
SANTA CHRISTMAS 2023
You will be pleased to know that Santa has begun his preparations to visit Brixham in December on his pre-christmas tour.
He will be around the streets on Wednesday 13th, Thursday 14th and Friday 15th December and in Fore Street on Saturday 16th and around more streets on Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th.
BrixhAM Steam Rally
Rotary Brixham were at the Brixham Steam Rally. Thank you to everyone that donated to our fundraising for local and International Rotary Charities Shelterbox and End Polio Now at our tent at the Brixham Steam Fair on the weekend of 4th, 5th and 6th August and on the Brixham Harbourside at the Rotary Brixham Fayre on 15th August



Summer Fayre – Old Fish Market – BrixhAM





On the 15th August 2023, The Rotary Club of Brixham held their Summer Town Fayre at the Old Fish Market on the quay in Brixham.
Numerous stalls were there selling, Jigsaws, Toys and other items as well as a Tombola, Bric a Brac and a Wheel of Fortune.
Brixham Rotary President, Adrian Laurie, said “I would like to thank our members and other supporters who worked so hard on the day the weather was very kind to us resulting in a heavy footfall and a large amount being raised for local charities.” He continued, “I would also especially like to thank David Sharpe for organising this fantastic day and even ensuring that a collecting tin for the Rotary Polio Plus campaign was available to visitors to the Fayre that wanted to contribute to this Rotary International initiative.”
PRESIDENTIAL HANDOVER EVENT

On the 27th June 2023, The Rotary Club of Brixham conducted its Presidential Handover event. The handover took place at a dinner held at the Paignton Club, with Rotary Members their partners and representatives of other clubs in Torbay, to formally say thank you and farewell to Chris Bryson for all his hard work during the year and to welcome back Adrian Laurie into the role of President for 2023/24.
Former Brixham Rotary President, Chris Bryson, said “It has been an enjoyable year, as President of the Club we have successfully continued to support the Brixham community with all the club’s efforts to raise funds for good causes in the town, as well as sending three generators and other humanitarian aid to Ukraine and raising funds for the Turkey and Syria Earthquake appeal.” He continued, “I know Adrian having being a previous President will continue with our Rotary aims of “Service before self” and he will continue to ensure the Club gives its support to the many Brixham organisations we help.”
President, Adrian Laurie, said “Chris Bryson as former President has shown his commitment to the Rotary Club and to the Brixham community. I will ensure that our club will continue to be there for Brixham and hope that many more members of the town will consider joining our club in order to assist the Rotary Club of Brixham in its commitment in supporting those in need.”
Brixham Rotary Club are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Her Majesty the Queen.
She has been an inspiration and example to us all and will be deeply missed.
Our thoughts are with the Royal Family at this time.
God save the King.

BRIXHAM ROTARY MAKE A SPLASH AT THE ADMIRAL SWIMMING CLUB

The Rotary Club of Brixham have continued their history as supporters of the Admiral Swimming Club by presenting a cheque representing a matched grant from the Rotary Foundation to Mike Seffert of the club to help with replacing the lighting in the pool to something more environmentally friendly.
Rotary Brixham President, Chris Bryson, said “Our club is delighted to help out the swimming club in this manner and the additional support from Rotary Foundation has helped greatly in subsidising the total cost of the replacement lighting.”
He continued, “Brixham Rotary has been involved with the club since its founding days in the 1950s and we will continue to support the swimming club when we can.”
Mike Seffert said “The Admiral Swimming Club is extremely grateful for the donation towards the replacement of a more efficient lighting system, as a charity we have a finite income and with energy bills due to rise by a substantial amount from April it is important that we reduce our energy consumption and a more efficient LED light system will go a long way to do this.”
He continued, “Our Club is well used in the community with a full age range from mothers and babies to senior citizens, being a town with such a close association to the sea the ability to swim is so important and we will continue to support the community in this way.”
If any reader would like to make a donation to the Swimming Club they should in the first instance email the Club at info@admiralswimmingcentre.co.uk.
BRIXHAM ROTARY PLANTING CROCUSES TO SUPPORT THE END POLIO NOW AWARENESS SCHEME



A big thankyou to Brixham Town Council and the Lengthmens team for planting crocuses outside the Brixham Rugby Club as part of the end Polio Now awareness scheme. And a further thanks to the charities, organisations and individuals in Brixham who purchased crocus bulbs for assisting Brixham Rotary in this initiative. Look out for the crocuses and the signs as they bloom in the spring.
ROTARY PROVIDES FUNDS TO ASSIST IN THE BRIXHAM COLLEGE BURGEE SCHEME

Brixham Rotary have provided Brixham College funds for the purchase of banners advertising the burgees that are given to students as recognition of 12 skills they have learnt during the Covid 19 lockdown that will help students in their employability on leaving college.
Brixham College Burgee’s awards scheme:
The Brixham College Burgee awards scheme was launched at the start of September 2020. It consists of 60 skills, experiences, and knowledge definitions, that are agreed as enhancements to a student’s Cultural Capital.
Increasing a student’s cultural capital ensures that in addition to their academic subjects, they increase their ability to become confident in new situations, cope and be resilient when dealing with challenges, and are better armed with the skills that will allow them to journey through life confident bearing the ‘edge’ to succeed.
The 60 skills, experiences, and knowledge definitions are divided up into 12 levels suitable for each year group, and age of the students.
Aim of the Burgee scheme during lockdown:
In order to boost students moral, and re-engagement the college has initiated the Burgee scheme, which offers all students the opportunity to highlight and evidence any of the 12 skills, opportunities, experiences etc that they have completed during the period of absence from the usual college curriculum during lockdown. On presentation of evidence students are presented with a “Limited Edition” Brixham Lockdown Burgee.
Funding aim:
Rotary plans to fund 2 Large Flag size Burgee’s that will be flown on the college sites as a reminder of what challenges are set in gaining the Limited-Edition Burgee, in addition Rotary plan to fund the smaller personal size flag/burgees that are presented to those students that can evidence and achieve this limited-edition acknowledgement of their hard work towards the Burgee scheme to date. It is proposed that the sponsored by Rotary emblem be incorporated within the Burgee flags.


