WordPress Website Goes Live

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Geoff Williamson

We are pleased to announce that our Website has now been transferred over to a WordPress based system for more effective Blogging.

Please feel free to have a look around.

Comments are Welcome

Stroke and Health Awareness Day 2011

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Geoff Williamson

Date: Saturday 9th April 2011

Venue: The Bandstand, Queens Square, Crawley

10am to 4pm

2000 People at risk of a Stoke in Crawley

PRESS RELEASE 10/04/2011

2000 People at risk of a Stroke in Crawley

We were amazed at the response we received this year from our Third FREE Blood Pressure Check Held in Queens Square on 9th April 2011.

Our thanks go out to The South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) for their help with this Year’s Event.

The South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) Paramedic and Clinical Operations Manager for Crawley, Dave Atkins allocated us Off duty and On duty Paramedics, resulting in a continuous flow of Paramedics and Ambulances in Queens Square for the Event.

The high success rate would not have been achieved without their dedicated support.

Thanks also to Publicity in the Local Papers we had a 340% increase in Blood Pressure Checks over our 2010 Event. ( A total of 184 Checks averaging over 30 Checks an hour ). The number of people referred to their Doctors for further investigation was again a huge 20% which means that if we used the same Percentage at risk against Crawley’s Population a staggering 2000 Crawley Residents would be at risk of a stroke.

In our Second ‘Know Your Blood Pressure’ event on Saturday 17th April 2010. 54 men and woman of all ages had a blood pressure check carried out by the South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb). Ten had higher than usual blood pressure and were encouraged to visit their GP for further checks. The percentage referred in 2010 was 20% a 25% increase on 2008.

In 2008 when we did our First event 35 men and woman of all ages had a blood pressure check carried out by medical professionals. Five had higher than usual blood pressure and were encouraged to visit their GP for further checks. This equates to nearly 15% of those tested.

This condition can easily be controlled.

It is better to be safe than sorry. Please have a Health Check with your Doctor before it is too late as you do not want to be one of the 20% at risk.

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Stroke and Health Awareness Day 2011

The event: Gatwick Diamond Rotary Club Stroke and Health Awareness Day

Gatwick Diamond Rotary Club have again joined forces with the South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) for this Year’s Event.

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) paramedic and Clinical Operations Manager for Crawley, Dave Atkins said: “Strokes devastate the lives of thousands of people across our region every year and SECAmb are pleased to be able to support local awareness raising events. If someone suspects a person has suffered a stroke they should call 999 immediately. The sooner we get to someone who may have suffered a stroke the sooner we can get them to the specialist care they need”

High Blood Pressure can affect people of ALL AGES and most do not know they have a problem till it is TOO LATE.

It is better to be safe than sorry so please come along for your FREE Blood Pressure Test between 10am and 4pm.

In 2008 when we did the same event during the two hour event 35 men and woman of all ages had a blood pressure check carried out by medical professionals. Five had higher than usual blood pressure and were encouraged to visit their GP for further checks. This equates to nearly 15% of those tested.

We ran our second ‘Know Your Blood Pressure’ event on Saturday 17th April 2010 with alarming results. During the event 54 men and woman of all ages had a blood pressure check carried out by the South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb). Ten had higher than usual blood pressure and were encouraged to visit their GP for further checks. The percentage referred in 2010 was 20% a 25% increase on 2008.

Drama unfurled towards the end of the 2010 event when a visitor from Coulsden dropped in for a routine check.
After making the necessary checks and an ECG phone calls then triggered an ambulance being called and the visitor being rushed to East Surrey Hospital in Redhill.

Rotary Know Your Blood Pressure Day 2011 will see over 400 Rotary clubs taking to the high streets to take the public’s blood pressure.

On average, the awareness day sees around 13,500 people step up to have their blood pressure taken, with just under 3,000 being advised to see their GP for more tests and a further 196 urged to seek medical advice immediately. It’s fair to say that over the years, this event has prevented thousands of people suffering the sometimes fatal and often disabling consequences of a stroke.

