Our speaker this week is UK charity communication consultant Tom Fishenden. Tom will tell us about the charity sector in the UK.
Tom is a consultant with experience working in not-for-profit communications, engagement and community fundraising. After working in the mental health field for six-and-a-half years, he made the decision to go freelance, and now works with charities to either support day-to-day functions, or oversee projects which support strategic change.
Join the club meeting at 8pm AEST. Thursday 26th September. See meeting details below!
Meeting Information
The Rotary eClub of Brindabella meets online via Zoom on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month at 8 pm Canberra/Sydney time.
Download a meeting reminder to your calendar by clicking here (note, this will add a weekly meeting to your calendar, but the club will only meet on 2nd & 4th Thursdays).
Support our World Polio Day Fundraiser
Polio anywhere is a threat everywhere, and Rotary has long worked to end the paralysing virus, which will be only the second human disease ever to be eradicated.
Rotary has contributed more than US$2.7 billion to fight polio and countless volunteer hours since launching its PolioPlus program in 1985. In 1988, Rotary joined in partnership with the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to form the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. The Gates Foundation and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, later joined. When the initiative launched, there were 350,000 cases of polio every year. Today, the incidence of polio has plummeted by more than 99.9%.
To sustain this progress and continue to reach every child with the polio vaccine, Rotary has committed to raising US$50 million each year to support global polio eradication efforts. The Gates Foundation has pledged to match that 2-to-1 for a total yearly contribution of US$150 million.
To do our part, our club has established an online fundraiser through the Rotary Foundation's Facebook page. Your donation will go immediately to the Rotary Foundation.
Members Jenny and Ros recently went to see the movie ‘Thelma’, a fundraiser by Rotary in Wagga. Funds raised (including Gates Foundation) are enough to vaccinate over 2,000 people.
Our speaker this week is UK charity communication consultant Tom Fishenden. 
