The Word-July

Visit our showroom, in Orchard Park Garden Centre, Gillingham, SP8 5JG
www.valecraft.co.uk
Specialists in bespoke made;
PVC-u, aluminium or Timber
Conservatories
Garden rooms
Orangeries
Sealed units
Windows
Doors
Fascia
Guttering
FREEPHONE: 0808 100 1387
Opening Times
Weekdays
9am – 5pm
Saturdays
9am – 12 noon
Kevin Higgins is based in
Bayford Somerset and is
the proprietor of Bayford St
George Plumbing and Heating
Services supported by his wife
Sarah.
With 35 years in industry, including
lecturing for ten years
at Yeovil College, he has
a wealth of experience and
expertise. He served his fouryear
City & Guilds apprenticeship
under the well-respected Rodney Lowry of
Gillingham and then Bayford Builders of Wincanton.
As a contractor he supervised and carried out
plumbing and heating installations for various house
builders and housing associations including Signpost
Services, Beazer and Wilcon Homes and in doing
so has built upva large following of customers in the
private sector.
Kevin is happy to undertake both oil and gas boiler
servicing, breakdowns and installs, full heating
systems, bathrooms, wet rooms, kitchens and boilers
along with all associated works including carpentry
and tiling. Favoured for his friendly yet professional
approach he wishes to support the local community
by offering a high-quality honest service to both new
and existing customers.
Brue Valley
Like most clubs and organisations, Brue
Valley Rotary Club holds an annual general
meeting when officers for the forthcoming
year are chosen. For us, an important role
to be filled is that of president. Taking up
this post, on 1st July, 2020, will be Andrew
Davies.
Trained as a chartered accountant and having
spent his early career in London, Andrew
arrived in Bruton in 1989. He soon became
involved with the fund-raising and charitable
activities
of Shepton
Mallet
Round
Table. As
a founder
member of
Brue Valley
Rotary Club
in 2010, he
has used
his accountancy
skills
to be our
treasurer for
three years
and to act
as a trustee for our Trust Fund and also of
the charity organising the highly successful
annual Classic and Supercar Show at Sherborne
Castle.
Andrew has many interests including skiing,
cycling, running, table tennis and singing with
the Bruton Choral Society. Besides helping
the club, he has participated in his own fundraising
ventures which, last year, including
running the Yeovil Half Marathon and cycling
the Prudential Ride London 100 to support
Breast Cancer Now.
In 2013, together with four other club members,
he travelled to India to act as an
ambassador for Rotary and to assist the
medical staff on their National Immunisation
Day, a project where 172 million children are
vaccinated in one day in an attempt to keep
India free of polio.
As the club’s international officer for several
years, Andrew organised yearly concerts in
our local towns to raise funds for the Trussell
Trust who were setting up the ‘House of Opportunity’,
a home in Bulgaria where young
people on leaving their orphanages could develop
life skills and their independence. Local
bands and choirs including the Wincanton
Silver Band, the Bruton Choral Society, the
Wincanton Choral Society, the Pilgrim Singers
and many performers from our schools
in Bruton, Castle Cary, and Wincanton all
contributed to these performances.
There is no doubt that, under the current
restrictions forced upon us by the corona
virus pandemic, it will be difficult to plan
future fund raising events and, without this,
to support local charities as we would wish.
However, Andrew Davies with his experience
and energy will be the person to guide and
re-invigorate us through the next year.
If you think that you would like to join our Rotary
Club or you would like more information,
please visit www.bruevalleyrotary.org or give
me, (Roger Lowe) a call on 01963 34965.