Interact is a Rotary International sponsored club for young people aged 11-18 years.
We are a thriving club, sponsored on the Isle of Wight by the Rotary Club of Cowes and the only Interact Club in our District. Interact gives opportunities for young people to develop confidence and learn new organisational skills, whilst working with others, having fun and making a difference in the local community.
Through involvement in International projects, young people can gain knowledge and experience of how Rotary International works worldwide.
Rotary sponsors programmes for young people, which include Youth Speaks, Young Musician, Young Photographer, Youth Exchange and RYLA – Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. RYLA is an annual residential course in working with others on problem solving and leadership skills, recognised nationally by Colleges and Universities.
The Interact Club of Cowes celebrated its 10th Anniversary in 2019. Over that time, we have raised considerable sums of money for local and International Charities.
If you are aged 11-18 years and would like to become involved in Interact, the contact for new members is Anna Morgan-Crockett, Youth Service Chairman.
Tel: 01983-282880.
Local and International Charities supported
- The Robert Kumar Fund
- IW Youth Concert Band 2009-19
- Race for Life
- Mercy Ships
- Walk the Wight 2009-19
- All Saints Church, Gurnard
- Newport Congregational Church
- Whippingham Church Restoration Fund
- Northwood Cemetery
- Haiti Earthquake Appeal
- Rotary End Polio Campaign 2009-19
- IW Young Carers
- Cowes Carnival
- Rotary Thanks for Life Campaign
- Life Straws
- Sightsavers
- IW RSPCA
- Love Russia
- Literacy Box
- Japanese Earthquake Appeal
- Rainbow Corner Parent & Toddler Group, East Cowes
- The Firefighters’ Charity IW 2010-19
- Cowes Guild RNLI 2009-19
- Aquabox
- IW Foodbank
- Philippines Disaster Appeal
- Rotary Shoebox Scheme 2009-19
- Schistosomiasis Control Initiative
- IW Saturday Club for Deaf Children
- IW Society for the Blind – now Sight for Wight
- Bracken’s Dog Rescue
- Worldwaterworks Ltd
- Nepal Earthquake Disaster Fund
- Rotary Ride for Prostate Cancer 2015-19
- IW Prostate Cancer Scanner Appeal 2015-19
- Mary’s Meals
- IW Kidney Patients’ Association
- St Mary’s Church, Cowes
- UKSA
- SAAFA
- Island Concert Band
- IW Youth Trust
- Ability Dogs 4 Young People
- Engineers Without Borders and Layla’s Trust
- NatWest Island Games
- Building a School in Ghana