Rotary Safe Families Program

 
 
 
 
 
 

Rotary Safe Families is an initiative of Rotary Melbourne and is an official Rotary 100 Year Celebration project. Rotary Melbourne is the first and largest Club in Australasia and this project is providing a lasting legacy that propels Rotary into the next century of service.

We have created two films and a message from Victoria Police for you to access, download and use as a “tool” to stem the flow and for prevention of family violence in particular violence against women, its impact on our children and abuse of our elderly.
You can create a safer world for women and children
You can be part of the solution to family
Our mission: For everyone to be equipped to: “Identify”, “Be Informed”, “Support in Prevention”, “Make Referral”
 
Click on the Links for our Rotary Safe Families Films:
  1. Be Part of the Solution: Family Violence
  2. Be Part of the Solution: Elder Abuse
  3. Victoria Police Message Vic. Police Ass. Commissioner for Family Violence, Dean McWhirter

This Rotary Safe Families Program (Films, Rotary Safe Families Manual and Toolkit) has been created for your use in diverse ways:

  • Rotary meeting
  • Fund raiser on Prevention of Family Violence/Elder Abuse
  • As an educational information program in your workplace, community
We have attached a detailed Rotary Safe Families Manual and Toolkit for you to download and utilise in the understanding and prevention Family Violence:
 
 
WHO ARE WE?
Rotary Safe Families has been created by two Rotarians from Rotary Melbourne who want to make a positive difference to the world by the prevention of family violence in particular violence against women and their children and elder abuse.
Dorothy Gilmour has vast experience and professional, academic history in Social Sciences including human behaviours and challenges of specialised groups. Main practice was in private practice and university lecturing in trauma, loss, grief, mediation and suicide. Dorothy remains an advocate for social justice and fairness for those less fortunate. She believes: "We must make changes now, we must ensure our children and grandchildren do not perpetrate this lack of respect for humanity." Passionate Rotarian, Editor of Bulletin, 'champion' of Rotary Safe
Families, Dorothy is known for her use of: "Onwards and Upwards!"
Mary Barry is a CEO with over 20 years’ experience across a number of sectors including health and aged care, emergency services and family violence. Mary is passionate about creating a better world where women and men, boys and girls can live free from the fear of violence, particularly from those whom they should be able to
trust and those who are supposed to love them. Mary is a Past President of Rotary Melbourne and has worked in partnership with Dorothy to create the Rotary Safe Families program and is confident that by working together we can all be part of the solution in preventing violence against women and their children and the elderly in our community.
Thank you for now being Part of the Solution to Prevent Family Violence, its impact on our Children and Abuse of our Elderly