Sydney Rotary Proudly Supports Sydney Charities through our Joan Salter Award.
Recipients of the Joan Salter Award receive funding over 3 years amounting to $50,000 for a project with a focus on delivering positive outcomes in the areas of health and wellbeing.
Prior Recipients
| 2021 - 2023 | Top Blokes The Top Blokes program was the deserving recipient of 3 years funding totaling $50,000 for their project that commissioned the UTS Kidman Centre to carry out a 3 year independent evaluation of the Top Blokes mentoring program for young males in primary schools. The study was aimed to help understand how the Top Blokes program is impacting mental health and wellbeing of young males, identify areas of improvement and enable the program results to attract new program partners and investors. More about Top Blokes: https://www.topblokes.org.au/ |
| 2024 - 2026 | Be Center The Be Center project focus is to research the impact of tele-play therapy in supporting children (8-14 years) in the Greater Sydney region who have been impacted by trauma. Be Center believes 50% of adult mental illness begins before the age of 14 years old. Be Centre is tackling the problem of early childhood trauma. As early intervention specialists, Be Center support children (3-14 years) who have experienced adversity or trauma such as domestic violence, bullying, medical trauma, grief/loss, abuse, neglect, and other adverse childhood experiences. At the same time, Be Center also support the parents/carers of children impacted by trauma, so they build strong and secure family relationships. More about Be Center: https://www.becentre.org.au/ |
| 2027 - 2029 | Applications now open - details below |
Sydney Rotary Joan Salter Fund Award Application
For a copy of the application form, please contact the Chair of Joan Salter Award Selection Committee c/o Secretary@SydneyRotary.com.
Applications must be submitted by COB 20th April in the year prior to the award.
Criteria for the Joan Salter Award
The Joan Salter Award is open to Not for Profit Organisations that are ACNC registered.
- Funding totaling $50,000 is available over 3 years and must be used for a project related activities.
- A qualifying projects must deliver Health and Wellbeing outcomes across any age group from Children to Elders in our community.
- The criteria has been deliberately designed to encourage a diversity of applications.
- The selection committee will look for optimal outcomes across any segment of the very broad canvas of Health and Wellbeing that deliver value for money.
- The successful applicant will operate and deliver services within the Greater Sydney catchment area, notwithstanding that they may also deliver services to other areas.
- The Project should also deliver the majority of planned services and outcomes within the Greater Sydney Catchment area.
Timetable
Applications deadline is COB 20th April in the year prior to the initial funding.
- A decision will be communicated by end of April.
- An Award Ceremony will be held at the Rotary Club of Sydney premises before the end of June.
- The 3 year funding cycle will commence from the following January. It is envisaged that annual disbursements will be made.
Who is Joan Salter?
Sydney Rotary 1988/89 President John Randall canvassed member opinion and the club voted in favour during John Randall's Presidential year. After a secret ballot of members on 26 June 1989, 178 of the 265 voting members favoured the change to allow female members.
This followed a decision by the Rotary Club of Duarte California who on 1st June 1977 admitted three female members in breach of the Rotary International constitution. The US Supreme Court overruled Rotary International's removal of the charter of the Duarte Club paving the way for individual clubs to admit women IF THEY WANTED TO.
Some clubs remained all male like Richmond, and other clubs split with acrimony or folded. Sydney, to its credit, accepted the vote of the majority without any rancour.
On 30th January 1990 President Bill Locke inducted three women:
- Dame Leonie Kramer
- Joan Salter
- Maria Pethard
After years of dedicated community service, Joan Salter passed to cancer and a fund was created in her name to support charitable organisations in the area of health and wellbeing.
More on the history of women in Rotary: https://www.rotary.org/en/history-women-rotary
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