Feb 12.     Louisa Gibbs CEO Federation of Community Legal Centres (Victoria) Inc.
               Michael Smith CEO Eastern Community Legal Centre Box Hill 

 

Feb 19.     David Grieve D9815 Polio Coordinator -

                "Our District Commitment to this world first initiative."

 

Feb 26      Club Transformation update from Stephen Fisher & Tony Stokes 

 

Mar 4       7:15 for 7:30am International Women's Day Breakfast at Box Hill Town Hall 

Tues         No club meeting Wed Mar 5.

 

Mar28-30   Rotary District 9815 Conference: we are better together     Bendigo. 

 

📌 Key Updates:

✅ Rotary Events & Activities – Clubs started the year strong with family picnics, BBQs, and annual art shows from Sorrento, Leongatha, and Mornington (celebrating its 53rd year!). 🎨

✅ Australia Day Celebrations – Many clubs are hosting events to reflect, respect, and celebrate our communities. 

✅ District Conference (March 2025) – Over 400 registrations and 52 clubs confirmed! Our theme: "We Belong Because We Are Better Together" 🤝

✅ Special Guest – Welcoming Rotarian Dr. Bharat Pandya from Mumbai, India, Rotary Foundation Trustee & past RI Director! 🎤

✅ Membership Growth – 27 new members joined by December, making us the 2nd highest-growing district in the zone! 👏

 

📅 Upcoming Events:

📌 New Club Seminar – Mid-February

📌 President Elect Learning Development Seminar (PELDS)– March in San Remo

Our board has approved $10,736 sponsorship of the Mat Life Skills Program at Roberts McCubbin Primary School providing 32 sessions in 2025. 

 

Why are we participating in the Community Employment Partnership?

 

People with intellectual disability are significantly underrepresented when it comes to paid work and are often excluded from the many benefits that employment can provide. Many people use and rely on their networks and connections to find employment however, due to a life often segregated from the community, they do not have the same opportunities to make social connections in the same way we do.  

 

CEP is seeking to harness the power of Rotarians and their networks to source potential employers.   Rotarians and their networks have successfully found work for a number of people, often it is their first job, and has transformed their lives and developed their skills and confidence. 

 

For further information or you know a business that may be interested in employing one of our jobseekers, contact Patricia Wilson on 0432189323 or cep@belongingmatters.org

2024 was a busy year for The Community Employment Partnership (CEP), with the ongoing support of Rotary clubs a number of people have found jobs.  Tasveena and Emily both found jobs through the networks of Rotary members of Box Hill Central club.   Tas has been delivering the pamphlets at Woodards Blackburn for nearly a year now.  Tas found this role through Rotarian Julian Badenach.   This flexible role fits in perfectly with Tas’s studies and she can meet the needs of Woodards of delivery the pamphlets as they become available.   Emily has been working at Women’s Health East since as an Administration assistant thanks to former member Olive Aumann who has a connection at this organisation and organised for CEP to chat to them.  

 

 

Watch this short video of Emily at work, with thanks to Olive & Women’s Health East.