In the 2011/12 Rotary Year, support was provided for:

• Palliative Care Council of SA
• Lifeline SA
• Adelaide East Mission
• Meals on Wheels
• Norwood Pageant
• The St Peters Community Garden

Meals on Wheels - a new freezer

Lifeline SA - $5,000 per year for 3 years to train 10 telephone volunteers each year.

Lifeline was founded in 1963 by the late Reverend Dr. Sir Alan Walker, when he took a call from a distressed man who later took his own life.  Sir Alan launched a 24-hour crisis support line which today answers more than 1250 calls each day, with about 50 calls from suicide related attempts. Lifeline is a not-for-profit organization and its services are supported by 1000 staff and 11,000 volunteers operating from 60 locations in Australia.  Its services and resources are provided through phone, face-to-face and online. 

In 2009, there were 2132 suicides in Australia (6 per day).  This is likely an under-report.  Suicide is the leading cause of death in Australia for men under 44 and women under 34 years of age.  During the same period, there were 1837 skin cancer-related deaths and 1151 road accident-related deaths (Aust. Bureau Stats.).  Lifeline’s national service programs focus on Crisis Support, Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Support.  In 2011, the Rotary Club of St Peters Inc. made a commitment to support Lifeline Adelaide with scholarship funds to train twenty counsellors annually. 

Palliative Care Council - $18,000 to develop a new website