Woking Rotaract | Woking Rotaract Club donates Ł330 to Woking Mind

PRESS RELEASE: Woking Rotaract Club donates Ł330 to the Woking Mind

The Rotaract Club of Woking is a social club which also helps the local community and raises money for Charity. The club recently donated Ł330 to Woking Mind, an independent charity which works to create a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress.

Organisers and some clients of Woking Mind visited a Rotaract Club meeting, where Michael Andrews - a professional mental health nurse and one of the founders of Woking Mind - spoke to the Club about their work. They stressed the importance of their "Holiday Project" which organises two specialists holidays each year, giving 18 clients a break in routine and a chance to relax as well as promoting self esteem and social skills, providing the first holiday in twenty years to one particular client.

A client of Woking Mind was keen to explain how Woking Mind's independence enabled them to take her on events and and give her experiences which Social Services were unable to provide. She described how she and friends she'd met through Mind had enjoyed the holidays and benefited from the opportunities Mind gave them.

Rotaract is a club open to anyone between the ages of 18-30 who want to make new friends, participate in a variety of activities and sports events, and try to raise money for charity along the way. They meet every 2nd and 4th Monday of each month at the Wheatsheaf Pub in Horsell, as well as many and varied events each week.

Notes: Woking Rotaract

Rotaract was formed in 1968 by Rotary in the USA and has now spread worldwide. There are approximately 173,000 members in over 7,500 clubs in over 100 countries. Britain has around 500 clubs. Woking Rotaract was chartered in 1978. We currently meet every 2nd and 4th Monday of each month in the Wheatsheaf Hotel, Horsell.

The organisation is based on small clubs which can vary in size from 10-50 members, and which regularly participate in events with other clubs in the surrounding Rotaract District. The club is open to anyone between the ages of 18-30 who want to make new friends, participate in a variety of activities, sports, community and fund-raising events.

Woking Rotaract has donated over Ł6,000 to various local charities in the past six years.

Further information, including a list of previous donations, can be found on the website www.woking-rotaract.org.uk, or from info@woking-rotaract.org.uk

Notes: Woking Mind

Mind is the leading mental health charity in England and Wales. They work to create a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress. More information can be found at http://www.mind.org.uk

Established in 1946, Mind now has a network of over 200 local Mind associations throughout England and Wales. These offer supported housing, crisis helplines, drop-in centres, counselling, befriending, advocacy, employment and training schemes, and other services.

More information on Woking Mind can be found at http://www.wokingmind.org.uk/

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