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Welcome to Coventry Rotaract! |
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Coventry Rotaract is a group of 18-30 year-olds, who raise money and awareness for local, national and international charities, by offering direct support or by organising fundraising events themselves. Members are also encouraged to develop themselves personally, by organising activities for the members and guests to meet new people and to try something new, all within a supportive and collaborative environment.
If you are interested in joining Coventry Rotaract this year you can download a membership form here. |
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Halloween Party , Friday 31st October 2008, The Maudslay, Coventry, 7.30pm. |
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Live music from local cover band Evolve.
Fancy dress optional - prize for the best costume.
DJ and raffle on the night.
Tickets £5 (over 18s only).
Last year's halloween party was a fantastic success, raising over £600. Please join us if you can - this year the party will be even bigger and better!! All proceeds will go to our chosen charities. Click here to see the poster (may take 1-2 mins to download PDF). |
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| Upcoming Events Organised by Mercia MS Therapy Centre |
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Coventry Rotaract is supporting the Mercia MS Therapy Centre for the 2nd year running. This hugely worthwhile charity needs your support too. They have 3 fantastic events coming up:
- Julie Angel Guest, International Psychic Medium, Thursday 27th November 2008
- Sponsored Ghost Sit, Friday 21st November 2008
- Ladies Night, Friday 19th December
For full details go to the events page of their website http://www.merciamstherapy.org.uk/events.shtml. |
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| Coventry Rotaract in the News - Coventry Observer August 2008 |
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Recent Events... scroll down...
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Charity Quiz Night at Escape Bar, September 2008. |
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Our annual quiz proved as popular as ever. Thanks to your fantastic support we raised nearly £550 on the night.
All proceeds raised will be donated to our chosen charities, including the Snowball Appeal, Mercia MS Therapy Centre and Coventry Myton Hospice. |
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Coventry Rotaract Masked Ball, hosted by The Rotaract Club of Coventry, Saturday 24th May 2008, St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry |
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| Rotaract at the Two Saints Raft Race, Wolston |
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On Saturday 7th June 2008 The Rotaract Club of Coventry had a stall at the Two Saints Raft Race.
The race started in Church Lawford with over 20 rafts and finished in Wolston where Rotaractors were on hand entertaining the spectators with their fundraising stall.
Name the teddy, treasure island and guess the number of balloons in the car were all on offer with prizes such as the bear and a set of paintballing vouchers to be won.
The weather kept dry long enough for the race to finish and crowds participated in the fundraising activities to raise just over £100 for charities supported by The Rotaract Club of Coventry inc Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance and Mercia MS Therapy Centre.
Many thanks to the Rugby Observer for the above photo. |
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| Rotaract rock the Raggy to the tune of over £1000 - Coventry in Session, A Charity Gig, with all proceeds going to charities supported by Rotaract, hosted by The Rotaract Club of Coventry, 3pm - 2am, Saturday 15th March 2008, The Lord Raglan, Exhall |
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After all the preparation and planning Coventry in Session finally took place on 15th March 2008.
Over 15 local artists and bands came together to help raise funds for charities supported by The Rotaract Club of Coventry, including Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance and Mercia MS Therapy Centre.
Music on the night varied from folk to indie and from acoustic to rock. Punters packed out The Raggy - Coventry's newest live music venue and helped raise funds not only through their donations on the door but also through the purchase of gig CD's and raffle tickets.
The Rotaract Club of Coventry was pleased to raise over £1000 and would like thank everyone involved in making the event happen.
Anyone who did not purchase a CD on the night but would still like one - there are some still available from The Raggy - just £2.50.
For further events organised by The Rotaract Club of Coventry please keep checking the website or add yourself to The Rotaract Club of Coventry's Facebook Group.
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| Eat Breakfast in the most Strangest Place - Oxygen Chamber, Mercia MS Therapy Centre, Coventry |
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RGBI Challenges us to eat breakfast in the most unusual place!
Coventry Rotaract, the voluntary fundraising and personal development Club for people aged 18-30, have been eating their breakfast in the oxygen chamber at the Mercia MS Therapy Centre. This was because Rotaract Clubs across the country were challenged to eat breakfast in the most unusual place as part of a competition to celebrate World Rotaract Day. The oxygen chamber was certainly considered to be an unusual place to have breakfast, and also gave club members the opportunity to see the facilities at the centre for whom they have pledged to raise money this year. The centre is in Aldermans Green in Coventry and is an independent charity providing therapies and support for Multiple Sclerosis sufferers and those close to them.
Members of The Rotaract Club of Coventry, plus a member of one of the supporting Rotary clubs, visited the therapy centre armed with bacon butties, sausage sarnies and bowls of cereal.
Amanda Thurlow, Coventry Rotaract’s Community & Fundraising Officer said, “It has been a privilege and an amazing experience to visit the Mercia MS Therapy Centre and talk to the staff. The idea of today was initially meant to be about raising awareness of Rotaract, but we were lucky enough to be able to include one of our main chosen charities in this challenge as well. Having seen the valuable work that is done here it has certainly strengthened our ambition to continue to support worthy local causes”. |
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| Lovely bit of Pub Golf for Charity...Friday 29th February 2008, Craven Street, Coventry |
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An adaptation of the traditional drinking game - something more like golf themed pub crawl!
