District 1070 has been working as a “Pilot District” under “The Future Vision” of The Rotary Foundation since July 2010.
“Future Vision” is a revised and improved way for The Rotary Foundation to support Rotary Clubs' aims and ambitions through assisting with projects in their local communities and internationally.
District 1070 was selected by The Rotary Foundation (TRF) as one of 100 districts worldwide to operate as a Pilot District for the Future Vision programme for the first three years, to June 2013. From July 2013 all Rotary Districts and clubs worldwide will operate under the Future Vision programme, which will by then incorporate any lessons learned by the pilot districts and Rotary Foundation in the pilot phase.
The approach being adopted by District 1070’s Rotary Foundation Committee is as detailed below here and in the downloadable Future Vision Club Manual, for 2010/2011. As this is the first year of the 'Future Vision Pilot Phase' we may find that we need to adapt the approach as the year progresses. We will inform clubs, through their club Foundation chairmen and on-line in this site, of any changes.
This Club Manual incorporates the procedures by which clubs can apply for help with projects, details of the training and qualification that clubs are expected to undertake, and examples of the applicable memoranda of understanding and application forms.
The first rule, though, if you are looking for help with your projects is:Talk to the Foundation Committee.
District Grants
- Grants to support projects locally or overseas.
- Total project value up to a few thousand pounds
- No requirement for a partner club in the project’s location
- Must adhere to the 6 areas of focus (see below)
- Reporting essential to ensure good stewardship of funds
Global Grants
- Grants to support overseas projects
- Minimum project value will be $30,000 to $35,000 or more, depending on the sources of funds
- There must be a partner Rotary club local to the project, accepting equal responsibility for the project
- For the three years of the pilot phase global grants may only be carried out in partnership with other pilot districts (see appendix 4 in the Club Manual)
- Must adhere to the 6 areas of focus (see below)
- Reporting essential to ensure good stewardship of funds
6 Areas of Focus
- Peace and conflict prevention/resolution
- Disease prevention and treatment.
- Maternal and child health
- Basic education and literacy
- Water and Sanitation
- Economic and community development
For further information we encourage clubs in the district to read the District 1070 Future Vision Club Manual, and the excellent explanations of Future Vision on the Rotary International web site at www.rotary.org.
Clubs wishing to apply for District Grants for 1011-12, whether for projects in their local communities or overseas, need to forward to the district grants chairman a brief description of their proposed grant projects. Details of required information for district grants can be found in Appendix 2 (page 13) of the Future Vision Club Manual. For more information on Rotary Foundation grants talk to the grants committee chairman, Alan Davis (RC Nene Valley) or the District Rotary Foundation Chairman, John Dehnel. These applications should be with the grants chairman (Alan Davis, RC Nene Valley) before 30 June 2011.
Global grants have no set time scale, but as we have limited funds to support these grants, please ensure you talk to Alan Davis about your thoughts early on, and keep us updated as your plans progress. The district Foundation committee plans to meet quarterly to review all the global grants of which we are aware, and award grants at appropriate times. To assist clubs who wish to take part in a Global Grant, but may not have the funds to do so alone (it takes a minimum of $10,000 to do so, approximately £6,500) we include here a list of clubs that are considering Global Grants in the next year or two. I am sure that any of them will be pleased to let you have further details and discuss your club joining with them to fund the project.
- Biggleswade Ivel, Kenya, Malaria – Mike Kingdon is working on the final details for the application
- Grantham, Uganda, HIV – Alistair Holmes is working on the final details for the application
- Northampton, Tanzania, Malaria (with REMIT) – Michael Stead is finalising the application
- Mkt Harboro, Uganda, Water supply – Neville Hackett has discussed this idea
- Oadby Launde, no specified project, but the club has some cash they want to put to a project – Ian Glen is looking for partner
- Oadby, Africa, Motor Bike Ambulances – Roger Neuberg actively developing this as a district project and is asking all clubs to get involved
- Oundle, S Africa, Neonatal unit – John Mumford was developing this and needs support in raising funds
- Loughborough, Tanzania, Water supply – Dick Howard is actively developing this project
- St. Neots St. Mary’s, India, Eye Camp – Graham Wright is developing this project
We are also aware of a clubs in non-pilot districts who want to do Global Grant projects in pilot districts. They cannot do these until 2013-14, because of Future Vision rules, so they would like to pair up with clubs in pilot districts, to work with you to make the project happen. They would pass you all the money, and their district would provide the DDF. But you would make the application on their behalf, and your club would be responsible for ensuring the project was run properly and reported on at the correct times. This is a good way to get some experience of running a Global Grant without any financial cost to your club.
If you know of other projects, or would like yours added or modified, please let the grants committee know.
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