Rotary Know Your Blood Pressure Day is run in partnership with The Stroke Association to help people better understand the relation between high blood pressure (hypertension) and stroke. It is estimated that 40% of the 150,000 strokes suffered by people in the U.K each year could be prevented. This condition can easily be controlled.
Rotary recognises that one of the biggest challenges is to help people understand that strokes don’t just happen to other people. They can happen to anyone, at any age and the biggest single risk is high blood pressure. Rotarian volunteers play an invaluable role in reaching out to people, encouraging them to have regular checks and take action when needed.

Rotary clubs run their blood pressure check events in church halls, supermarkets, shopping centres, libraries and leisure centres, usually assisted by a small team of health professionals, perhaps a GP or practice nurse.

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Gatwick Diamond enters 3 into Rotary Young Citizen 2011 Competition

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Geoff Williamson

From :- Rotary International in Great Britain & Ireland
12th April 2011

To :- Rotarian Brenda Burgess

Rotary Club of Gatwick Diamond

Dear Rotarian

ROTARY YOUNG CITIZEN 2011 In association with BBC News

Thank you for your Rotary Club’s valued entry to the above competition this year.

We had 67 entries, this, the fifth year of the competition, and the judges had an extremely hard task identifying the eventual winners from an exceedingly strong field. However, I am writing to let you know that your club’s entries for Creasy’s Drive Youth/Children’s Centre, Isaac and Stuart Bayliss were, I’m afraid, not among the five awardees. However, in my view there are no losers and all nominees have demonstrated wonderful initiative, service, commitment and personal giving and this should be acknowledged. I sincerely hope that despite you and your nominee’s disappointment, you will continue to work with them to the ultimate benefit of your community and your community’s future.

Please find enclosed a certificate of participation to recognise the significance of your nominee’s contribution, and I would be grateful if you would arrange for this to be presented to Creasy’s Drive Youth/Children’s Centre, Isaac and Stuart Bayliss in the near future with the complements of the judges and officers of RIBI on their admirable work.

For your information the five winners were:

Ceri Cockram (Dursley)
Clitheroe Youth Forum (Ribblesdale)
Holly Watson (Sudbury Talbot)
Joe Keir (Biggleswade Ivel)
Studheart ‘Sumo’ Charles (Edgware & Stanmore)

The quality of entries was uniformly outstanding and made the selection of winners a very difficult task. Our event partners have filmed all winners and they will all be featured over coming weeks on the BBC in addition to the live News 24 broadcast from the Conference on the 16th April.

Thank you again to you and the Rotary Club of Gatwick Diamond for your participation in Rotary Young Citizen.

Yours in Rotary service

Jim Moulson, President 2010 -11
Rotary International in Great Britain & Ireland

Thanks from Crawley Open House

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Geoff Williamson

Jan 2011
Thanks received from Crawley Open House concerning donations from us

Rotary 1250

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Geoff Williamson

District 1250 is part of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI)

District 1250 is made up of 60 clubs of which the Gatwick Diamond Rotary Club is the 60th (Diamond)

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If you wish to visit another Club in District 1250

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To see the latest 1250 Communiqué and our Events on page 4, August 09 Edition

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Club Business Directory

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Geoff Williamson

We are contemplating a Club Directory. As a part of the Vocational Service Committee we would like club members to be able to seek out club members for needed services and products and keep business local and help each others businesses.
Does anyone have any experience in creating or formatting a directory?
Thanks
John, Liberty Missouri
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OnLine Social Networks

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Geoff Williamson

As a new Club we believe in using all areas of Technology to help us gain members and spread the word about Rotary.
Therefore as our Club develops we will continue to spread the word by any means possible.
Examles of Social Networks are: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, eCademy,

Linked In

Latest LinkedIn Facts
LinkedIn has over 43 million members in over 200 countries and territories around the world.
A new member joins LinkedIn approximately every second, and about half of our members are outside the U.S.
Executives from all Fortune 500 companies are LinkedIn members.
Relationships Matter
Your professional network of trusted contacts gives you an advantage in your career, and is one of your most valuable assets. LinkedIn exists to help you make better use of your professional network and help the people you trust in return.
Our mission is to connect the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful. We believe that in a global connected economy, your success as a professional and your competitiveness as a company depends upon faster access to insight and resources you can trust.

