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Rotary clubs and us

Rotary clubs all round the country give us tremendous support in all sorts of different ways – from fundraising and sponsoring projects, to tool refurbishing and organising specialist tool collections. Here are just a few of the ways you have been helping us.

Sponsor a project – The Rotary Club of Christchurch paid for our spring 2009 tool shipment to Malawi. Our upholstery, tinsmithing and carpentry project with Malawian partner Samalani is also being part financed by the Rotary Club of Hove. Rotarians in Tower Hamlets have raised money for us by running in this summer’s British 10K run in London.

Pay for specific items of much-needed tools and equipment – The Rotary Club of Winchester bought a new grit blaster for the Netley Marsh Training Group last year, the Rotary Club of Tower Hamlets helped source some anvils, and the Rotary Club of Bognor Regis and 11 other Rotary clubs bought shares to help us buy a new Tools for Self Reliance van.

Organising a tool collection – The Rotary Club of Ealing and Hanwell & Northfields organised a tool collection in collaboration with our Sutton refurbishing group. They went the extra mile and presented tool donor Hilary Smith with a personalised ‘thank you’ – a photo album of her late husband’s tools.

Helping out in the workshop – When it comes to refurbishing tools, Rotarians don’t mind getting their hands dirty either, as our volunteers in York, Hereford and elsewhere will tell you. And if you’ve got a surplus of tools and you need someone to help organise a tool sale, Rotarians help there too.

Can your club help?

We need your support right now. Your club can help us by …

Raising money for our Skills for Life project in Ghana – make a lasting impact on the lives of artisans in the rural north of the country


Photo © Dominic Jones
Committing to one of the suggested actions in our Rotary Club Pack (click on link below) or coming up with your own ideas. If you think you can help please give Jo Bush a call on 023 8086 9697 or email her at jo@tfsr.org in the first instance.

pdf Rotary Club Pack (3140 KB)