Rotaractor's and friends turned out on 29th February for a spot of Pub Golf along Craven St - one of Coventry's most popular pub crawl routes.
Most in fancy dress (prize was given to Kate Pearson for the best one) and with buckets to shake we collected money from the sale of scorecards and from donations from other drinkers in the pub.
Responsible drinking was promoted and the option to buy a non alcoholic scorecard was available. Everyone had a great night and we raised £195.22. |
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| Santa's Sleigh Collection, Coventry, Monday 3rd - Saturday 22nd December 2007 |
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Along with the Rotaract and Rotary Clubs of Coventry, Santa Claus has been collecting donations for local charities supported by the Clubs, as well as the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance.
This year the team has smashed all expectations, and has raised over £9,000. A very big thank you to all who have generously donated. |
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| And thanks to the Coventry Telegraph for running an introductory story! |
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| Tinshake, Corley Service Station, Saturday 8th December 2007 |
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| Thanks to everyone who helped and donated money at our recent tinshake - with your help we raised just over £700! |
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| Coventry Rotaract's Halloween Party, Friday 26th October 2007, The Maudsley Pub, Allesley Old Road, Coventry |
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The Rotaract Club of Coventry hosted a Halloween Party at The Maudslay Coventry in aid of their supported charities including the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance and the Mercia MS Therapy Centre.
Appoximately 100 people attended the event, and all were entertained by Coventry band The Satin Dolls and danced the night away to the sounds of guest DJ Jay Watson.
Ghosts, Ghouls, witches and vampires amongst others turned out for the fancy dress competition with the prize of a bottle of champagne, kindly donated by Escape Bar, going to The Ghostbusters.
Guests also took part in apple bobbing and a raffle during the nights entertainment.
Generous donations of equipment, services and prizes from local companies including as Asda, Savilles AV, The Maudslay, Alexander Wines, Escape Bar, The Creaky Cauldron and Santa Pod Raceway allowed the club to host the event completely free of charge - meaning that 100% of the money raised on the night went to the charities. Thank you also to Elemental Designs for the poster!
The grand total of money raised on the night was over £600.
The Club would like to thank everyone for their support for the event.
More photos from the event can be viewed (and uploaded) on the Facebook event page at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=6385958833 |
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| Rotary and Rotaract Citywide Raffle Draw, Rotary 1060 West Midlands Conference, Harrogate Sunday 14th October 2007 |
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Thank you to everyone who took part, sold tickets and supported the Rotary and Rotaract Citywide Raffle. Please keep an eye on this page to see just how much was raised! |
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We were delighted to have BBCs News Presenter Kay Alexander making our draw on Sunday... The winners have been contacted... |
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| Midland Special Schools Sports Event, Coventry, Sunday 7th October 2007 |
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Rotaractors were asked to "referee" Polybat (which is a cross between table tennis & air hockey) and curling. We were also asked to present the 3rd place team with their medals for competing. |
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| Solihull Festival, Brueton Park, Sunday 23rd September 2007 |
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| The Annual Coventry Rotaract Quiz Night, Thursday 13th September 2007, Wyken Working Mens Club, Coventry |
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Thank you to everyone who attended, and well done to those who won prizes! Thanks to you all, we raised over £400 on the night!
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| Cheque Presentation to the Coventry Sea Cadets, Tuesday 11th September 2007 |
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Amanda Thurlow, Community and Fundraising Officer, and Helen Councell, Membership Officer, from The Rotaract Club of Coventry visited the Coventry Sea Cadets to present them with £100 cheque.
The Rotaract Club of Coventry is a group of 18-30 year olds sponsored by the Rotary club of Coventry who are committed to raising funds for charity. The Sea Cadets received the £100 donation from Rotaract to assist with the purchase of VHF radios.
The radios will be used on training days at Draycott water to make the adventures a lot safer by allowing communication between shore and water as well as amongst the different groups on the water. The radios will not only aid in the safer operation of the units training but they will also be used to provide the sea cadets with the opportunity to gain qualifications in radio communications. |
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| Ground Breaking Ceremony, Coventry Myton Hospice, Walsgrave Hospital Site, Coventry, Thursday 30th August 2007 |
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| City-wide Raffle, Tesco Cannons Park, Coventry, Saturday 25th August 2007 |
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Rotary and Rotaract in the City promoting and selling raffle tickets for the Citywide raffle, in aid of the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance, Disabled Sports Foundation Coventry, and other charities supported by Rotaract and Rotary in the City.
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Get in contact if you would like to buy a raffle ticket! |
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| Rotaract Social at Zorbas, Coventry, Friday 17th August 2007 |
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| Cheque Presentation to the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance, Sunday 8th July 2007 |
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| The Club present a cheque for £3,500 to the WNAA - one of their chosen charities for the year. |
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Thanks to your help - we smashed our July 2006 - June 2007 target of £3,500!
So far, you've helped us raise £3,400.91 - now, help us get to our new target this year of £3,500!
Do you want to get involved or find out more about the Club?
Why not check out the rest of the website, and use the Contact Form to get in touch with us? |
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