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Oldest and youngest Swansea clubs to merge


The oldest and youngest clubs in Swansea are to merge. Swansea Bay Club is 26 years old this year and will merge with Swansea Club which celebrates its Centenary later this year. The merger came about after the four clubs - Swansea, Swansea


Bay, Mumbles and Morriston - met for a Visioning session last autumn looking at the future of Rotary in the city. Following on from the session Swansea Bay members felt there would be benefit to both clubs by joining forces with Swansea. A club poll showed the majority of members from both clubs were in favour and a merger team was set up to negotiate the way ahead. There are still some issues to be ironed out but a date has been set of 29 June to complete and celebrate the merger. Swansea Rotary has been a very active club over its hundred years of existence working to develop young people from primary to school leavers. It works closely with Swansea City Council on the High Five’s initiative.


High Fives celebrates young people who are going above and beyond to support their families, overcoming barriers to raise money for charity, building bridges across different communities, or making their school a better place to be.


Swansea Bay Club is also a very active club and organises a variety of fund-raising events such as Fashion Shows, Curry nights and bucket collections. Most notably it works with the South Wales Evening Post and Queens Hotel in the city to organise an annual Boules/Pentanque tournament in Swansea Marina, which over the years, has raised thousands of pounds for the charity fund of the incumbent Lord Mayor and has led to a spin-off Mumboules tournament with Rotary Mumbles. Swansea President Mervin Jones said: “Our hope is that as the two clubs joining together will ensure we are able to continue the good work and initiatives achieved by Rotary in Swansea during the previous 100 years into our next century of service”. Swansea Bay President Steve Bolchover will continue as President of the merged clubs to ensure continuity. He said: “We are two quite different clubs but all of us at Swansea Bay are hoping we can bring a new energy to Rotary in Swansea and develop into a bigger dynamic club ready to take on the challenges that face service organisations like ours in the 21st Century.” Pictured, the two Presidents, Swansea left and Swansea Bay, right.


The Princess Royal has paid tribute to Rotary members for the work they do in communities across the globe. Princess Anne, an honorary member of the Rotary Club of Elgin, in Scotland, spent more than two hours visiting the RIBI annual conference in Torquay.


‘We are People of Action’


Besides giving a speech to delegates at the Riviera International Centre, she spent considerable time touring both the Rotary Showcase and exhibition area chatting to Rotary members and charity representatives. She said “This is an organisation I have grown up with, meeting and seeing Rotarians almost wherever I have been all over the world. And they have always been busy,” she told delegates in a 15-minute speech.


If you asked the man or woman on the street if they knew about Rotary, many would recognise the name but few have an understanding of our work globally, nationally or locally. To combat this Rotary International has creat- ed a global marketing campaign called People of Action. The aim of this campaign is to narrow the gap between awareness and understanding by bringing the stories of Rotary members to life and show those who don’t know us exactly who we are, what we do and how Rotary differs from other organisations.


At the same time Rotary needs to increase membership by creating new style clubs that appeal to a wider age range whether they are young people or the newly retired looking for a new challenge.


Rotary Great Britain and Ireland President Denis Spiller has laid down a challenge called Rotary 2 with the aim to gain 50,000 new members by 2020. To coincide with the People of Action campaign and the launch of Rotary 2, Rotary Great Britain and Ireland filmed a series of videos showing Rotary in Action and concentrating on clubs that are breaking the mould of how Rotary works in the community.


The short films featured Rotary Clubs such as Wrexham Glyndwr and Maidenhead Bridge – clubs that are appealing to younger Rotarians. They meet twice monthly in an informal setting and are achieving a lot in their communities.


Another film featured staff members at Bentley Motors in Crewe who are running a project supporting the homeless in their community after forming the UK’s first Corporate Rotary Club. The film demonstrates that Rotary is a great way for organisations to turn their Corporate Social Responsibility ideas into action through volunteering and projects. The short films were widely distributed on social media and are now available for download on the RGBI website under Marketting Resources “People of Action”. The page also contains a link to the branding centre where you can download posters and other marketing materials that can be adapted and personalized.


Rotarians share a unique passion for taking action to improve their communities and the world. Where others see problems, we see solutions. The People of Action campaign is our chance to show others what we can achieve and encourage them to join us as we go forward.


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