Author: Alistair Thornley

4 August 2018

Dear Fellow Rotarians

Re Msasani Project

After nearly three years of form filling and negotiation I can announce the good news that all the money has been transferred by Rotary International into the Rotary Msasani Project account in Tanzania and that we all clear to begin the project.

This is fantastic news for our club and for our contribution of some £2,300.000 we have released $48,000.00!

The project of a complex of classrooms to double up as a village community centre and a modern toilet block complex we will contribute hugely to this village school and the whole area. Ludlow Rotary Club can be proud of this achievement.

So we now have to roll out the build in the next few months and the tentative plan at the moment is that we are to attempt to get as much pre planning done before our visit, probably in October.

I attach a couple of drawings that give feel of what we are to do.

Support and involvement in any way would be welcome.

Many thanks

Roy Major

Ludlow Rotary Club International Committee

   

 

A LIFE MORE ORDINARY – DEMENTIA-FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES at the Ludlow Assembly Rooms

Ludlow Rotary Club is very please to be able to support with a grant the initiative A Life More Ordinary that runs activities for people living with dementia and memory loss, their families, friends and carers. 

Olivia James, Film Community Engagement Co-ordinator, explains that “In 2016 Ludlow Assembly Rooms became one of six venues nationally to take part in ‘A Life More Ordinary’, a project pioneered by The Dukes Theatre in Lancaster that gives people living with dementia and memory loss, ‘more choice, more control and greater access to leisure and cultural opportunities’.

Ludlow Assembly Rooms started with a dementia-friendly cinema afternoon, once a month where a relaxed, safe and fun environment was provided. Staff are dementia-aware, lights in the auditorium are left on low and the sound is a little lower than usual also. A year later in 2017, two more elements were added to Ludlow’s ‘A Life More Ordinary’ programme – ‘Moving to the Rhythm’ and ‘Songs for You’. Both activities, led by very talented, specially trained professionals, have proved popular – offering a space for reminiscence, socialising and, most importantly, having fun.

The Assembly Rooms are delighted to be able to continue all three activities from 2018 into 2019 with the help of all their supporters. None of this work would be possible without it and, undoubtedly, those living with dementia (including those with a diagnosis, carers and families) would certainly miss out on a vital contribution to their ongoing wellbeing and quality of life.”

02/08/2018.