The Rotary Club of North Walsham
The Rotary Club of North Walsham has this week honoured two of its long serving members
with a special Paul Harris Fellowship award. North Walsham club president Ian Thomson
pictured in the centre presented the award to Dick Askew on his left and George Moffat on
his right. The Paul Harris Fellowship award was created in memory of Paul Harris,
the founder of Rotary as a way to show appreciation for contributions to the Foundation's
charitable and educational program.
It has long been a practice of many clubs to award Paul Harris Fellowship awards to
select members in appreciation of his or her service to the club. "The Paul Harris
Fellowship award is one of the highest honours Rotary gives," said Ian. "I'm
proud to present these awards today to two outstanding club members who have demonstrated
Rotary's motto of 'service above self.'" Rotary is a worldwide organisation of
business and professional leaders that provides humanitarian service, encourages high
ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace in the world.
Approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 31,000 Rotary clubs located in 166
countries. Rotary’s mission is to advance world understanding, goodwill, and
peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of
poverty. Rotary is a not-for-profit organisation supported solely by voluntary
contributions from Rotarians and friends of Rotary who share its vision of a better world.
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"Carers deserve better than this"
At the beginning of National Carers Week, Trevor Ivory renews his call for the
Government to do more to support "Britain's hidden heroes".
Long-time campaigner for the rights of carers and the Conservative Spokesman for North
Norfolk, Trevor Ivory, has used the beginning of National Carers Week to criticise the
Government for failing to improve the support given to those who dedicate their lives to
caring for loved ones.
Addressing a group of carers in the constituency he paid tribute to their dedication
saying that, "You give your love freely and would not have it any other way, but you
deserve far more support and respect than you get."
Mr Ivory, who has long been a champion of carer's rights, recently took a group
representing carer's organisations to Parliament to meet the Conservative Shadow Minister
for Care, Stephen O'Brien MP. He has also been closely involved with the Norfolk based
Chill4us website, which is run by carers and provides a social network for carers. To mark
Carers Week Mr Ivory will be taking part in a live web chat with Chill4us members on
Friday.
"Experts say that unpaid carers save the British taxpayer £87bn a year and yet they
get very little support from the Government. Respite care is often non-existent or
prohibitively expensive and many carers tell me of their isolation and loneliness."
"Many of us work long hours, but carers work twenty-four hours a day every single day
of the year and they do it for just £53.10 a week Carers Allowance. The financial
insecurity, combined with the sense of isolation, all too often leads to depression and
the pressure of caring for a sick relative does huge damage to the health of the
carer."
"I have been a champion of a better deal for carers for a long time and I am
delighted to be supporting National Carers Week. I am particularly looking forward to
meeting carers in our web chat at the end of the week and hearing what they are looking
for from a future Conservative Government.
Trevor Ivory, Parliamentary Spokesman for North Norfolk |
