{"id":9936,"date":"2025-08-28T14:19:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T14:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ludlowrotaryclub.org.uk\/staging\/6316\/?page_id=9936"},"modified":"2026-05-01T17:43:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:43:48","slug":"new-our-causes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ludlowrotaryclub.org.uk\/staging\/6316\/new-our-causes\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Causes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9936\" class=\"elementor elementor-9936\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4900972 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4900972\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-101f07d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"101f07d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b4f4e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8b4f4e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/ludlowrotaryclub.org.uk\/staging\/6316\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/LRC-new-logo-cropped-150x120.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-7173\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ludlowrotaryclub.org.uk\/staging\/6316\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/LRC-new-logo-cropped-150x120.png 150w, https:\/\/ludlowrotaryclub.org.uk\/staging\/6316\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/LRC-new-logo-cropped-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/ludlowrotaryclub.org.uk\/staging\/6316\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/LRC-new-logo-cropped.png 844w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-746ca65 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"746ca65\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63ea418 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"63ea418\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"188\" height=\"89\" src=\"https:\/\/ludlowrotaryclub.org.uk\/staging\/6316\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ryla.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-9923\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ludlowrotaryclub.org.uk\/staging\/6316\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ryla.webp 188w, https:\/\/ludlowrotaryclub.org.uk\/staging\/6316\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ryla-150x71.webp 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c0a51f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9c0a51f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dabec6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4dabec6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"109\" src=\"https:\/\/ludlowrotaryclub.org.uk\/staging\/6316\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/polio-150x109.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-9940\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ludlowrotaryclub.org.uk\/staging\/6316\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/polio-150x109.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ludlowrotaryclub.org.uk\/staging\/6316\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/polio-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ludlowrotaryclub.org.uk\/staging\/6316\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/polio.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbd3fe6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dbd3fe6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2747905 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2747905\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A current focus for the club is the giving of grants to local charities and organisations which operate in or within about 15 miles of Ludlow\u00a0through its \u2018Ludlow Rotary Cares\u2019 support scheme. Over the past ten years the club has been able to give \u00a350,000 to over 100 local community projects.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ludlowrotaryclub.org.uk\/staging\/6316\/ludlow-rotary-cares-2\/\"><strong>For more information and details of previous grants click here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f59a1f6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f59a1f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42f1b17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42f1b17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Each year the club sponsors youngsters who might benefit from what is regarded as one of the most successful youth schemes run by Rotary. It offers a fun yet intensive five-day training programme for young people, both boys and girls, aimed at nurturing and encouraging leadership and communication skills and giving participants a head start at an early age<strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/ludlowrotaryclub.org.uk\/staging\/6316\/ryla-information\/\">For more information click here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e33b1d9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e33b1d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4faade8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4faade8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rotary has been working to eradicate polio for more than 35 years. Our goal of ridding the world of this disease is closer than ever.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p><p>Today, polio remains endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan. But it\u2019s crucial to continue working to keep other countries polio-free. For more information and to donate go to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.endpolio.org\">www.endpolio.org<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3331d76 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3331d76\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a592b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a592b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Serving our community &#8211;<\/strong> Rotary is primarily a service organisation, so we spend a lot of time helping other organisations and groups.\u00a0 These include helping at the Ludlow Spring Festival and the Food Festival in September. We also help at the Ludlow Magna Longa Walk and Ludlow College students with mock interviews. In 2025\/26 we intend to expand our service locally which we hope will include some of the groups listed above and also the Ludlow Food Bank and Hands Together Ludlow.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3015ea7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3015ea7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9cdbcf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b9cdbcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From 2017 to its formal handover in November 2022 the Club were the driving force behind a project to build a new school building and toilet block for the <strong>Msasani Primary School<\/strong> in Tanzania. The project was partly funded by a grant from Rotary International. 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