I arrived on the coldest night of the year so far (-3c) and a wind from the North Pole to spend the night on the pavement to highlight the plight of the homeless who do this every night.
Framework do great things to help the people who are homeless together with those who are in danger of losing their homes.
There were many people of all ages sleeping out with their cardboard boxes. It was freezing but luckily it was dry.
The photographs show me with PDG Rami Seth and PDG Lionel Howard who braved the elements and I thank them very much for their support.
It was good to see four members of the Nottingham Rotaract Club, Fran, Lucy, Simon and Helen taking time out to join the demonstration of support for the homeless.
The first person I met on arrival was Marianne Knight who has been instrumental in organising the event. Marianne is going with our Group Study Exchange team to India in January and she will have the opportunity to see how the homeless are treated there. At least it will be warmer!
My thanks go to Kelvin and Lynne Bowman too. Kelvin is the President of the Rotary Club of Mansfield and Lynne is President of the InnerWheel club. They fed me with cereal bars and hot coffee, many thanks Kelvin and Lynne!
I know that there were other Rotarians and Inner Wheel members there too but with so many people it was difficult to speak with everybody. I peered into many cardboard boxes and found the people in these photographs but eventually decided not to invade others personal space!
Thank you everyone. the projected amount raised is £30,000+ . This is a magnificent achievement but with huge cuts in funding on the horizon Framework are going to need a lot of support to keep up their excellent work
Please invite them to speak at your club.
Kevin Brown (on the right) of Sherwood Sunrisers and his son Philip climbed to Everest Base Camp to raise funds for the Indian Housing for Humanity project. As you can see they succeeded but their return was delayed for several days by bad weather in Katmandu.
Hi, Terry reporting this time!
President Fran and her hard working team of Rotaractors organised an Indian Curry evening at the Mogul - e - Azam restaurant in Nottingham. It was well attended and they have raised £600 to provide a Rotaract house in the project in India and £300 to buy equipment for children in the village.
Following the Big Sleep Out yesterday I was so pleased not to have to repeat the experience in the snow. Please remember that many people have little choice.
I arrived on the coldest night of the year so far (-3c) and a wind from the North Pole to spend the night on the pavement to highlight the plight of the homeless who do this every night.
The photographs show me with PDG Rami Seth and PDG Lionel Howard who braved the elements and I thank them very much for their support.
We had an interesting journey to the venue for the Ilkeston Charter Dinner as the postcode that we were given was actually a farm four miles away! We eventually arrived 15 minutes late much to the relief of Assistant Governor Roger Summers who was hastily sorting out a speech! Roger Sissons, the President was unruffled and calm as ever!
Tom Evans, younger brother of our Ambassadorial scholar Sam Evans, will be spending 3 months in India working at Sannidhi Centre for Life Skills in Vikarabad.
At 7.00am I was at my own club, Sherwood Sunrisers and took this photograph of the Sunrisers Garden at the City Hospital.
Tonight I made my visit to the Rotary Club of Nottingham and am delighted to meet so many new enthusiastic members, 7 so far this year! President Tony Poulter and his team are doing a good job!
The Rotary Club of Chesterfield held their Charter Lunch at Ringwood Hall Hotel, a superb venue.
A group of Rotaractors from the Nottingham club also came to help.
The Rotary Club of Mansfield held their Charter Dinner at The Hostess, a popular venue for such events. They offer a four course meal with choices and still produce excellent food in record time.
After a very hazardous journey Margaret Hunt and I finally arrived at the Sitwell Arms Hotel, the home of the Rotary Club of Eckington.
Plans to stay overnight in Bradford on Saturday were abandoned at the last minute when an invitation was received from John Holmes at BBC Radio Nottingham to review the Sunday newspapers on Sunday morning. This gave an opportunity to promote Rotary and in particular Focus on the Crocus and the End Polio Now programme.
The journey to Bradford for the Bill Huntley Memorial Peace Seminar on Friday afternoon was a nightmare with a series of accidents on the M62!
