GREETINGS ... Where shall we begin?

It has been an extraordinary past 12 months.  Our team at Rotary SAFE Families is delighted to convey their achievements at this time of the 2025 end of year.

• Two Global Mega Meetings with a following of 48 countries and wonderful Rotarians who support our campaign of prevention of family violence

• Twenty five workshops to CALD community organisations. These workshops delivered the latest on:
  • Mental Health Literacy
  • Working with Diverse Communities Impacted by Family Violence
  • Do We Understand Our Young People?
  • Family Violence and How to Prevent
  • Child Abuse
  • Elder Abuse
  • General Rotary SAFE Families presentations to 38 Rotary Clubs/Probus Clubs/Community Support Organisations

Our thanks and appreciation go to our Patrons for their support and wisdom. Thank you Gordon McInally, Pat Merryweather-Arges and Grace Van Zyll.

We would like to thank the many Clubs and organisations, Victoria Police and places of worship (Gurdwara Blackburn - Sikh Temple) who lead the way in promoting Rotary SAFE Families prevention resources via their:

• Conferences
• Bunnings BBQ's
• Meetings
• Public Events
• Websites
• Bulletins

Rotary Club of Kippa-Ring North Lakes and Rotary Chadstone/East Malvern - just a couple of the many Clubs promoting prevention of family violence publicly.

 Our Promo for 2025

Thank you to all the fantastic organisations that have "joined" us as we continue to promote the importance in our world of stopping the traumatic and senseless family violence. The impact of abuse and violence on our children and grandchildren must be stopped. If we are going to leave a legacy in this world, it must be a legacy from us that we have fought to make our world "safe" from violence and that we have tried our very best for the sake of our children and grandchildren.

This year, via the innovative Ginny Giorgio, Rotary Kingscliff and a family law court lawyer, we have been given the outstanding Towards Respectful Relationships program.  This program has been running in northern NSW secondary schools for 4 years and Rotary SAFE Families is rolling it out in Victoria early next year.

Please download Towards Respectful Relationships' information here: TRR_General_Information.pdf

Contact Dorothy Gilmour, Chair Rotary SAFE Families for more detailed information via our website: http://www.rotarysafefamilies.org.au/

We could never have achieved these results without the commitment, fellowship and support from our Rotary SAFE Families Leadership Team:

• Peter Berg, Rotary Melbourne
• Ronald Moss, Rotary Caroline Springs
• Min Bell, Rotary Hawthorn
• Ian Bentley, Rotary Hawthorn
• Vincent Chen, Rotary Hawthorn
• Shakilah Wesonga, Brotherhood of St Laurence
• Kirsti Kee, Rotary Club of Hervey Bay
• Mark Pinoli Rotary Hawthorn
• Miranda Bain, Rotary Woodend
• Karen Gornalle, Rotary Melbourne
• Robert Taylor, Rotary Caroline Springs

Where Are We Going Next Year?

• Two global Webinars "How to Prevent Family Violence in Your Country?"
• Global Mega Meeting later in year
• Many workshops and presentations to Rotarians and Community Support Organisations
• Towards Respectful Relationships program to Year 10 students at senior schools around Australia
• Support to CALD communities
• A new film: Rotary SAFE Families" Prevention of Violence
• More support and sharing our work please.

AND whatever else pops up!

Have a wonderful, peaceful Festive Season with friendship, love and much laughter!

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power,

the world will know peace.” — Jimi Hendrix