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Friday, October 19, 2012

Rotary receives £2,500 donation to Bilborough


The Rotary Club of Nottingham working in partnership with Nottingham City Council started a Dolly Parton Imagination Library earlier this year.  Based at the Bilborough Childrens’ Centre this was the first partnership established in a programme that will extend to cover the whole City.  As a contribution towards the national Early Intervention initiative Imagination Libraries send registered children a free book every month from birth until they are five years old.  This way it is hoped that Nottingham children’s literacy levels can be raised to a more acceptable level.

Initial funding for the project has come from various local public and private charitable funds.  The latest large donation of £2,500 has been received from the Nottingham office of St. James’s Place Wealth Management.  Even though they are a national organisation St. James’s Place Foundation Trust ensure that their local offices are able to support good causes.  Local Senior Partner David Carter says, “The St. James's Place Foundation is delighted to be able to support this very worthwhile cause. Child literacy is such an important issue for the self esteem of the individual and the future of the country".

The Rotary Club have been working with various local organisations and hope to be able to announce a major development for the Imagination Library into a deprived inner city area around the turn of the year.

Readers wishing to donate, learn more about the Rotary Club of Nottingham and the Dolly Parton Imagination Library should go to the Rotary Club of Nottingham web site at http://www.rotary1220.org/not
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Further information
Leonard Gelblum
0115 947 4123
07977 249 869
NOTES FOR EDITORS
About Rotary:
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland, part of Rotary International, has 1,845 clubs and more than 55,000 members.
Rotary International was founded in 1905 in Chicago and is now the world’s largest international service organisation with 1.2 million professional men and women as members. There are 33,000 clubs in 200 countries and geographical areas.
Rotary clubs are open to men and women of all ages who are business, professional or community leaders and who want to use their experience for the benefit of others.
Rotary initiates local and global projects to promote world understanding and peace and improve life conditions for people of all ages and cultures. To find out more, visit www.ribi.org.