Braintree Rivers Rotary Club

⏰ Just over three weeks to go!

We have a few tickets left for our Film and TV Quiz on June 27 at Black Notley Village Hall. Don’t miss out - contact us to book your tickets.

Kicking off with a big thank you to all Rotary volunteers here in Great Britain and Ireland and around the world 🌍🙌 Whether you have been in Rotary for many years or are new to Rotary, your service is truly valued and appreciated and is making a difference to peoples' lives every day 🙏

Now it is even easier to search and get involved in service projects through our dedicated online portal. The new Rotary GB&I Impact Portal is a game-changer when it comes to finding volunteering opportunities in your local community and beyond!

Built on the platform, this new initiative empowers you as a member to connect, get involved, support local projects, and track your impact all in one place! It even enables you to build your own Social CV! ✨

Ready to make a difference? If you are a Rotary member, log in today and explore how the Impact Portal is bringing our Rotary community closer together through sharing opportunities for action 🙌

Find out more:
https://magazine.rotarygbi.org/rotary-impact-portal-april-2026

This weekend club members have been busy helping out at Festival In The Gardens 🎶.

It was lovely to see so many people enjoying this fantastic event - and the great weather ☀️.

🏆Congratulations to Braintree Rivers members, Graham and Sally Everard, winners of the Rotary District 1240 badminton competition!

Well done Braintree Rivers Rotary!

Gosfield Lake Golf Course was this year’s venue for our President’s Lunch. The food and company was great. President Howard thanked club members for their hard work and support and then presented membership badges to our two new members, Paul and Wendy.

Today marks the start of , where we acknowledge the power of safe vaccines in protecting people around the world from deadly diseases.

Since Rotary International launched the campaign to eradicate polio, we have helped vaccinate close to 3 billion children.

Those vaccines have prevented 20 million cases of paralysis, and given people a future they otherwise wouldn't have had.

Prior to vaccines, people who contracted polio were not so lucky. In this article, the World Health Organization (WHO) tells the personal story of Éliane Fuseau, who contracted polio as a young child in 1950s France - before vaccines were widely available. Her experience illustrates how devastating the disease is for individuals and families.

https://www.who.int/europe/news-room/feature-stories/item/polio-altered-their-future--remembering-a-time-before-vaccination

It is with deep concern we have heard that the UK government has decided to withdraw its financial support for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).

We are at a critical stage in the campaign to eradicate polio. Loss of financial support for the eradication campaign could have dire consequences.

Rotary International pioneered the campaign to eradicate polio. Our members have given huge amounts of financial, volunteering and advocacy support to this endeavour, and we remain fully committed to the task of eradicating polio as our organisation’s number one humanitarian goal.

Read our full statement following the UK government’s decision to withdraw financial support to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative: https://www.rotarygbi.org/statement-uk-government-polio-funding/

| End Polio Now | Rotary International

On Sunday afternoon we headed to the banks of the River Brain for our latest litter pick. Along with the usual haul of bottles—both plastic and glass—tin cans, and even a few footballs, we also came across an old canoe and a child's bike. It was a very productive afternoon, and everyone did a fantastic job. Well done, Braintree Rivers!

If you would like to find out more about us please visit: https://rotary-ribi.org/clubs/homepage.php?ClubID=1867