believe we
award for Interact clubs throughout Great Britain can do anything - you may just need to thing
and Ireland). along with the Exe Valley Rotary outside of the box.
Club (for Environmental work). Sadly none of the
district clubs’ entries in the PR trophy won – Performing at the conference was the Young
losing out to one of the Bristol clubs. Musician of the Year and there was a presentation
on the Young Technology competition which
Humphry Davy Interact Club showed that not all such activities were elitist.
Later, after a couple of talks about the Inner The annual Young Citizen awards were once again
Wheel and Women’s Institute, Shaun Sawyer, inspiring with some great stories being told.A
Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall, brought a current topic of cyber security followed along with
sense of perspective to the conference when tales from behind the scenes of Blue Peter. I think
discussing the role of community and how society everyone enjoyed some of the memories here.
could work together to make a better future of
After a talk on the polio campaign, former
television newsreader Angela Rippon gave a call
to arms for help with the dementia campaign she
endorses.
Highlight of the second day was the arrival of HRH
Princess Anne, an honorary member of the Rotary
Club of Elgin, she spoke from a position of
authority on the End Polio Campaign and other
