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Rotary International District 9660 spans a large portion of northern NSW. From Newcastle and Lake Macquarie, to the western areas such as Dubbo, Cobar, and Bourke; up to Lightning Ridge, and across to Moree, Inverall, Glen Innes, then onto Woolgoolga, and back along the East Coast to Newcastle See About Us for location details
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RYPEN 2025 Claim the Date
Claim the Date
Dates: 7-9 June 2025
Venue: The Francis Retreat, 2 Thomson Place, Bonny Hills NSW 2445
Closing Date for Applications: 7 May 2025
RYLA 2025 – Save the DAte
Saturday 24th May – Saturday 31st May 2025
We’re back on the coast
Yarra Adventure Park
Stuarts Point
Application Forms & Brochure will be updated when venue pricing available
They will be uploaded to D9660 website on completion
Invest in your community & your Club
RYLA is the future of Rotary
Friendship Exchange South Africa 2025
Welcome DG Bruce George & Kate
Welcome to the year of The Magic of Rotary.
I acknowledge our Immediate Past District Governor and wish him all the best as he steps away from the joy of district leadership. I wish him a wonderful year as he embarks on the journey as his club president.
To all the members who serve on district or district committees, we applaud you. At the district changeover, I mentioned that to serve as a Rotary leader, be it at a club or district, was an honour.
I thank you for allowing me this privilege to serve you the members of district 9660. The district has a mixture of experience and first time in a district role, but we all have enthusiasm to do our best in supporting you the member. As we share the magic of Rotary with our communities, be they local or international please remember to share the magic with us. Nico
le looks forward to hearing Magic stories.
Regionalisation is now officially up and going, I encourage everyone to support the pilot. As John Hewko General Secretary of Rotary International said to the DGEs at our International Assembly, “It would be wrong of us not to try something when a region’s membership has declined by 23% in the past 10 years. This pilot may not be the answer and if it isn’t, it could lead to the answer.” We will have an opportunity to have our say in 2026.
Now is the time for all of us to try something different in our clubs and districts. I know many clubs do things differently at their meetings. Are you willing to try something new? One of many lessons I did learn about running a farm is, if you do what your grandparents did, you will not have your farm for long.
Congratulations to all the club presidents and their teams. Welcome to our journey of leadership for 2024- 2025.
District Governor Bruce George
NYSF Orientation
NYSF (National Youth Science Forum for 2024 cohort
It’s been a busy year for the district committee this year. Assisting students to apply for this life changing program, processing 60 applications across District 9660 and then interviewing 40 students face to face and 20 by desktop review to select the participants for the January 2024 sessions in Canberra and Brisbane.
The last event in the process was to hold our orientation on 19 November in Walcha. Twenty-nine students and their parents travelled to Walcha to meet each other and get a briefing on what to do and what to expect in January. They were given first-hand experiences from the five amazing alumni, who also valued their involvement in the program enough to make the trip to help. Special thanks to Mia Dawson, Annie Chen, Finley Wallace, John Crosley and Eliza Dampney. Their enthusiasm was infectious and their confidence was testament to their NYSF experience.
It was a great opportunity for the students to meet each other prior to the January sessions. The alumni spoke to them about friendships which are formed during the program and it was great to watch the process begin already.
Also special thanks to the district committee PDG Ken Hall, Deb Farquhar, Julie Clendining, PDG Bob and Margaret Ryan, Peter Paff and Erika Savage for their support and hard work during the year.
Special thanks to the Rotary clubs who have supported our candidates to enable them to participate in the program. Thank you to Walcha Rotary Club for catering for the 70 people who were there. Their catering again made the event the usual friendly Rotary welcome with morning tea and lunch for those who had travelled.
I am sure that the 2924 NYSF cohort will have an amazing residential experience and will be only too willing to come back to their supporting Rotary club to report their adventures.
Photo was taken at the orientation.
Progress in Nepal
PDG David and Heather Mayne are currently in Nepal flying the flag for Rotary as always and continuing their support for this great Rotary district project.
From Davud:
‘It’s great to see the vision of Dr Ray Hodgson, Rotary member of Port Macquarie, come to fruition. Lots of hard work to get here and more hard work to come. My third visit to the site and I’m excited to see the progress on the Dolakha ‘Mothers and Babies’ hospital. Our relationship with the locals is wonderful and Rptary needs to be congratulated for driving this project in a region of Nepal that is in desperate need of specialized care. In summary, this will save lives and prevent anguish.
