The Rotary Club of Knox saw the need for greater mental health support for young people in their local community, so they did something about it. “But doesn’t the Government pay for this stuff?” Unfortunately, there isn’t a capture-all system for mental health, especially when it comes to youth and young people. Mental health support […]
Andy Ellis, of the Rotary Club of Port Nicholson, NZ, is responsible for running approximately 30 different government websites related to social harm and mental health issues and has taken a leadership role across several different health campaigns. As an IT professional with real life experience of New Zealand’s mental health system, he brings his […]
NFL Coach Vince Lombardi said it all when he told his football team – “once you learn to quit it becomes a habit”. Gold Coast youth organisation ESuarve is giving kids a reason not to quit. By Anne MatthewsD9560 Passport Rotary Club May 2023, the Rotary Club of Ormeau Pimpama, Qld, launched a fundraising campaign […]
It’s not often that the success of one Rotary project renders a previously successful Rotary project inoperable! In 1968, the Rotary Club of Christchurch, NZ, installed a plane table at Cracroft Reserve, just north of the Sign of the Takahe, to serve as a guide to the various peaks of the SouthernAlps visible from that […]
By Emeritus Professor Ron Rapee AM When I first started working in the field of children’s anxieties, some 25 years ago, many people said to me, “Surely children don’t get anxious”. Sadly, over the past 25 years we have learned that children can and do have many of the same sorts of debilitating anxiety problems […]
By PDG Leanne Jaggs Zone 8 2024 Convenor After rediscovering our ‘Moments that Matter’ in 2023, we can now ‘Dream, Dare, Deliver’ in 2024. Join us for the Australian, New Zealand and Pacific Island Zone 8 Conference at Rydges/QT in Queenstown, NZ, November 1-3, 2024. The dedicated Conference Committee is working hard to bring you […]
By Emeritus Professor Michael Sawyer OAM When planning your public relations campaigns, make it as easy as possible for people to get involved and say yes to Rotary. Over the past 20 years, recognition of the importance of good health for educational and later career success has encouraged substantial research aimed at identifying health conditions […]
A simple idea of salvaging used stamps has raised $150,000 for various humanitarian projects, including EndTrachoma. In 1992, Carrol Farmer, president of the Rotary Club of Bayswater North, Vic, had a club-changing idea. At the time, the club was broke, and her son’s school was raising good money from selling postage stamps at a stall. […]
By Professor Anthony Jorm Back in the 1990s, my wife Betty Kitchener and I were walking our dog one evening and had a conversation about why first aid programs like those run by Red Cross and St John Ambulance don’t cover how to help people experiencing mental health crises. This seemed a big omission, as […]
The World Press Photo Exhibition will return to Auckland from July 20 – August 11, 2024. Brought to New Zealand by the Rotary Club of Auckland, the exhibition showcases the winning images of the World Press Photo competition, selected from over 60,000 entries from around the world. The World Press Photo Contest has recognised professional […]
National intervention delivered online By Professor Ashleigh Lin With the increase of mental illness in LGBTQIA+ youth, ARH mental health grant recipient Professor Ashleigh Lin studied the effects of the Mindful Self-Compassion program on this group. The Mindful Self-Compassion program is designed to provide a way to improve how people feel about themselves. The course […]
When Deborah Wood saw the heart wrenching image of Mesut Hancer holding the hand of his 15-year-old daughter Irmak, who was killed in the 2023 Turkey earthquake, on the evening news and later in Rotary Down Under (March 2023), she reached out to Rotary to help bring some comfort to children in the region. Her […]