The Rotary Club of Berwick is a group of people, from diverse ages, backgrounds and professions. What we have in common is the desire to be part of an organisation that works together to make a positive difference in the world. We're always looking for new members, because the more people we have, the greater the impact we can have.
Whether you want to lead a project or participate in one, there are opportunities to develop your leadership and project management skills. But likewise, we need workers - ready to roll up their sleeves and get the job done.
Each week we meet on a Wednesday for dinner, sometimes we invite a guest speaker, use our time to organise or run a project, visit a local business or enjoy a fun social evening.
Locally we support and work alongside other community programs and not for profit organisations to support those in need. Our club supports various Rotary leadership and educational programs for young people.
If you have time to give back to your community and want to make new friends, contact us at membership@rotaryberwick.org.
Planting trees for the environment
On Sunday 30 August, members of the Rotary Club of Berwick were joined by friends, family, members of the Rotary Club of Casey, members of the Casey-Cardinia Rotaract Club and Year 6 students from Tulliallen Primary School completing their Rotary Junior Community Awards Program.
1,500 trees, shrubs and grasses were planted in Cranbourne West to create connecting habitat for wildlife, especially the endangered Southern Brown Bandicoot. Everyone was rewarded with a delicious BBQ lunch and cold drink!
Packing Birthing Kits with St John of God
We are so lucky to have access to a health care system in Australia. However, not everyone has the same privilege. Women around the world give birth in unhygienic and unsafe conditions.
One way we can help is by partnering with the Birthing Kit Foundation.
In May this year members of our club worked alongside staff and volunteers from St John of God Hospital to pack 200 birthing kits.
Kits contain gloves, soap, scalpel, string, a plastic sheet and gauze.
One of the ways we are creating lasting impact for women and babies around the world.
St John of God Garden Working Bees
Throughout 2025 and 2026 we have held multiple working bees at St John of God hospital on Kangan Drive.
On 5 September we were back, installing large planter boxes in the maternity unit garden carefully crafted by the talented Eric. While the heavy planter boxes were carefully carried through the hospital, other members got into weeding and pruning the gardens. Next on the list, finishing the chapel water feature and planting out the boxes.
Rotary Overseas Relocated Playgrounds (RORP) Project
The Rotary Club of Berwick have partnered with the City of Casey, to take old playgrounds that are being replaced at their end of life and send them overseas.
The Rotary Club of Berwick have been involved in sending playgrounds to Cape Town, South Africa and Siem Reap, Cambodia and Buka, Bougainville.
The process is:
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We take photos of the playgrounds and digitally label each piece of the playground with a unique number and colour coded tape.
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When the Council’s contractor is onsite, Rotary is notified and we arrive on the day and take the playground away.
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The playground is stored short term until there are enough to fill a shipping container, usually 12-15 playgrounds.
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The RORP co-ordinator arranges a date for volunteers to help load the container so it can be shipped overseas.
Would you like to present to our club?
We welcome guest speakers from all different areas. If you are interested in being a guest speaker at our meeting, please contact us to register your interest.
Please note, we do not pay our guest speakers or commit to donating or purchasing anything from a speaker.
Need a BBQ and a team of experienced chiefs?
The Rotary Club of Berwick have a very impressive barbeque trailer. With two separate barbeque plates, sink, storage areas with tools, tables, marquee, and everything you need to cook and serve a sausages sizzle, bacon and egg rolls, burgers, and more.
If you would like to hire our barbeque for your next event, contact us.
Art Screens for Hire
Hiring art screens to organisations all over Melbourne is our biggest fundraising activity for the club. Our screens are lightweight, easy to configure in layouts that suit any building. They hold plenty of artwork. Our members deliver, set up and collect the screens for your event all with a smile on their faces!
Our Sponsor Bendigo Bank, Community Bank Beaconsfield District
We are pleased to announce our ongoing partnership with Bendigo Bank Community Bank Beaconsfield District again this year.
Last year the club was successful in receiving a community grant to fund our new BBQ trailer that will be made available to local community groups to support fundraising activities.
In January we welcomed Pete and Karen from Bendigo Bank at our annual Berwick Cemetery Clean Up, they were more than happy to join in the working bee and be rewarded with a sausage sizzle!
Our Sponsor St John of God
The Rotary Club of Berwick has a long and proud partnership with St John of God, Berwick.
We have supported each other through our recent redevelopment of the kerbside community and patient retreat garden at the Langmore Centre on Gloucester Avenue, garden makeover working bees at the Kangan Drive Hospital, and packing birthing kits with the hospital staff and volunteers.
In July CEO Lisa Norman signed the partnership agreement - let's see what other amazing things our organisations can achieve together!
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