The award rules
- The trophy will be awarded to the Community Service project carried out by a Club (or Clubs acting jointly) judged best by a committee composed of the Past Governors of Rotary District 1280, under its Chairman for the Rotary year in which the competition takes place.
- The winner will be announced and the trophy presented at the District Conference next following the end of the Rotary year in which the competition takes place.
- The project submitted must be able to demonstrate the ability to make a contribution to local or wider community service by a Club or a group of Clubs working together.
- A project may be either short or long term, but must have reached a stage in its development where its past and/or future value can already be demonstrated clearly.
- The same project may be submitted in more than one year, but can only win the competition once.
- Entries should clearly meet the criteria as laid down, and may be submitted in any form. To provide background evidence of the effectiveness of a project and in support of written entries, photographs, newspaper cuttings, sound cassettes, videos or any form of illustration may be included with the entry.
- Clubs submitting a project for the competition must, in addition to a detailed report, submit four A4 photographs of the project together with a one-paragraph description for each photograph. These will be displayed at the District Conference in the House of Friendship.
- Entries for must be submitted by CLUB PRESIDENTS to the secretary of the Past District Governors' Group for the 2008/2009 Rotary year:
- If in the consideration of the Past Governors, no project is worthy of receiving the trophy, they shall so declare at the District Conference referred to above.
Judgement criteria
- The size of the Club(s) and the number of Rotarians ACTIVELY involved.
- The number of members of the community or communities who will benefit, to what extent and for what length of time.
- The suitability of the project to the community or communities it serves.
- The originality of the project.
- The extent to which the Club(s) has/have involved the community or wider communities.
- The evidence that demonstrates the effectiveness of the project.
- All other matters will be decided by the committee of Past Governors, or if sufficiently urgent, by its Chairman.
Comments for further guidance
- The trophy will be held by the Club(s) to which it is awarded until the date of the following District Conference.
- The trophy MUST NOT be engraved with the names of winners.
- The winners are required to ensure that the trophy is returned to the District Conference Directors not later than a clear week before the District Conference next after that at which it was awarded.
- World Community Service projects (International Service) are not eligible.
The Sunday Funday application for consideration
The Rotary Club of Ramsey are obviously responsible for the organisation of the event, its promotion and the running of the day itself. We prepare the Park, advertise the event in local press and on the radio and ensure all the relevant permissions and HSE requirements are met.
However, we do much more than that.
The Rotary Tent allows visitors to pop in for a chat and also we run a competition on the day from there too, which encourages people to say hello (kindly sponsored this year by Toymaster). This year we had numerous banners designed to show off what we do because despite being regularly involved in the town, not many people realise how much we are involved!
This year also saw the first year of the "Toilet Twinning" display (elegantly modelled at the top of this page by President Marc and District Governor, Stan). This display was both eye catching and a great talking point to show what International projects we support, having recently twinned a couple of toilets in Nepal.
The Rotary Food Stall was also in its third year and with only locally grown produce available, brings home even further, the local aspect of the day (the meat in fact born and raised within a 5 mile radius of the Town, bread produced within 1 mile). The stall raises in excess of £1000 each year which is put back into Community Projects.
However, we do much more than that.
The Rotary Tent allows visitors to pop in for a chat and also we run a competition on the day from there too, which encourages people to say hello (kindly sponsored this year by Toymaster). This year we had numerous banners designed to show off what we do because despite being regularly involved in the town, not many people realise how much we are involved!
This year also saw the first year of the "Toilet Twinning" display (elegantly modelled at the top of this page by President Marc and District Governor, Stan). This display was both eye catching and a great talking point to show what International projects we support, having recently twinned a couple of toilets in Nepal.
The Rotary Food Stall was also in its third year and with only locally grown produce available, brings home even further, the local aspect of the day (the meat in fact born and raised within a 5 mile radius of the Town, bread produced within 1 mile). The stall raises in excess of £1000 each year which is put back into Community Projects.
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