Rotary Club of Ascot

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <H1>About Our Club</H1> <P>The Rotary Club of Ascot principally provides support to well known Local Community activities and raises money for both local and some international causes. </P> <P>We promote such events as a "Youth Speaks" competition and a "Schools Music Concert" for local schools. We also make awards to selected pupils who have given "Service Above Self" and assist schools by undertaking mock interviews with their students.</P> <P>Major local causes supported in recent years include the <A HREF="http://www.sunningdale-pc.org.uk/extra428.html" TARGET="_top">Ascot Day Centre</A>, <A HREF="http://www.airambulancetvac.org/" TARGET="_top">Thames Valley Air Ambulance</A>, <A HREF="http://www.thameshospicecare.org.uk/" TARGET="_top">Thames Hospicecare</A>, <A HREF="http://www.childrenwithspecialneeds.co.uk/" TARGET="_top">Children with Special Needs Foundation</A>, the North Ascot Community Association, <A HREF="http://www.lifeeducation.org.uk/" TARGET="_top">Life Education Centres</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sunningdale-pc.org.uk/extra47.html" TARGET="_top">Charters Youth & Community Centre</A>. We also support a number of smaller applications and individual cases. </P> <P>Our club has numerous social events that combine fund raising and fun for Rotarians, families and friends. In recent years these have included "Monte Carlo" evenings, Garden parties, Quiz Nights, Jazz and other Band concerts, a Hollywood Evening, and an Auction of Promises. (See our <A HREF="../bulletin/" TARGET="_top">Club Bulletin</A> for upcoming club events and other news.) </P> <P>Our major fundraising activities include a Charity Golf tournement followed by a gala dinner and auction, the Sunninghill Wheelbarrow race and of course our Christmas collections. We also work with the Round Table of Ascot in support of the Ascot Fireworks display.</P> <P>Internationally we support Water Aid, Aquaboxes, Sightsavers and individual requests for assistance. Major requests for financial aid to international catastrophes are normally undertaken in conjunction with other Rotary Clubs locally, nationally or internationally. </P> <P>We have introduced a very active <A HREF="rca2006web/friends.htm">"Friends"</A> programme, with the objective to facilitate recruitment and to re-establish the position of the Rotary Club of Ascot in the local community.</P> <P>Once a year, there is a District Conference, which has been held at various resorts, including Bournemouth, Brighton, Eastbourne, Plymouth, Torquay, Cardiff and Harrogate. This gives Rotarians and their partners a break away from Ascot for socialisation and fellowship, as well as an opportunity to meet Rotarians from other clubs and to hear what has been going on across the district.</P> <P>We have close links with two other European clubs (St Nazaire in France and Gulpen-Waals in Holland) with visits on a reciprocal basis. We also visit other clubs internationally to further good will and fellowship.</P> <P>The fellowship that is generated is quite exceptional and various members become close friends - one of the reasons for this is that there is a very active 'Inner Wheel' Club which is for the partners of Rotarians  this meets monthly and welcomes new members. It has its own social events and also joint events with our club. </P> <P>The Club meets at the Mill Ride Golf Club on Wednesdays - each month the 1st and 3rd of these being at lunch-time (1300  1400) and the 2nd and 4th in the evening (1930  2130). When there is a fifth Wednesday we have a joint evening meeting (1930  2130) with our partners. </P> <H2>Browsers without support for Frames</H2> <P>This website works best with a browser that can view frames. However, you can navigate the main pages from the links below.</P> <TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="198" HEIGHT="60" VALIGN="top"> <P> <A HREF="rca2006web/map.htm" TARGET="main">Where we meet</A><BR> <A HREF="../bulletin/dates.html" TARGET="main">When we meet - the Diary</A><BR> <A HREF="../bulletin" TARGET="_top">News - the Club Bulletin</A></P> </TD> <TD WIDTH="2" BACKGROUND="graphics/divtop.gif"> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD HEIGHT="10" VALIGN="top">  <TABLE WIDTH="198" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" BORDERCOLOR="#000033">  <TR> <TD HEIGHT="25" VALIGN="top"> </TD> <TD WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="25" VALIGN="top"><IMG SRC="graphics/wheelsm.gif" WIDTH="20" HEIGHT="20"></TD> <TD WIDTH="176" HEIGHT="25" VALIGN="top"> <P><A HREF="../golf" TARGET="_top">Charity Golf 2006 </A></P> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD HEIGHT="25" VALIGN="top"> </TD> <TD WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="25" VALIGN="top"><IMG SRC="graphics/wheelsm.gif" WIDTH="20" HEIGHT="20"></TD> <TD WIDTH="176" HEIGHT="25" VALIGN="top"> <P><A HREF="rca2006web/club.htm" TARGET="main">Club Service</A></P> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD HEIGHT="25" VALIGN="top"> </TD> <TD WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="25" VALIGN="top"><IMG SRC="graphics/wheelsm.gif" WIDTH="20" HEIGHT="20"></TD> <TD WIDTH="176" HEIGHT="25" VALIGN="top"> <P><A HREF="rca2006web/community.htm" TARGET="main">Community and Vocational Service</A></P> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD HEIGHT="25" VALIGN="top"> </TD> <TD WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="25" VALIGN="top"><IMG SRC="graphics/wheelsm.gif" WIDTH="20" HEIGHT="20"></TD> <TD WIDTH="176" HEIGHT="25" VALIGN="top"> <P><A HREF="rca2006web/friends.htm" TARGET="main">Friends Programme</A></P> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD HEIGHT="25" VALIGN="top"> </TD> <TD WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="25" VALIGN="top"><IMG SRC="graphics/wheelsm.gif" WIDTH="20" HEIGHT="20"></TD> <TD WIDTH="176" HEIGHT="25" VALIGN="top"> <P><A HREF="rca2006web/foundation.htm" TARGET="main">Foundation</A></P> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD HEIGHT="25" VALIGN="top"> </TD> <TD WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="25" VALIGN="top"><IMG SRC="graphics/wheelsm.gif" WIDTH="20" HEIGHT="20"></TD> <TD WIDTH="176" HEIGHT="25" VALIGN="top"> <P><A HREF="rca2006web/international.htm" TARGET="main">International Service</A></P> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD HEIGHT="25" VALIGN="top"> </TD> <TD WIDTH="25" HEIGHT="25" VALIGN="top"><IMG SRC="graphics/wheelsm.gif" WIDTH="20" HEIGHT="20"></TD> <TD WIDTH="176" HEIGHT="25" VALIGN="top"> <P><A HREF="rca2006web/president.htm" TARGET="main">President's Report</A></P> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P><A HREF="rca2006web/links.htm" TARGET="main">Community Links</A><BR> <A HREF="rca2006web/press.htm" TARGET="main">Press Releases</A><BR> <A HREF="rca2006web/officers.htm" TARGET="main">Club Officers </A></P>  </TD> <TD></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY>