Volunteering with the Rotary Club of Ballarat West

The six Rotary clubs in Ballarat offer a vast array of projects to get involved with locally, nationally, and globally.

Clubs support local youth assisting with career paths in agriculture through their ‘Defying the Drift’ program, youth leadership via the RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Award), teenagers via the RYPEN (Rotary Youth program of Enrichment), supporting students to spend a year studying overseas through RYE (Rotary Youth Exchange) and ‘Eat Up’ providing sandwiches to schools for local children in need (40,000 sandwiches delivered so far). Providing dental clinics to the Pacific Islands, helping flood or fire victims in Australia, setting up schools and medical centres in many overseas locations, mental health awareness programs, preventing family violence programs, sending End Trachoma toiletry kits to indigenous Australian communities and training firefighters in Portugal, are just some of the innovative projects the volunteers from Ballarat Rotary clubs are delivering, as well as raising funds for many local groups in need through events such as Springfest and the Ballarat Swap Meet.

The Rotary Clubs in Ballarat each meet at various times and days throughout the week. There is something to suit anyone interested in giving back to their community including becoming a ‘Friend of Rotary’ –volunteers who get involved assisting their community without becoming a full Rotary member. Contact the individual clubs through their Facebook page or website.