No Strings Attached Theatre

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Thank You to our Guest Speakers Kari & Kathryn from No Strings Attached Theatre of Disability. It was wonderful to meet you at last night’s club meeting and learning more about your professional Theatre Company.

CEO Kari Seeley with professional performer Kathryn Hall, presented on the WHO, What, Why & How on their local theatre company with international aspirations.

No Strings Attached was established in 1994 by Helen Flinter-Leach, as a Professional Theatre Company to work Exclusively with people living with Disability.

Respects and values the lived experience of disability as a legitimate and important part of our vibrant culture and community

The Company’s Values Follow:

Competency, Collaboration, Creativity, Courage, Community

What They Do:

  • Weekly theatre skills development workshops
  • Our works:

-Celebrate diversity and inclusion

-Challenge expectations

-Deeply move audiences

  • We AMPLIFY the voices of our performers
  • We hold space for disabled artists to create & present new works

Why they do it:

  • We believe that:

-Involvement in the arts positively affects people’s lives

.               -Everyone has the right to participate in arts and culture

  • Positive Effect
  • Quality work

No Strings Attached create award winning productions with local, national and international tours that deeply move audiences. They are Registered Provider with the NDIS, who run workshop programs where people find their voice and develop their craft- they grow in leadership and independence.

Please follow the link below to learn more about No Strings Attached:

https://www.nostringsattached.org.au/

Congratulations Otto!

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Congratulations Past-President Otto Baumgartner for receiving a Paul Harris Fellow Recognition Pin for your contribution to the Rotary Foundation.

 

Rollover Dinner 2023/24

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Last night we celebrated our Rollover Dinner, heralding the end of the 2022-2023 Rotary year, and the commencement of 2023-2024.

Rhiannon Pearce MP was invited to continue as Honorary member, and presented a certificate of Honorary Membership.

President Alan, with Rhiannon’s help on behalf of the Premier, awarded Derek the Premier’s Certificate for outstanding achievement in Voluntary Service for his work with the Emergency Medical Information Booklet (EMIB).

The club welcomed new Board member Mykal, and we look forward to his ideas and insights for the year ahead.

Attending also was our new Area Governor Stephen McLachlan who helped draw the raffle prizes.

Please meet our new club board for 2023/24

 

2023-24: Create Hope in the World

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2023/24 Presidential Rotary Theme

 

Gordon R. McInally RI President 2023-24

New Rotary International President-elect Gordon R. McInally, a member of the Rotary Club of South Queensferry, Lothian, Scotland, calls for Rotary to ‘Create Hope in the World’ by working for peace and mental wellbeing. He urges members to engage in tough conversations and earn the trust that’s necessary to realise these values.

Read Gordon McInally’s opening message to Rotary as he takes on the role of Rotary International President for 2023-24:

Even as we face new and serious challenges, Rotary takes care of its members and those we serve, works to build lasting peace, and embeds belonging and inclusion in everything we do. That is why I am asking everyone in Rotary to Create Hope in the World.

The theme was inspired and detailed with a story of hope following the tsunami in southeast Asia when McInally was given a small conch shell by a survivor who had lost her family, home and livelihood.  The efforts of Rotarians had restored her optimism and given her hope.