For the fourth year, the Ludlow Rotary Club held Ludlow Rotary Cares. Resulting from the success of its major fundraising activity during this year, Ludlow Fun Dog Day, in addition to its three major charities, the club has been able to distribute more than five thousand pounds to local community groups and organisations. Since the inception of Ludlow Rotary Cares, the club has distributed over twenty thousand pounds to around forty organisations in Ludlow and neighbouring villages.
This year the club invited applications for awards of upto five hundred pounds for specific projects. The response was excellent and fourteen were chosen from around twenty five. In keeping with its objective to support local activities, the club selected projects benefiting communities, young people and the disadvantaged.
All the recipients were invited to an evening at the Ludlow Mascall Centre, to explain briefly to the panel and the audience about their organisations and what particularly the award would enable them to achieve.
The membership of the panel was Nicky Kershaw – Deputy Lieutenant of Shropshire, Ollie Worthington- manager of TESCO Ludlow, Clive Leworthy – Community Council of Shropshire and three members of the Rotary club. We were honoured to welcome the Mayor of Ludlow, Tim Gill and the Deputy Mayor, Colin Sheward.
Judging Panel
Awards were made to Ludlow Youth Partnership, Coreley Memorial Hall, Ludlow Amateur Boxing club, Clee Hill Community Academy, young Shropshire in work, Shropshire Hills Discovery Center in Craven Arms, Caynham Village Hall, Diddlebury Parish Flood Action Group, st Laurence’s C of E Primary School, Clee St Margaret’s Village Hall, Ludlow Defib4 You, Ludlow Fringe Festival, Working Together and Hopton Wafers Village Hall.
LRC 2018 Winners
At the end of the event, the Deputy Lieutenant said “the range and breadth of voluntary activity in South Shropshire was truly amazing, and was an example of how so much could be achieved in our communities. Its benefits were significant and tangible.”
Further Comments
This is just a quick note to thank you and the rest of the Rotarians for organising the presentation night last Tuesday and for the kind donation to our funds.
Jade and I really enjoyed the evening, hearing from all the representatives of the other local charities. It was fascinating to learn of all the other good work being carried out in the area.
We were delighted to be awarded the donation of £300.00 which will be used to buy gifts for Santa to give out to the local children at our Christmas Lights Switch-on on November 24th.
If you would like to visit the Centre sometime, I would be very happy to give you a tour round and show you some of the wonderful things which are happening here. Kind regards
Grant Wilson, Centre Manager, Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre – the home of Grow Cook Learn www.shropshirehillsdiscoverycentre.co.uk
