Speakers Program

Sally Beattie, Community Facilitator at Our Place

Our Place Carlton is a partnership between City of Melbourne, Colman Foundation and Carlton Primary School, and is located at the corner of Palmerston and Rathdowne Streets in Carlton.

Kathryn Crowley "Diabetes Victoria" 

"Advances in Cancer Research" 

Pete is developing a pilot project for an online reading program to happen here in Melbourne (and hopefully spread nationally) to engage volunteers reading with kids (one-on-one) for half an hour in the afternoon after normal school hours.

This will help the kids to keep engaged, the parents to have a bit of time to themselves, volunteers have something to do to help etc.

Alan Samuel- ROMAC

Katherine speaking on the Zoom Meeting

SOPHIE ELLIS,  BENDIGO BANK  “BRANCHING OUT’

Sophie comes from a family in Bendigo with strong ties to the South Bendigo Rotary Club.  She has an Arts background including a Master of Arts (Arts Management Program) from RMIT.  She is the  Local Engagement Officer at the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank which has recently opened at 282 Lygon Street, Carlton.

Clyde Hotel 6.00pm for 6.30pm

Working Meeting: Leave at 1.30pm (approx) for Working Bee at DIK.

LEONIE BOXTEL, Director Alumni and Philanthropy, RMIT University,

Leonie gave a broad-ranging talk about RMIT. She had joined the University not long after the appointment of Martin Bean CBE as RMIT’s new Vice Chancellor.

District Governor Visit

Working Meeting

followed by visit to Australian Unity Drummond Place Retirement Village from 2pm to 3pm.

Council Member, The Graduate Union

"A migrant lawyers case towards greater diversity and inclusion".

Camp Getaway Update

"Student well being at Unilodge"

Christmas Message

• Christmas Lunch on Tuesday 17 December, instead of customary breakfast. Cost $40 per head. Children’s presents to be donated to Ronald MacDonald House should show age and gender.

"Caring for an Aging Population"

Dr Kate Gregorevic is a physician and researcher based at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. She has a strong interest in health advocacy, and regularly writes for The Age about health and ageing. She has founded an online exercise and health education. Program called Project Three Six Twelve and her first book will be published by Pan Macmillan next year. 

https://www.projectthreesixtwelve.com/

Induction/The Person Behind the Badge

What I am doing as a Doctor during the Covid 19 pandemic

The Concept of Social Business

Janet Hay from Canterbury RC spoke to the concept of “Social Business and the Charity Model; Calling in the Generosity of Economics”.

Peter Gray RC Phenom Penh

“The MEC Project in Cambodia”

(MEC: Meningoencephalocele)

Peter Gray is a member of the Phnom Penh Rotary Club (has lived in Cambodia for the past 12 years working with slum dwelling children in Phnom Penh). (He has previously spoken at the RCC in October 2013).

Ian Ada’s Trip to Pilbara  July/August 2018

Ian retraced the steps of a trip he did 49 years ago!  After crossing the Nullabor, he and Anne went up the coast of WA to Port Headland then headed back to Kalgoorlie on the Great Northern Highway, the total trip from Melbourne being 12,000 km.

Hannah Rundell is soon to embark on her Honours year in her Bachelor of Music degree at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music (MCM).

"My experiences at RYLA" 

Harry is a Year 10 student at University High School. Harry & Ayden from Uni high participated in the RYLA program. RYLA program offer students the opportunity to reflect on their situation and encourages them to use the skills that they learn over the program in every day life particularly helping and influencing other people in their cohort.

"Working Bee at DIK"