Paul Harris Fellows

Rotary Foundation and Paul Harris Fellows

The Paul Harris Fellowship was established by Rotary International in 1957 and in our Club is awarded in recognition for service to the community or to the Club.

The original bronze PHF pins were recently replaced by larger gold pins:

Our own members are awarded Paul Harris Fellowships by the club for their service to the club, whereas the non-members, signified by an asterisk in the list, were awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship for the particular service each has given as outlined below.

Ernest Johnson, member of our club, was awarded his PHF by District 1080 in recognotion of his long and enthusiastic service promoting Rotary Foundation in the Distict over many years.

Dr Carrie Herbert

25 May 2010

Vladimír Skalský

14 December 2006

Vladimír Skalský of the Rotary Club of Prague-City has contributed significantly to further the aims of Rotary by arranging for our and other UK Rotary Clubs the conversion and free use of a web software which his company, Euneco, has developed for Rotary Clubs in the Czech and Slovak Republics. This has enabled our club to very quickly develop a website that, apart from serving as a useful administrative tool, is also an excellent way of making the wider public aware of the ways Rotary addresses various community and international service needs.

By making him a Paul Harris Fellow we acknowledge his continuing interest and support without which our and other UK Rotary Clubs wouldn’t have websites which are widely recognised as being second to none in the United Kingdom.

Richard and Joan Howlett

7 November 2006

Richard is manager of Jimmy's Night Shelter and Joan is manager of the Tenancy Support Team.

In the winter of 1989/90 Joan Howlett started as a volunteer in the temporary Winter Night Shelter at St Andrews Baptist Church and the next year became a paid member of the team and them Richard also became involved and committed to helping the homeless.

The death of homeless Jim Dilly under the arch of one of Cambridge's bridges in 1994 prompted Rev Tony Barker (now an Honorary Member of our club) and Richard Howlett to convert its derelict basement of The Zion Church in East Road into a shelter for the homeless and Jimmy's Night Shelter opened its doors in October 1995. Yesterday JNS celebrated its 11th birthday, and Jim Dilly‚s name is permanently remembered.

As Richard and Joan near retirement it is fitting that the club awarded them Paul Harris Fellowships in recognition of their wonderful achievement in developing Jimmy's during the last 11 years into a shelter which is considered to be one of the best run in the country as well as developing the Tenancy Support Team, currently helping 35 people to move on from Night Shelter dependency towards independence in rented accommodation away from the shelter.

See    Jimmy's

Paul and Jane Bain

30 September 2006

Paul Harris Fellowships were awarded to Paul and Jane Bain for the selfless sacrifice they had make to further the work of Emmaus in the UK. They gave up promising careers to devote their lives to helping the homeless in Cambridge starting as volunteers at the formation of the Landbeach Emmaus Community in the early 1990's and were the obvious choice as leaders when the community opened it doors.

For the last 16 years they have spearheaded the development of this 30 companion community. It has a range of workshops, extensive warehousing facilities and an impressive retail shop. Emmaus Cambridge is the model that all subsequent Communities in the UK have emulated. The community is self sufficient gives about £65,000 per annum to supporting new fledgling communities and is a financial supporter in the work of Jimmy‚s Night Shelter. Their lives are perfect examples of `Service above Self.

See   Emmaus

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