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...
Putting a stamp on humanitarian causes
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...
Mental Health First Aid
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...
World Press Photo Auckland 2024
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...
Mindful self-compassion for LGBTQIA+ youth
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...
A long journey for Pocket Pals to Turkey
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...