ROTARY WELCOMED RACHAEL TO OUR LUNCH TIME CLUB MEETING.
BIODIVERSITY OFFICER RACHEL’S ROLE IS TO HELP THE COUNCIL FULFIL ITS BIODIVERSITY DUTY INCLUDING TO DEVELOP WAYS TO MANAGE COUNCIL LAND FOR THE BENEFIT OF BIODIVERSITY AND PEOPLE.
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Wednesday, 16 March 2016
St. Vincent de Paul "Neighbors helping Neighbours"
Fiona Simpson, Childline
President David welcomed his wife Fiona and Karen Kerr from NSPCC.
Fiona works with childline and described her work with children.
Fiona works with childline and described her work with children.Wednesday, 9 March 2016
Annual Charity Breakfast
Another great breakfast thanks to the many people who came out to support us
Tuesday, 8 March 2016
International Women's Day event, Tuesday 8th. 6.30pm Lodge Hotel
President David and President Elect Richard joined Coleraine Rotary at the lodge Hotel to support 3 of our local women from Ballymoney, Winnie Mellett & Olive Harvey.
Tuesday 8 March 2016
Celebrate International Women's Day
with a Rotary Event!
International Women's Day recognises women's achievements and highlights the continued struggle for equal rights and equality for women.
Rotary Ireland strives to support this event and therefore this creates an excellent opportunity for clubs to get involved to recognise
the achievements of a worthy recipient (must be non-Rotarian) and celebrate
the event at club/zone level.
Celebrate with speakers, local female personalities, your club/zone nominated rep, discuss the achievements of famous female personalities locally/internationally, support a female charity … many other ways!
Everyone can be involved, men and women can make this event successful!
Melinda Gates says, “This is a day to recognize the vital role of women in
society and the economy around the world.”
Supporting and/or hosting an International Women’s Day event will support:
· a membership dividend, get more women involved in Rotary;
· the awareness of Rotary International within your area;
· opportunities to showcase joined up Rotary ie clubs working together;
· potential development for an annual club/zone event; and
· media coverage and a good news story in our own Rotary News!
What is your club doing to celebrate International Women’s Day?
Will your club support a zone event?
Don’t forget to share your good story!
For further information please contact: Maria McGilly, District Vocational Service Chair (2013-16) Email: maria_mcgilly@btinternet.com
Mobile: 07796024150
Friday, 4 March 2016
Sad news from Mid Argyle
It is with great sadness that the Rotary Club of Mid Argyle have to announce that their dear friend District Governor Andy Lees and past president passed away on Thursday. Andy was admitted to hospital overnight but, despite emergency surgery, he passed away peacefully with his family at his side.
Many of you may remember him from your visits to Lochgilphead. Richard and David met him and his family at the Burns night in January.
Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Liz and their family.
Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Liz and their family.
Richard
Richard Orr
President Elect
Ballymoney Rotary
07500 878 998
Thursday, 3 March 2016
" Brighton" Ballymoney Drama Festival
Ballymoney prides itself on hosting the oldest Drama Festival in Ireland, which began in 1934 and has continued annually except for a break during WWII.
This was an opportunity to enjoy an evening out and support our local festival. We have choose Thursday 3rd March to see Clarence Players perform a play called " Brighton" , listed as uplifting,sparkling with wit and humour.
For pre show diner we went to Carmichaels, our old meeting venue. They are due to open as a bistro and we are the first to try out their new venue.
Brighton celebrates friendship, hope and the resilience of the human spirit and centres on the characters of Lily, an elderly Irish woman and Fulham supporter who has spent all her working life in England working in the Civil Service, and former actor Jack Dunhill, just turned sixty, who has recently suffered an accident paralysing him from the waist down. The pair meet in the Sisters of Calvary Nursing Home in which Dave, a young care assistant, works.
As well as taking second place at Ballymoney the Clarence players won the Lord Antrim Cup for Best Comedy and Dorothy Wiley lifted the Dalriada Cup for Best Actress. There were certificates for acting (Des Loughridge) and lighting.
Wednesday, 2 March 2016
Rotary - We're for Communities A short Video
Published on Apr 18, 2012
Rotary International is all about COMMUNITIES: 1.2 million men and women of all ages and backgrounds around the world volunteering to support COMMUNITIES, both locally and internationally.
And Rotary clubs are dynamic COMMUNITIES themselves - like-minded people with common aims who use their skills and energy to support each other.
If you'd like to make new friends and business contacts while giving something back to your community, contact your local Rotary club - you'll find out just how rewarding this can be. If you live in Britarin or Ireland, visit www.ribi.org. (Elsewhere, go to www.rotary.org.)
And Rotary clubs are dynamic COMMUNITIES themselves - like-minded people with common aims who use their skills and energy to support each other.
If you'd like to make new friends and business contacts while giving something back to your community, contact your local Rotary club - you'll find out just how rewarding this can be. If you live in Britarin or Ireland, visit www.ribi.org. (Elsewhere, go to www.rotary.org.)
"Just One Life 2016" Young Driver Awareness
Ballymoney Rotary Club adopts life saving driver awareness programme
The ‘Just One Life’ Driver Awareness Programme for young drivers was held at The Joey Dunlop Leisure Centre in Ballymoney on Wednesday, 2nd March last, organised by The Rotary Club of Ballymoney.
A total of 300 pupils aged 16 years attended from Our Lady of Lourdes High, Ballymoney High and Dalriada Schools, accompanied by School Principals and teachers. Other attending guests included Mayor Michelle Knight-McQuillan and Councillor Ian Stevenson from Causeway Coast and Glens Council; Past District Governor for Rotary in Ireland, Philip Beggs; and representatives from the Chamber of Commerce, the Road Safety Committee and Inner Wheel Club.
