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DISTRICT GRANTS

A reminder to all Clubs that Stan Jones needs applications for District Grants as soon as possible.

We require a list of applications totaling at least £10,000 before we can to apply to The Rotary Foundation as a District, for District Designated Funds that are available to our District.

Until we receive the DDF from TRF we cannot present Grant cheques to Clubs.

BATH HALF MARATHON

PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO SUPPORT THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE FUNDS FOR OUR FOUNDATION WHILST ENJOYING THE EVENT

CROCUS CORMS
Orders can now be made for these corms at the rate of £85 per 5000 corms with £15 being credited to your club Polioplus recognition.
The Final deadline is 31st July - please contact Davids Yates of Minehead and The Quantocks Club for more information.

GLOBAL POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE
After many months of planning and coordination, it was officially confirmed in June that all of the 155 countries undergoing the global switch from the trivalent to bivalent oral polio vaccine (OPV) were successful. This means that the type 2 component of OPV has been removed from use. With this milestone complete, there are important risk mitigation measures that must be finalized, including outbreak preparedness and response plans for isolates of type 2 vaccine-derived polioviruses; a global stockpile of type 2 monovalent OPV; and containment measures for handling type 2 viruses in vaccine facilities or laboratories.