The biennial Bexley Young Musician of the Year Awards will take place on Saturday 3rd March 2012 at Townley Theatre, Townley Road, Bexleyheath . It is the eighth time that this popular biennial competition, founded in 1998, has been held. It provides an opportunity for eight young musicians to give solo performances under concert conditions and is organised by the five Rotary clubs in the Borough of Bexley.
The requirements are that applicants should have attained a music Grade 7 or 8 standard or equivalent, reside in or attend an educational establishment within the London Borough of Bexley and will be aged under 19 years on 1st September 2012.
For more information and an application form go to www.bexleyyoungmusician.com or contact smdowswell@yahoo.com
SIDCUP AND YOUNG ENTERPRISE
Sidcup Rotary Club has enjoyed a long association with Young Enterprise which enables the youth in local schools to learn the rudiments of business. In the very early days Sidcup Rotary set up its own programme which was very successful until changes in the academic structure within schools made it impractical to continue.
Since 1995 the Young Enterprise Finals Evening for the London Borough of Bexley has been hosted by Bexley Education Business Partnership, The Rotary Club of Sidcup has sponsored the Best Report and Philip Woodman has Chaired the Judging Panel.
In October 2009 Philip gave a Presentation on behalf of the Rotary Club of Sidcup to the Rotary District Conference in Brighton on the background to Young Enterprise and how it operated, why he felt that Rotary ought to be involved, how Sidcup Rotarians had assisted the cause over a long period of time and then set out why he believed this initiative makes such a difference.
This year the London Boroughs of Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham joined together to hold their Finals Evening at State Street Bank in Canary Wharf. The Rotary Club of Sidcup again sponsored Best Report and club members Malcolm Greening and Sandra Groombridge sat on the Judging Panel. It was a successful event for Bexley - Bexley Grammar won Best Report and Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School was the overall winner with their Student Cookbook.
In April 2011 Philip was invited to address the RIBI National Conference - unfortunately he was unwell. President David Barker stood in and read Philip's address. Philip was invited to give a further presentation to Rotary District Conference 1080 in Norwich in October.
Click here to read an article about Young Enterprise that was written in 2010.
The Vocational and Youth Opportunities Committee is one of the three service committees of our club.
We promote the Rotary Club of Sidcup’s Educational Trust (RoSET) that was set up in 1985, our 50th anniversary year and make awards to young people to enable them to take part in educational and character forming projects. For further information please click here to go to our ROSET page.
Vocational & Youth Opportunities
SIDCUP ROTARY CLUB
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Founded 1935
