Supporting PhysioNet

Members of International Service have teamed up with Saffron Walden collecting unwanted wheelchairs, Zimmer frames, crutches and other mobility aids collected for the charity PhysioNet. For the past eighteen months, the Rotary Club has been supporting PhysioNet which collects unwanted mobility and physiotherapy equipment for distribution to developing countries. After collection and delivery to PhysioNet’s Yorkshire depot, the equipment is checked and where necessary refurbished. The three recent deliveries were to help fill a container of urgently-needed equipment due to leave for Harare in Zimbabwe.

Brian Henesy, Chairman of the Club’s International Committee said, “Over the past eighteen months, members of Clacton Rotary Club have collected almost 20 tons of equipment from hospitals, special schools, residential homes and other charities for delivery to Yorkshire.”