Banbury Inner Wheel president welcomes year's first speaker

Club president Jan welcomed all members and guests to a new Inner Wheel year.

Speaker Rotarian Alan Wolstencroft with Inner Wheel President Jan | Carole Humphris

placeholder image — Speaker Rotarian Alan Wolstencroft with Inner Wheel President Jan | Carole Humphris

Before the business meeting she introduced the speaker Rotarian Alan Wolstencroft who gave a highly impactful, community driven presentation about his project in Sierra Leone. Every pound raised by ‘Alan’s Africa’ goes directly towards building classrooms, restoring clean water wells, and supplying vital school and sports gear “Making A Real Difference” in Sierra Leone.

'Alan’s Africa', a West African schools’ project has received Government recognition Since 2007. Banbury Rotarian, Alan Wolstencroft, has been working on school projects in Sierra Leone, developing links with six communities in the West African country. If you would like to know more about the work Alan does please contact him by email [email protected]

The work on the classrooms Before and After | Carole Humphris

President Jan thanked Alan for all the work he has done and continues to do as it is such a worthy cause; helping the children of Sierra Leone in communities where they lack the building and necessary resources to have and continue their education and welfare. Even a very small donation can help provide building materials, school uniforms, school equipment etc.

The Inner Wheel club of Banbury will again have fundraising events this year raising money in many different ways for our President's chosen charity Sepsis UK and various international charities including ShelterBox, School in a Bag and Mary’s Meals.

The Banbury club will be getting involved with Orange the World again this year. Orange the World is a global United Nations campaign to end violence against women and girls. While the core focus is protecting women and girls, the United Nations views men and boys as essential allies and participants in achieving this goal.

A new toilet block
Basic but better than nothing! — A new toilet block Basic but better than nothing! | Carole Humphris

From 25 November to 10 December the Banbury Town Hall will glow Orange to respect this global campaign.

President Jan thanked everyone for all the support and good luck she is being given for the future months. If you would like to know more about our service organisation please email: [email protected]