



How many people experience mental illness? Almost one in five Australians (20%) will experience a mental illness in a 12-month period. Nearly half (45%) of the population will experience a mental illness at some stage in their lives. At least one third of young people have had an episode of mental illness by the […]
“Wheels in Motion” helps young people aged 16-25 to overcome a barrier to employment and further education by assisting them to access driving experience to get their Provisional Licence (P plates) Our club provided funding to support purchase of Playford’s vehicle.
Garden Party The Rotary Club of Elizabeth combined with the Rotary Club of Playford for a Garden Party at Lesley and Robin Trevilyan’s home on Sunday November 4th. Lesley, member of Elizabeth Club had proposed the idea in the previous year; this Rotary year her husband Robin is President of Playford Club, so it was […]
RYWELL is an initiative of Rotary District 9520, that seeks to make a positive difference to the lives of those children and young people living in residential care facilities. At our meeting 2562 at the Grenville Hub, Peter Gapp from the Rotary Club of Holdfast Bay spoke of the RYWELL program.
At Bunning’s Parafield today (Friday 4/8/17), we were invited to help to build a couple of barbecues and some outdoor furniture. Bunnings Parafield have enabled us to raise many dollars to support our local community projects and we are very grateful for this opportunity. Thanks to club members Lesley Trevilyan, Alan Murphy, (pictured […]
Wheels in Motion is a joint collaboration helping young people aged 16-25 across the cities of Playford and Salisbury to overcome a barrier to employment and further education by assisting them to access driving experience to get their Provisional Licence (P plates} Our club has contributed towards a new vehicle for the City of Playford, […]
On February 1st, members of our club went to St Patrick’s Technical College to lead and help run the Rotary Youth Driver Awareness (RYDA) program. Many thanks to the other organisations and individuals involved in the program: Graham Meyer from the RAA, Peter Page Holden, Dave Sewell, St Patrick’s Technical College and others. The overall […]
Our 24th Christmas Trailer raffle is at the Elizabeth City Shopping Centre. We’ll be selling tickets there until December 18, 2016 with the raffle being drawn on Dec 19, 2016. All money raised is used for community projects. Please drop by to support our work in the community by buying tickets at $2 each.
Below is the five minute talk that President Jim gave at the Northern Business Breakfast on August 24th about his business journey. Jim has worked hard to build his dream into a successful business. My name is Jim Buckoke and I have run a business called Jim’s Trim in Salisbury for thirty eight years.
Our Club has been looking for an appropriate way to recognise Past President Rolly Dickins, and his wishes; that the Elizabeth community homeless should be supported in some way. To that end, his request for contributions instead of flowers at his funeral, started a fund of which his widow, Honorary member Bessie Dickins, presented to […]