By Dave KingRotary Great Britain & Ireland Mental health is a topic many of us struggle to front up to. While stigma around mental health is easing, many are still afraid to talk about it. Roughly one in four of us will be directly affected by mental health or wellness...
Out of the Shadows
In September 2023, Rotary Tasmania joined forces with Lifeline Tasmania to host the Out of the Shadows walk in Hobart ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day. Hundreds of Tasmanians converged on Parliament Lawns at 6am in a show of solidarity for families who have lost loved ones to suicide. Lifeline...
Simple Steps
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...
Mental Health Technologies
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...
A second chance
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,...
New home for Christchurch Plane Table
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...