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Suicide is the leading cause of death among young Australians and has a devastating impact on families and communities. The Youth Suicide Awareness Project is addressing the alarming statistics through programs designed to increase adults’ perceived competence and confidence in responding to at-risk young people, and improve the likelihood of them seeking help. By Anne […]
The Rotary Club of Warrandyte Donvale Op Shop has been operating for around 17 years, starting out in the basement of a small house on the banks of the Yarra River in Warrandyte, Vic. It has gradually evolved into the second largest retail operation in Warrandyte after the local supermarket, through the club’s willingness to […]
The Rotary Club of Mandurah Districts, WA, was recently asked to establish a sensory garden at Coolibah Care, a retirement village in Mandurah. The club jumped at the prospect and, with assistance of club members, PDGs John Kevan and Melodie Kevan set about coordinating the upgrade of a rundown garden at Jarrah House. “We have […]
The team at Nescafé Blend 43 has partnered with Rotary in Australia to launch its brand-new campaign, ‘Celebrate Australia’ by Nestlé Professional, designed to support the community spirit of six much loved Aussie towns. The six regional towns of Mallacoota, Vic, Broken Hill, NSW, Toowoomba, Qld, Busselton, WA, Willunga, SA, and Strahan, Tas, have been […]
The Australian Golfing Fellowship of Rotarians’ (AGFR) annual golfing tournament will be played in Hobart from March 27 to April 1, 2022. If you want a great week of fun, fellowship and golf, played on a picturesque course at Claremont Golf Club in Tasmania, then we have the destination for you. The Rotary Clubs of […]
Equality and collaboration will shine bright at the Zone 8 Conference in 2022. Earlier this year, Rotaract Australia sent Zone 8 Rotary International Director Jessie Harman an impressive proposal to co-host the 2022 Zone 8 Conference outlining how the zone could further bring Rotary and Rotaract closer together, fostering stronger relationships and elevating Rotaract to […]
When you donate to The Rotary Foundation’s Annual Fund, your contribution disappears overseas, right? Wrong! In fact, it’s invested for three years (earning excellent returns) and then becomes available for Rotarians to fund high-impact projects. The good news is that Rotarians ‘Down Under’ are particularly ingenious when it comes to devising and implementing high-impact projects. […]
The 2019-20 Australian bushfire season saw an astonishing 186,000 square kilometres of bushland burned, with more than 5900 buildings (including 2779 homes) destroyed and at least 34 people killed. This national catastrophe became known as ‘Black Summer’. One area badly affected was the MidCoast Council Area in NSW. In November 2019, the area was struck […]
By Jessie Harman. Rotary International Director 2021-23 Some of you will know that my path in Rotary has been a ‘membership’ path. As a Rotary Co-ordinator, and more recently as Chair of the Rotary International Membership Committee, I want to acknowledge how very important The Rotary Foundation is to our value proposition to members; to […]
The Rotary Clubs of Grafton and Grafton Midday, NSW, have been hard at work helping to furnish the new parklands between the Grafton bridges. The clubs combined to purchase and arrange the installation of park furniture at the parklands created between the old and new Grafton bridges on the northern bank of the Clarence River. […]
The Rotary Club of Sydney, NSW, in partnership with PCYC NSW, initiated the perpetual Youth Encouragement Scholarship (YES) as part of Rotary’s centenary celebrations in 2021. A committee was formed in October to develop and formulate the criteria. There are four categories in both urban and rural areas: Arts, Music, Sport and Education. The urban […]
In the October edition of Rotary Down Under our cover story featured the fabulous Shelterbags, which areproviding portable protection for those sleeping rough. At that time orders needed to be placed with the Rotary Club of Terrigal, NSW, by October 30, 2021 for delivery by March 2022. However, Sheltersuit’s production capacity has improved and they […]