District 9660 Annual Book Sales
Contact your nearest Rotary Club for details of their Book Sales
- Armidale Central
- Coffs Harbour
- Lower Mid North Coast – Contact: rotaryclublmc@gmail.com
- Inverell
- Port Macquarie
- Tamworth
- Wauchope
- Wingham
This is a free listing for all D9660 Rotary Clubs
Contact Bruce Hemmett to add our update your listing
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Rotary Friendship Exchange
DISTRICT GOVERNOR ELECT (DGE)
ROTARY YOUTH PROGRAM OF ENRICHMENT (RYPEN)
RYPEN – Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment
The aim of RYPEN is to provide an enriching and challenging experience for Year 7 to Year 12 high school students. The weekend camp is a balance of social interaction, speakers to assist the students in developing life skills, and challenging activities and adventures. Preference will be given to older students if maximum numbers are reached.RYPEN assists young Australians aged 13-17 to:
- develop a greater sense of self-awareness.
- Appreciate diversity in society
- Realise their own and other’s potential.
RYPEN provides opportunities and challenges for young people to review themselves and where they are in life and their direction in the future.
RYPEN achieves these aims through:
- Providing an environment in which they can explore their own boundaries and gain a sense of self-understanding and self-reliance.
- Challenging through active learning and problem-solving activities which are designed to stretch the mental, physical and social skills of all participants both individually and in groups.
RYPEN IN DETAIL
The Leadership team consists of Rotaract and RYLA volunteers who each bring a unique set of skills and experience.
The program is run over 2 days commencing on a Friday afternoon and finishing on Sunday afternoon.
It offers a variety of activities that allow participants to increase their knowledge and improve their skills in leadership, team building, problem solving and creative thinking. Participants also learn about understanding others.
These sessions are balanced with games and outdoor challenges that provide the opportunity to practise new skills.
All sessions are done working in teams with an assigned leader from the leadership team.
WHO CAN APPLY?
RYPEN is open to teenagers who
- Are aged between 13 and 17. Applicants need to be prepared to participate willingly in all activities. The program is open to all young people.
- Can participate in the duration of the program.
- Participants need to be free of all other commitments such as school work, sporting and family commitments for the whole program.
- must disclose all medical issues prior to camp. All medicines must be handed in on arrival and will be administered by senior camp staff.
Dates: 14 -16 June 2024
Venue:The Francis Retreat, 2 Thomson Place, Bonny Hills NSW 2445
Closing Date for Applications: Wednesday 15 May 2024
Cost: $350.00 per student
Application Form 2024
Rotary Endorsement Form
(to be completed by students who are being sponsored by a Rotary Club
More information
RYPEN Brochure
RYPEN Promotional Video
For further information email rypend9660@gmail.com or dihall605@gmail.com
YOUTH PROTECTION
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Youth Protection Overview |
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(This portfolio was formerly named Child Protection)
Mission Statement
District 9660 is committed to creating and maintaining the safest possible environment for all participants inRotary activities. It is the duty of all Rotarians, Rotarians’ spouses, partners, and other volunteers to safeguard to the best of their ability the welfare of and to prevent the physical, sexual, or emotional abuse of children and young people with whom they come into contact. Rotarians, non-Rotarians and volunteers who serve the youth in the District must adhere to the following core values:
- INTEGRITY: We are committed to honest, respectful, ethical relations with our participants, citizens, and fellow business partners and customers.
- RESPECT: We believe in a healthy volunteer environment based on teamwork, encouragement, trust, concern and honest and responsible communication among all Rotarians, Volunteers and Students.
- QUALITY: We constantly strive for excellence and continuous improvement in our Rotary practices and results.
- COMMUNICATION: We clearly state our needs and expectations of others, and we clearly express our thoughts and ideas.
- COMMITMENT: We demonstrate persistence, determination and tenacity in achieving both our individual and organizational goals.
D9660 Club Youth Protection Register
The Youth Protection register is ONLY available to the current Club Youth Protection Officer. The register allows the club to manage WWC expiry dates, Members Training, as well as a register of members RYVID forms.
The register is an independent database and is not part of DACdb. As such you will need to set up your personal password for the YPR. Click on the Forgot Password to set up your YPR password
The Youth Protection Register allows the club YP Offiser to manage your club members:
* WWCC – Working With Children registration
* RYVID – Rotary Youth Volunteer Information and Declaration forms
* WWCC Annual training date
Multiple reports allow easy view of members currency, expiry dates etc
Youth Protection Documents found here
Youth Protection Register Help
The D9660 2023-24 Youth Protection team is as follows:
Chair: Rev Stephen de Plater – Newcastle Enterprise Email
Team Members
Diana Reynolds – Wauchope
Di Hall – E-Club of D9650 – Email
Bruce Hemmett – Tamworth First Light Email
Peter Paff – Sawtell
Peter Shinton – Coonabarabran
Reference Links
Office of the Children’s Guardian
NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
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