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Past Charity Fundraising Events
Braintree Rivers Rotary Club supports local, national and international charities via service projects and fundraising events.
Beer Today, Gone Tomorrow
On August 1st, three Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Braintree Rivers gathered for a day's boiling, mashing and sparging. Although this might sound more like the sort of thing that you'd usually see Jamie Oliver or Delia Smith doing on primetime television, this was not the case. However, something... more »
Glorious sun shines down on golf day
The 2009 Braintree Rivers Rotary Club charity golf day enjoyed bright sunny skies on a hot June day. Competitors spent many hours playing their way around the 18 hole course in... more »
Play and Resource Centre (PARC)
The Play and Resource Centre (PARC) provides play and recreation facilities for children with disabilities in Essex, and respite for their carers. Every child has a right to play, and... more »
Golfers raise money while sun shines
Under brilliant blue sky's, golfers from around Essex descended on the Colne Valley Golf Club for the 2008 Braintree Rivers Rotary Club charity golf tournament... more »
Santa visits children this Christmas
Braintree Rivers Rotary Club would like to say a big THANKYOU to very generous members of the public in Gt. Leighs, Black Notley, Little Dunmow and Freeport shopping village, Braintree... more »
Congratulations to Sue and Mechel
Club members Sue Wallbank and Mechel Rowe completed a 44 km walk through the streets of London on 8th September 2007... more »
Rotarians walk to build new school
On Wednesday 19th September, Braintree Rivers Rotary Club organised a BBQ in support of fellow Rotarians walking 280 miles from the Sierra Leone High Commission in London, via ferry between Harwich and the Hook of Holland, to Leeuwarden in Northern Holland. The Rotarians from rotary clubs in Surrey and Sussex, along with partners and friends, are walking to raise over £50,000 to build a new school, toilet and washing facilities for up to 700 children... more »
Club members to walk 44km for breast cancer charity
On 8 September Mechel Rowe and Sue Wallbank from The Rotary Club of Braintree Rivers will join thousands of dedicated women and men for one challenge - to walk 44km in one day through the streets of London in The Aviva Walk London to Breakthrough Breast Cancer event. The money raised from the event will help fund Breakthrough's vital research, campaigning and education work. more »
Farleigh Hospice Collection at Braintree Carnival
This year, money raised at the Braintree Carnival went to support the fantastic work done by Farleigh Hospice, caring for... more »
Wheelchairs give mobility to disabled people
Following a successful 2006 Christmas sleigh collection, Braintree Rivers Rotary Club made a donation of £500 to the Wheelchair Foundation. Over 500,000 wheelchairs have been given to disabled people in 140 countries worldwide since June 2000 through donations... more »
Spring Bunny Hunt
2007 proved a difficult year for the Spring Bunny Hunt. Although the Bunnies were not scared away by the rain, conditions were not ideal and many would be hunters stayed away. In 2006, over 160 children and parents joined in the fun... more »
The Rotary Shoebox Scheme
The scheme started in 1994, when Rotary Clubs in District 1280 (North and West of Manchester and the Isle of Man) started collecting shoeboxes full of gifts for the people of Iasi in Romania. Since 1994, the scheme has grown and now, every District in RIBI is involved. Currently, some 60,000 boxes each year are being sent to countries including... more »
