Vocational Committee
Contact Chris Waddington : Vocational Commitee Chairman (2008 - 2009)
The Vocational Committee addresses local community needs for educational and training bursaries, advice to young job seekers and educational competitions, also many vocation-oriented visits and cultural activities for Club members themselves. We seek to promote understanding and highest ethical standards in business and professional life - Rotary service through the medium of our workplaces. We have won the District Shield on several occasions for the range of our projects.
Just some of our events:
- With support of other local Rotary Clubs our annual Design & Technology Tournament in 2006 challenged 88 pupils in 22 teams from 6 East Herts secondary schools. The aim was to plan, design, build and demonstrate a crane capable of lifting a container of radioactive waste (a tennis ball!)from a box and placing it on a specific target,using simple materials (wood, cardboard, wire, motors, pulleys etc.
- Primary Schools' Essay competition on the subject of "What I want to be when I grow up". Each year the 3 best pupils from each school each gain a certificate, the top one a book token and the overall winner a day at a place specializing in their choice of vocation. The 2007 winner was Molly Green of Cranbourne School who wants to be a Fashion Designer. She was congratulated and handed her certificate by Broxbourne Mayor, Cllr. Mark Farrington and will be taken on a special fashion-related outing by Club members.
- (Hertfordshire) Young Musician competition at Haileybury Chapel for £500 first prize.
- "Eloquent Cranbourne" - a (group and solo) recitation competition for pupils of the School from Nursery to Year 6. Hoddesdon Rotary provided Judges, certificates and prizes.
- Club outings to National Air Traffic Control Centre,Tilbury Docks, Magic Circle, Prince of Wales' gardens at Highgrove, Tower of London (ceremony of the Keys), 17th C Chateau Donchery in N. France, Leicester Space Centre and Glenmorangie for whisky lovers. A weekend away (Lake Garda in 2008) rounds off each year.
- Mock interviews at local schools for leavers and mentoring for under achievers