The ‘Just One Life’ Driver Awareness Programme for young drivers was initiated by The Rotary Club of Wexford and has been implemented in other parts of Ireland. The Ballymoney event included an outdoor demonstration showing a mock road accident scenario with three school pupils acting as injured occupants, including one ‘fatality’. A full commentary was provided as Police, Ambulance and Fire Brigade arrived and set about safely extracting the injured occupants from the vehicle. This part of the programme was cut short by severe weather conditions requiring urgent transfer of pupils indoors!
Indoors, the pupils and guests listened to challenging presentations from representatives of the Emergency Services. Inspector Stephen Haslett, North Region Road Policing Commander PSNI, reviewed statistics for road deaths in Northern Ireland reporting 74 deaths in 2015, 12 deaths already in 2 months of 2016, and over 9,000 recorded road traffic casualties each year in Northern Ireland. A very large proportion of accidents affected young people in 16-24 age group, particularly young male drivers. Inspector Haslett outlined the main causes of road accidents as SPEED, INATTENTION, MOBILE PHONES, ALCOHOL OR DRUGS, and CARELESS DRIVING. He challenged the pupils and guests to demand safe driving by themselves and other drivers. He stressed that, unlike the pupils attending the accident scene that day, most people who are involved in road accidents were not able to just ‘walk away’ from the scene.
Jason Craig from NI Fire and Rescue Service and Brian Mulligan from Northern Ireland Ambulance Service gave presentations detailing the expert care their services provided to trapped and injured road traffic casualties. They highlighted that careless driving often led to situations which placed their teams in danger, sometimes in extreme weather, and that many of their staff were volunteers, called out at unsocial hours
Ballymoney Rotary Club would like to thank all those people who assisted in organising and contributing to this event: Sammy Montgomery and the staff of the Joey Dunlop Leisure Centre; all three School Principals; teachers and three pupil ‘casualty victim’ actors; Sid Henry, PSNI Education Officer; Jason Craig, NI Fire service; the above mentioned speakers and guests; Translink; Causeway Coast and Glens Council and all the personnel from PSNI, Fire Service and Ambulance Service who took part in the outdoor mock accident event. The overall aim of this event was to save JUST ONE LIFE.
The ‘Just One Life’ Driver Awareness Programme for young drivers was held at The Joey Dunlop Leisure Centre in Ballymoney on Wednesday, 2nd March last, organised by The Rotary Club of Ballymoney. A total of 300 pupils aged 16 years attended from Our Lady of Lourdes High, Ballymoney High and Dalriada Schools, accompanied by School Principals and teachers. Other attending guests included Mayor Michelle Knight-McQuillan and Councillor Ian Stevenson from Causeway Coast and Glens Council; Past District Governor for Rotary in Ireland, Philip Beggs; and representatives from the Chamber of Commerce, the Road Safety Committee and Inner Wheel Club.
The ‘Just One Life’ Driver Awareness Programme for young drivers was initiated by The Rotary Club of Wexford and has been implemented in other parts of Ireland. The Ballymoney event included an outdoor demonstration showing a mock road accident scenario with three school pupils acting as injured occupants, including one ‘fatality’. A full commentary was provided as Police, Ambulance and Fire Brigade arrived and set about safely extracting the injured occupants from the vehicle. This part of the programme was cut short by severe weather conditions requiring urgent transfer of pupils indoors!
Indoors, the pupils and guests listened to challenging presentations from representatives of the Emergency Services. Inspector Stephen Haslett, North Region Road Policing Commander PSNI, reviewed statistics for road deaths in Northern Ireland reporting 74 deaths in 2015, 12 deaths already in 2 months of 2016, and over 9,000 recorded road traffic casualties each year in Northern Ireland. A very large proportion of accidents affected young people in 16-24 age group, particularly young male drivers. Inspector Haslett outlined the main causes of road accidents as SPEED, INATTENTION, MOBILE PHONES, ALCOHOL OR DRUGS, and CARELESS DRIVING. He challenged the pupils and guests to demand safe driving by themselves and other drivers. He stressed that, unlike the pupils attending the accident scene that day, most people who are involved in road accidents were not able to just ‘walk away’ from the scene.
Jason Craig from NI Fire and Rescue Service and Brian Mulligan from Northern Ireland Ambulance Service gave presentations detailing the expert care their services provided to trapped and injured road traffic casualties. They highlighted that careless driving often led to situations which placed their teams in danger, sometimes in extreme weather, and that many of their staff were volunteers, called out at unsocial hours
.
Consultant Anaesthetist and Rotarian, Paul Loan, gave an outline of the emergency hospital care given to casualties and the ranges of injuries sustained, including non visible severe brain trauma with long lasting and life- changing effects.
Consultant Anaesthetist and Rotarian, Paul Loan, gave an outline of the emergency hospital care given to casualties and the ranges of injuries sustained, including non visible severe brain trauma with long lasting and life- changing effects.
Rotary Past District Governor, Philip Beggs, talked about his personal experience of the shock of having ‘a knock on the door’ when Police informed him of serious driving accident involving one of his own family.
Ballymoney Rotary Club would like to thank all those people who assisted in organising and contributing to this event: Sammy Montgomery and the staff of the Joey Dunlop Leisure Centre; all three School Principals; teachers and three pupil ‘casualty victim’ actors; Sid Henry, PSNI Education Officer; Jason Craig, NI Fire service; the above mentioned speakers and guests; Translink; Causeway Coast and Glens Council and all the personnel from PSNI, Fire Service and Ambulance Service who took part in the outdoor mock accident event. The overall aim of this event was to save JUST ONE LIFE.
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