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What is LinkedIn?
LinkedIn is an interconnected network of experienced professionals from around the world, representing 170 industries and 200 countries. You can find, be introduced to, and collaborate with qualified professionals that you need to work with to accomplish your goals.
When you join, you create a profile that summarizes your professional expertise and accomplishments. You can then form enduring connections by inviting trusted contacts to join LinkedIn and connect to you. Your network consists of your connections, your connections’ connections, and the people they know, linking you to a vast number of qualified professionals and experts. Through your network you can:

Manage the information that’s publicly available about you as professional
Find and be introduced to potential clients, service providers, and subject experts who come recommended
Create and collaborate on projects, gather data, share files and solve problems
Be found for business opportunities and find potential partners
Gain new insights from discussions with likeminded professionals in private group settings
Discover inside connections that can help you land jobs and close deals
Post and distribute job listings to find the best talent for your company
LinkedIn is free to join. We also offer a premium version of your accounts that give you more tools for finding and reaching the right people, whether or not they are in your network. LinkedIn participates in the EU Safe Harbor Privacy Framework and is certified to meet the strict privacy guidelines of the European Union. All relationships on LinkedIn are mutually confirmed, and no one appears in the LinkedIn Network without knowledge and explicit consent. LinkedIn is located in Mountain View, California and is funded by world-class investors including Sequoia Capital, Greylock, the European Founders Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Bain Capital Ventures.

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Facebook

What is it?

Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, Facebook has more than 750 million active users. Users may create a personal profile, add other users as friends, and exchange messages, including automatic notifications when they update their profile. Facebook users must register before using the site. Additionally, users may join common-interest user groups, organized by workplace, school or college, or other characteristics. The name of the service stems from the colloquial name for the book given to students at the start of the academic year by university administrations in the United States to help students get to know each other better. Facebook allows any users who declare themselves to be at least 13 years old to become registered users of the website.

The Gatwick Diamond Rotary Club is using Facebook as a means to tell everyone what we are doing but also to keep in touch with all Facebook registered clubs throughout the World to help us develop ideas for campaigns to raise our profile and monies for Charity. Why reinvent the Rotary Wheel.

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Twitter

What is it?

Twitter is a service for clubs, businesses, friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent messages. People write short updates, often called “tweets” of 140 characters or fewer. These messages are posted to your profile or your blog, sent to your followers, and are searchable on Twitter search.

The Gatwick Diamond Rotary Club is using Twitter as a means to tell everyone what we are doing but also to keep in touch with all Twitter registered clubs throughout the World to help us develop ideas for campaigns to raise our profile and monies for Charity. Why reinvent the Rotary Wheel.

Our id within Twitter is RotaryGDRC
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eCademy
Ecademy is a Business Social Network founded in 1998 now with millions of users of the site each year worldwide.

Ecademy enables business people to connect through online networking using social media tools, at business networking events and 1-2-1 meetings – a community that advocates, connects and helps one another.

Using the tools and resources that Ecademy has developed, a small business can quickly and effectively find the right kind of people it needs to grow. Ecademy allows you to search and attract the exact people you would like to meet 24 hours a day from your office or home.

Having a powerful online presence can also help you to position yourself as an expert, become more visible in your marketplace, establish credibility and leverage your existing products and services.

To build a strong business relationship, you must first gain trust from one another through having a personal relationship, this is critical before you can expect to move onto a relationship where a transaction or a referral can take place.

Relationships > Trust > Trade

Ecademy has particular values we stand by, these are:

1.Openness
2.Honesty
3.Transparency
4.Friendship & Kinship
5.Winning by Sharing
6.Connectedness and being connected – the old Chinese belief known as GuanXi
7.Connecting People to what they seek, finding them that match, that job, that customer, that supplier, that direction, that life
The next 10 years have started with the launch of a new area on Ecademy, The Institute of Networking where we have information and links to networking resources including brand new training videos that show you how to maximise your network and business on Ecademy, all the videos are freely available to all Ecademy members

To find out more about the Gatwick Diamond Rotary Club within eCademy

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