About
The Rotary Club of Windsor
The Rotary Club of Windsor was the first Rotary Club in the Hawkesbury, being founded in 1955 and has served the Hawkesbury community in many ways.
During our 70 years we have provided equipment to Hawkesbury Hospital, raised funds for the erection of a new picket fence around McQuade Oval, arranged swimming lessons for older folk, organised bus trips for senior citizens, help self development programs for Year 11 students, established our Youth Foundation Trust to provide annual grants to assist our youth to achieve their goals and now, one of our most ambitious campaigns, STOPDV. For our STOPDV campaign, we need your help, by getting involved, donating and spreading the word.
Raising Awareness and Educating our community
What we aim to achieve thru our STOP DV campaign by raising awareness and educating our community about domestic and family violence;
- Education and awareness is the first step in bringing about behaviour change, by bringing attention to Domestic Violence among the public, policy makers and stakeholders.
- By raising awareness and mobilising support we can contribute to meaningful social and political change.
- We can be the voice for those in our communities that do not have one.
- We can build a coalition of stakeholders and diverse groups around a common cause.
- Educating and informing by providing current and relevant information, resources and tools for individuals to better understand and engage with this complex issue.
- Feedback from senior police confirm that the public don’t know what they don’t see. Raising awareness provides confidence to both victims and offenders to seek help. Further it provides witnesses with the confidence to come forward and report. It provides ‘By Standers’ with the confidence to intervene and or report.
- Encourage local secondary schools to implement and support, with Windsor Rotary assistance, the Respectful Relationships program called ‘Love Bites’
- Our STOPDV campaign can help us create a stigma against Gender Based Violence, similar to the Drink Driving Campaign that commenced in the late 1970’s