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We fund possibility. We back researchers early, at the point where funding is hardest to find and matters most.

Australian Rotary Health is not only committed to providing funding and research into mental health issues, we also provide funding into a broad range of general health areas, provide scholarships for rural medical and nursing students, as well as Indigenous health students. Australian Rotary Health prioritises high-quality research projects which directly benefit the community. Our mission is to support healthier minds, bodies and communities through research, awareness and education.

25/08/2026

Meet Laura Grattidge.

Laura is a PhD scholar whose research was backed by Australian Rotary Health together with the Rotary Club of Deloraine in Tasmania. A real club, backing a real researcher, on something that matters deeply in the bush: keeping young people in rural communities safe and supported.

Her work found something hopeful. The strongest youth su***de prevention doesn’t come from services alone. It comes from communities themselves. Schools, families, health workers, even farmers, connected and equipped to look out for young people and step in early.

This is what your support makes possible. A question asked, an answer found, and rural communities better able to protect their young people.

Because of you. And because of Deloraine.

If you or someone you know needs support, Lifeline is available 24/7 on 13 11 14.

24/08/2026

Ever wondered exactly what Australian Rotary Health funds?

Our PhD scholarships back researchers across three areas: mental health, PTSD, and general health.

Each one supports a talented researcher to pursue work that could improve lives, at the early stage where funding is hardest to find.

This is where your support goes. Real programs, real people, real questions. Give via the link in bio.

23/08/2026

Science Week is over. The questions aren’t.

Thank you for spending the week with us, meeting our scholars, sitting with the big questions, and seeing the human side of the research you help fund.

The researchers we back don’t stop when the week ends. Neither does the need for support. If this week reminded you why this work matters, the best thing you can do is back it.

Give via the link in bio. And thank you, always, for being part of it.

20/08/2026

Rotary clubs: want to hear directly from Australian Rotary Health?

Invite us to speak at your next meeting. A member of our team, or one of our board of directors, can share the research your club helps fund, what it’s making possible, and where we’re heading together.

Want us at your next meeting? Get in touch via [email protected]

20/08/2026

Seven new Companions. Thank you, all of you.

Over the past few weeks, we have had the privilege of recognising seven people whose donations help funds health and mental health research in this country.

Janice Reid, of the Rotary Club of Sydney Darling Harbour, is now a Ruby Companion of Australian Rotary Health.

Rae-Anne and John Medforth, also of the Rotary Club of Sydney Darling Harbour, are now Gold Companions. Rae-Anne is District Chair of 9675 and has spent the year travelling around to clubs and championing this work. She and John have now backed it personally, twice.

District Governor Elect Shane Burette, of the Rotary Club of Fairfield City, is a Companion, reached through ongoing giving. Proof that it adds up.

Russ Higginbotham, of the Rotary Club of Jindalee in Queensland, is a Companion. Russ is pictured with Club President Garry Page and ARH Director Ian McKay.

Chris and Adrienne Warmington, of the Rotary Club of Toowoomba East, are now Gold Companions.

Seven people, two states, one decision made over and over: back the researcher before anyone else will.

Because of these seven extraordinary new Companions, researchers get to keep asking their important and future-shaping questions. Thank you.

With thanks to ARH Chair Stephen Humphreys, District Governor Renga Rajan, ARH Director Ian McKay and District Chair Rae-Anne Medforth for making the presentations.

19/08/2026

Here’s something your support has already made real.

Around half of all mental health difficulties begin before a child turns 14, and parents are one of the most powerful protective forces a child has. So, we backed Dr Marie Yap at Monash University to ask a simple question: could personalised online parenting programs genuinely improve a family’s mental health?

They can. Her Australian Rotary Health funded research showed these programs really do help, and because they’re online, they can reach families who could never make it to a clinic.

That’s what “what if” becomes when you back it. A real answer, helping real families. Because of you.

19/08/2026

Vale Russ O'Malley.

Russ served Australian Rotary Health as District Chair from 2010 to 2011, as a Director from 2011 to 2015, as Vice Chair in 2015, and as our Ambassador.

Throughout all his roles with Australian Rotary Health he brought steady judgement, dedication, and a real belief that research changes lives. He backed ideas early, asked the sharp questions, and stayed for the long work of turning them into something useful.

Our thoughts are with his family and friends. A celebration of life service will be held at St Mark's Church, The Gap, at 11am on Monday 24 August. Livestream details are at kmsmith.com.au/upcoming/

On behalf of Australian Rotary Health, we extend our deepend condolences to Russ's family, friends, fellow Rotarians and the Rotary Club of Ashgrove/The Gap.

Thank you, Russ.

18/08/2026

Meet Dr Talia Carl.

Talia is an early-career researcher at the University of Sydney, and one of the people your support helps back. Her work focuses on children’s mental health: understanding what shapes children’s emotional and behavioural wellbeing, and how we get evidence-based help to more families.

What drives her is simple. She wants to make sure the things that actually work reach the children who need them most.

For National Science Week, that’s exactly the kind of question we’re proud to fund. Human, rigorous, and aimed squarely at helping kids.

Because of you, Talia gets to keep asking it.

17/08/2026

If you’re meeting Australian Rotary Health for the first time this Science Week, here’s who we are.

We’re one of Australia’s independent funders of mental health research. For more than 40 years, we’ve backed researchers, funded scholarships and supported the science that helps Australians live healthier lives. We’ve allocated over $56 million to research and programs since 1985.

We back people early, when it matters most. And we do it because Rotarians, donors and communities choose to fund possibility.

Welcome. We’re glad you’re here.

16/08/2026

Research made clear.

Behind every piece of mental health research is a question anyone can understand. Things like: Why do some young people recover and others don’t? What actually helps in the first weeks after a trauma? How do we reach people who fall through the gaps?

The researchers we back spend years on questions like these. This Science Week, we’re translating their work into plain language, because understanding it shouldn’t require a science degree.

What question would you want mental health research to answer? Tell us below.

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