Community Service 2011-2012
The Community Service Director is responsible to the District Governor for supervising the Community Service sub-committees in their endeavours to assist Clubs in supporting our communities both locally and nationally.
DIRECTOR: PAG Madeline Logan George Town (M) 0417 582 499
PROJECT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANTS.
Multiple project and community service grants are available through numerous levels of government and private funding organisations throughout Tasmania.
Craig Perkins Central Launceston
Download a 2009 booklet [500 kB pdf file]
http://www.grantslink.gov.au/ Gives current information
AUSTRALIAN ROTARY HEALTH (ARH)
The Committee promotes better understanding of the work of Australian Rotary Health (ARH) and encourages Clubs to engage in programs available to Tasmania and to support them financially
CHAIR: PP Lorraine Walker(Viv) D'Entrecasteaux Channel (H) 6229 8054 (M) 0447 298 055
COMMITTEE:
PAG Jeff Thorpe West Tamar
PP Lindsay Morgan Ulverstone West
PAG Anne Palmer Salamanca
PP Elaine Nichols D'Entrecasteaux Channel
Assist the fund by participating in the cycles of life. See Cycles of Life 2009 --.Cycles of Life 2010
Australian Rotary Health Workplace plan
Beyond Blue Memorandum of Understanding
Rotary Tasmania, District 9830 has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Beyond Blue organisation.
This will allow us to promote Rotary's Mental Health initiatives in conjunction with Beyond Blue.
The partnership will see events such as health forums and mental heath days held throughout the state.
Half a million working days are lost every month to depression in Australia. See details about Beyond Blue on their website http://www.beyondblue.org.au
Note that the point of contact for all Beyond Blue matters from clubs will be Committee member Lindsay Morgan, phone [H] 6425 2580 [M] 0447 269 660.
BEACON FOUNDATION:
Chair: PDG Michael Perkins
Rotarians providing mentoring assistance to school students experiencing behavioural and integration problems, through the Beacon Foundation.
More inormation here http://www.beaconfoundation.net/
EMERGENCY MEDICAL INFORMATION BOOKLET
Clubs are able to obtain these booklets and make them available to people in the community to record their medical history for use by emergency services personnel.
PP Rodney Spinks (Debbie) Tamar Sunrise
PROBUS
Probus is one of Rotary’s greatest success stories. Over the past 30 years Rotary clubs throughout Tasmania have sponsored the formation of 72 Probus clubs, with membership in excess of 5000 ! Probus are autonomous social clubs of retired/semi-retired business and professional people. Rotary has a statutory obligation to promote the formation of Probus clubs, to provide information and literature to assist clubs and to encourage interaction between Rotary and Probus.
Sponsor Rotary Clubs may for instance invite their Probus President [and partner] to be their guests at their mid-year Club President change-over function and their end-of-year Christmas celebration.
Chair: PP Malcolm Wells Kingston
Committee:
PP Ian Routley (Susan) Launceston (H) 6331 9406
Margaret Birchenough Latrobe
SAILABILITY TASMANIAN and AIR RESCUE TRUST
Rotary sponsorship gives naming rights of yachts that provide sailing opportunities for people with disabilities within Sailability Australia .
PDG Bob Sydes (Jan) Central Launceston (H) 6344 9559 (M) 0439 983 098
SECOND BITE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE: PP Charles Cook Sandy Bay
SecondBite is a dynamic not-for-profit organisation committed to making a positive difference by sourcing fresh nutritious food that would otherwise go to waste and redistributing it to people who are homeless, living in disadvantaged circumstances or experiencing food security* issues within the community.
Second Bite are firmly established in Hobart and are beginning operation in Northern Tasmania . Rotary Clubs are actively supporting this organisation.
BOWELSCAN
Bowelscan is a public awareness program seeking to increase community knowledge of bowel cancer and its symptoms. The project involves the distribution to the public of a simple test kit on which is collected a small specimen for analysis.
CHAIR: PP John McDonald Hobart
COMMITTEE:
PP Stephen Love Scottsdale
PP Gwen Nicholson Youngtown
PP Cyril Dann Bellerive
PP Kerry Holloway Kingsmeadows
PP John Pinel Devonport
PP Julie Pinel Devonport SE
PP Fay Hopf Wynyard
Tasmania's Bowelscan scheme , more Information here
STREET SWAGS
The Rotary Club of South Launceston has taken on the distribution of Street Swags for homeless people in Launce
ston. They cost about $60 each and are distributed through the Salvation Army who are keeping a register of the people receiving them.
They are keen to see this project shared amongst other Rotary Clubs. More details here.
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