Our local community projects address visible and preventable issues in communities in and around the greater Melbourne area, including ending homelessness, keeping famlies safe and making a contribution to health and the needs of the elderly in our community.
Nationally, we strive for large, impactful projects addressing areas of greatest need in the Australian community, particularly Aboriginal people, refugees, and those experiencing socio economic disadvantage.
The Rotary SAFE Families Inclusive Communities Initiative is focused on providing prevention of abuse information via printed translated Guides and films, to our many CALD (culturally diverse Australian communities). It now includes materials for Melbourne's Greek community.
Summary of the Ending Homelessness forum, by Marion Macleod, which was facilitated at the Multi District Conference 2019. This forum was outstanding and generated much discussion and interest.
When club member Barry White brought along his brother Neville to a Rotary Melbourne meeting in 2003, who knew what would inspire a multi-year, multi-million dollar commitment to build a community centre and school, train teachers, and give support to the remote homeland community of Donydji in North East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory.
A group of environmentally conscious Rotary Melbourne members and partners gathered for a few hours at Norton's Park in Wantirna on a chilly Sunday morning to volunteer and celebrate National Tree Day.
The vision for Gathering of Kindness, a Rotary 100 Years Project, is to help the Hush Foundation to extend its reach, in Victoria and Nationally, through Rotary’s community connection.
To celebrate our historic 5000th Club Meeting on 30th August 2023, Rotary Melbourne launched its 5000 Acts of Kindness project.
At the heart of Rotary is the ideal of service and doing good for one another. We are people of action, and we know that each little act makes a difference. Join us in making that difference, by performing your own Act of Kindness, and encouraging others to do the same.
Rotary Melbourne identifies projects and opportunities to help young people, manage vocational related projects, facilitate mentoring programs, and recognise success.
The Rotary Club of Melbourne has long held a special focus on community health and supporting ageing. We identify issues in the community where we can can make a contribution and improve people's lives. Our members include specialists and experts in the health field, helping to identify, implement and manage live-changing projects.
Rotary Melbourne has worked with Afri Aus Care for a number of years to help African Australians in Melbourne's South East. See this latest ABC Melbourne report.
Beginning as a response to the Victorian Commission on Family Violence in 2017, the Healing the Hurt project focused on the needs of children who live in traumatic situations. While there are numerous agencies and therapists who support families, they lack the specialised training to treat trauma.
Rotary Melbourne in partnership with the Rotary Clubs of Albert Park, Docklands and Brighton North developed a product called “Footy Nuts” - a 30 gram pack of dry roasted Australian almonds - introduced to indigenous children in an effort to move their diet away from snack foods with low nutritional value.
