Community Projects
RAWCS is now adhering to the ACFID Code of Conduct. At RAWCS, we prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion to create positive impacts in communities. We uphold human rights principles in all operations, following humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence. Committed to racial justice, we promote healing, reconciliation, and respect for all individuals, regardless of background.
All registrants of projects with RAWCS are now required to accept and adhere to our RAWCS Code of Conduct Policy and the RAWCS Child Safeguarding and Code of Conduct Policy.
To understand more about how to register any type of project look the RAWCS PROJECT MANUAL or this PowerPoint presentation – How to register a new project.
For help to register a project please contact your District RAWCS Chair or RAWCS Regional Supervisor. Click to find out more.
This guide may help you to market your project: Guide for RAWCS Project Managers to market their project – images and words.
Instructions on completing the project audit report – Project Audit Report Instructions.
Register Your Project
RAWCS Projects can be registered for these purposes:
Rotary Australia Overseas Aid Fund (RAOAF)
RAOAF i
s an Overseas Aid Fund to provide sustainable development aid in developing countries as identified by the Department of Foreign Affairs or short-term relief for disasters.
Click here to read the Rotary Australia Overseas Aid Fund Criteria.
To register a project, click the button below:
Rotary Australia Benevolent Society (RABS)
RABS is a Public Benevolent Fund to register projects within Australia to enable Rotary Clubs and Districts to provide assistance to people in need within their local or wider community.
Click here to read the Rotary Australia Benevolent Society Criteria.
To register a project, click the button below:
Rotary Australia Compassionate Grants (RACG)
RACG
manages philanthropic donations to be distributed to disadvantaged Australians identified by local Rotary Clubs or Rotary Districts as being worthy of financial assistance.
Click here to read the Rotary Australia Compassionate Grants Criteria.
To register a project, click the button below:
Rotary Australia Relief Fund (RARF)
RARF is a Level 2 Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) fund to enable collection of funds that are not directed at specific projects.
Level 2 DGR Funds CANNOT be spent directly but must be transferred to Level 1 DGR projects (ie. RAOAF, RABS, RACG projects).
RARF is administered on a national basis, fully utilising the RAWCS website and our online donation facility to minimise administration costs.
Click here to read the Relief Fund Criteria.
Only a person with Admin access to this website can register a RARF project by clicking on the link below:
RAWCS Limited Fund (LTD)
A new feature for LTD is the availability to support Rotary Clubs and Rotary Districts with projects that do not require tax deductibility for the donated funds.
Click here to read the RAWCS Limited Fund Criteria.
Rotary Australia Trust for the Environment (RATE)
The principal purpose of the RATE is the protection and enhancement of all aspects of the natural environment both in Australia and in developing nations including, without limitation, by delivering project activities relating to air and water quality, waste minimisation, soil conservation, protection and restoration of land, coastal, marine and freshwater resources and promotion of ecologically sustainable development principles
Click here to read the RATE Project Criteria.