Rob's Long Walk HomeOur Guest Speaker on 26 March 2026 was Rob Storey, Past President of Neuromuscular WA (Formerly Muscular Dystrophy Association of WA). On 19th April 2026 Rob is walking from Melbourne to Perth as a fundraiser for Neuromuscular WA. Rob plans on walking 50 kms per day on average 6 days a week for 3,400 kms arriving in Perth on 9 July 2026.  |
French Dinner - Chez Pierre 6pm 14 May 2026
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2025 Teacher of the Year AwardThe West Perth Rotary Club is a sponsor of the Hampton Senior High School annual Teachers Award where $500 is awarded to the Teacher of the year, Tahlia Thomson and $500 is awarded to the Support Staff Member Award, Jessica Harding, the 2025 winners below received their awards from Rotary Club President Kym MacCormac and Principal Tracy Griffiths just before Christmas 2025. Congratulations Tahlia & Jessica.  |
Blue Dragon Foundation
In October 2025 the Rotary Club of West Perth donated $3,000 and received a further $3,000 from District 9423 via a District Grant, this totalled $6,000 which has gone to a very worthwhile charity the Blue Dragon Foundation in Vietnam. For over 20 years, Blue Dragon has been a leading agency in Vietnam’s fight against human trafficking. Their goal is that they don’t want to reduce human trafficking. They want to end it. And they believe that’s possible.
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2025 Nurse of the Year AwardChild Adolescent Health Service Nurse of the Year Award This Annual Award commenced in 2023 by West Perth Rotary Club in partnership with the Perth Children’s Hospital and Child and Adolescents Service and continues to acknowledge and reward those nurses who go above and beyond their normal duties and who are nominated by their peers.  |
Bowel screening for cancer
“I would never have known, I had no symptoms” Cancer Council WA is calling for more Western Australians to complete the free life-saving bowel screening test, with new figures showing only four in 10 eligible Australians are participating in Australia’s National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.
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Water Well in Vietnam
The aim was to construct a well including a 2000 litre water storage tank with reverse osmosis filter system in the village of Plei Klau in Central Highlands Vietnam. The well is now complete. |
New Mens Shed in Claremont |
Broadway Swap Meet |
Life Education
Life Education WA relies heavily on our partners like the Rotary Club of West Perth to ensure our young people in Primary Schools get the best opportunity to build their resilience and knowledge so they can deal with unsafe situations both on and off line. Relate Respect Connect is an anti-bullying program teaching children how to develop healthy relationships with their peers. |
Other supported projectsThe Rotary Club of West Perth supports several other local and International projects, including: |
Bali Eye Clinic
West Perth Rotary Club (WPRC) used a Rotary Foundation Grant in 1990 to set up the Bali Eye Clinic. A mobile eye clinic operating theatre was fitted out in Perth and delivered by Hercules aeroplane to Bali courtesy of the Royal Australian Air Force. In the next four years, cataract operations were performed to restore sight to over 4000 people. The program was so successful that it incorporated in 2002 in the name of “The John Fawcett Foundation Inc” thus having the ability to raise funds and offer tax deductibility in its own right. |
Allied HealthThe Rotary Clubs of Mt Lawley and West Perth again are working together to present the 2018 Rotary Allied Health Team Excellence Awards, supported by the Chief Health Professions Office (CHPO) and sponsored by Slater and Gordon. |
Les village school Bali |
Alzheimers ResearchThe McCusker Alzheimers research foundation have made excellent progress in the early detection of Alzheimers over the past five years. Rotary West Perth has been a significant sponsor for many years.
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Rotary West Perth is proud to be associated with The Big Pram Walk again in 2018, providing assistance with planning and providing marshals for the walk itself.
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Muscular Dystrophy Research
West Perth Sponsored Muscular Dystrophy ResearchThe Muscular Dystrophy Rotary Appeal spearheaded by the West Perth Club was held in 1969 in support of the Muscular Dystrophy Association of WA .The success of the appeal lead to the establishment of the Australian Neuromuscular Research Institute ( ANRI ) in 1982, now known as the Perron Institute for Neuroscience and Translational Research. |
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The Jo Wheatley All Abilities Play space (AAPS)  A low key “after party” at the AAPS on 13 September 2019 to mark practical completion of the last major item – the accessible toilet block - had many of the key players, with Rotary project champions Angus Buchanan from West Perth Rotary and Cheryl Jennings from Subiaco Rotary, plus representatives from Nedlands Council, Inclusion WA, Australia’s Bridge, Matilda Bay Rotary and the local community. All played key roles in the project, which took several years from inception to completion. Nedlands donated “The best Playground site in Australia” - Beaton Park on the Dalkeith foreshore - and paid for the design by renowned landscape architect Fiona Robbe plus committed to ongoing maintenance. Rotary was responsible for fundraising approximately $4m, which included significant pro bono donations of design drawings and materials. |
The Magic Show
The Rotary Club of West Perth MAGIC SHOW at the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre Three performances of the Magic Show on Monday 2 December 2019 were very well attended! .jpg) The World Festival of Magic is our major fundraising project with proceeds donated to Muscular Dystrophy WA, Life Education WA, and other community projects which Rotary supports. More information is available on the World Festival of Magic website at http://www.worldfestivalofmagic.com.au/
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Welcome to Rotary West Perth!
Rotary International (RI) is the world's first service club organization, with more than 1.2 million members in 33,000 clubs worldwide.The Rotary Club of West Perth (Inc.) is one of approximately 50 clubs in RI District 9455 – the largest in Australia – that encompasses most of Western Australia. Rotary club members are volunteers who work locally, regionally, and internationally to combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, provide education and job training, promote peace, and eradicate polio under the motto Service Above Self. |
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