LYME Regis Rotarians are having a bit of fun fundraising this summer with cameras and cows.

The Rotary Club is running a cow photographic competition until November 14.

Members have set up a Facebook page called SelfieCowlyme to allow people to enter photographs of the model cows they buy from Lyme Regis Rotarians, Serendip or Martin Diplock’s offices on Broad Street, Lyme Regis. Cows will also be available on Red Arrows day, July 21, at the Marine Parade Shelters.

The cows are £5 and proceeds go to the charity “Lend With Care,” as well as other Rotary supported charities.

Rotarian John McCallum said: “Lend With Care is a charity which offers a revolutionary way of helping some of the world’s poorest people transform their own future or that of their communities.

“Donations made to Lend With Care are loaned to people who want to work their own way out of poverty though their own small business.

“The charity is then paid back by the business and these funds can be returned to the original donor, or loaned out again, and so forth.

“Small businesses such as tailoring, opening a market stall, a small garage, diversifying crops on a small-holding might benefit. Communities in developing countries are bursting with ideas, they want to succeed themselves, be self sufficient, but perhaps need a helping hand to get started. Your contribution could be that helping hand and make a real, long lasting, sustainable difference.”

Entrants can take as many photographs as they want of their cow and then these should be uploaded to the “Selfiecow” Facebook page and only photographs of a Cow which has been purchased from a Lyme Regis Rotarian, “Serendip” bookshop or Martin Diplock’s offices will be judged, within three categories: The open category is for a picture of the cow in any location or situation in the world.

Category two is for photos of the cow taken within five miles of the Cobb in Lyme Regis. These should have a local landmark or other identifiable feature to show where they have been taken.

Category three is for local schools which will have been provided with a cow which can then be photographed by pupils.

Winners will be contacted after the beginning of December.The winners of each category will be judged by the Lyme Regis photographer Richard Austin, with £50 being awarded to the winners of each category.

The Rotary Club retain the right to use entries in publicity and other club based activities. See lendwithcare.org