http://c.planetreg.au/2025-Group-Walk-For-Respect-Registration
Rotary would love to see any Organisation passionate about reducing the incidents of Domestic Violence in our community, represented in our Walk for Respect parade on Saturday 11 October 2025!
Last year, we were delighted to have 30 Groups lead their team of staff; volunteers; followers; supporters ... behind their own Group Banner. In total, over 1,000 people united peacefully and respectfully.
Groups represented were from the Domestic Violence support network and some businesses and Rotary Clubs with a keen passion.
First up - it is FREE to register your group
http://c.planetreg.au/2025-Group-Walk-For-Respect-Registration
We ask you to supply basic contact details for Rotary to liaise with you.
We then add your group's LOGO to this website under the Parade Groups section (please email your logo to marketing@WalkForRespect.au) - of course, if your group already has a profile, we'll make sure all the content is up to date!
Also on this registration form is an option to invest separately in having Rotary work with you to design; print and construct a big banner we'd love your group to carry to 'market' yourself to the TV cameras and visiting public (see details below).
You can see some photos on this page of banners prepared for groups in our 2023 Walk. We will craft a message with you, for your banner, that clearly shows your LOGO and SLOGAN (or similar).
Of Note! - if you are one of the groups who walked in 2023 / 2024 and are intending to Walk again in 2025 - YES you are welcome to carry the same banner! Quick and Easy!
Ways your Group Can Make a Difference
Option - Promotion
Please spread the word about our Walk for Respect on 11 October 2025 .. plus our combined determination to build awareness of the scourge of Domestic Violence, including Coercive Control, and the need to stamp it out.
• Include article(s) on your Website
• Add posts in your Social Media feeds (we can supply you graphics to help!)
• Email your mailing lists (staff; clients; suppliers; members and followers)
• From this page, download the Promotional Poster that can be printed or email disseminated far and wide.
You may have other ideas and we'd love to hear them. Some of our Rotary Clubs for example are getting very creative about ways they are spreading the word ... and we love it. We hope you can help us also.
For support with any form of promotion and marketing, please contact Bill Marles on 0410 523 106 or via marketing@WalkForRespect.au - he might even have a 'template Social Post' he can supply you that needs some basic personalisation, to make it fast for you to add things to your feeds.
Option - Parade Banner
In 2024 we had about 30 bright and colourful 2m wide banners walking down King William Street - bold and beautiful - promoting our Community Groups and the various personal messages they wanted to share.
Your Group is welcome to have its own banner. Pricing is $550, which not only includes the individualised design and physical production, but also additional marketing promotions, including a detailed profile of your services on this www.WalkForRespect.au website - plus ongoing promotion of your events; success stories and innovative ways you interact with your community.
Please note that after the parade, you can use your banner at other events you attend, so as to continue promoting the "Say NO" message. Plus if you walk again in 2026, you'll be able to reuse your Banner then, as many other DV groups who walked last year will do in October this year.
Help us Encourage - Walkers
Simply be there on Saturday 11 October 2025 Parade Day to walk, either behind your custom designed banner or your team can walk with another group. Please spread the word and encourage as many people to walk as you can. We're keen attract the Media coverage to spread our positive messages throughout the community and build the awareness of this annual event.
Encourage participation by:-
ANYONE can individually register for FREE to walk on Parade day ... but we'd appreciate having some idea of how many are coming in advance. Please encourage everyone to register online here:-
https://c.planetreg.au/2025-Rotary-Walk-For-Respect-Individual-Registrations
Your Assistance Appreciated - Media Awareness
Many Organisations like yours have built strong relationships with various media outlets over the years, including local
We would be so grateful if you would share the word about our Walk for Respect amongst your contacts, encouraging them to get behind us.
Whatever your Organisation is able to do, we'd appreciate you letting our Committee know either by emailing details of your efforts to marketing@WalkForRespect.au or giving Bill a call on 0410 523 106. Thank you.
Option - Share Stories and Events
www.WalkForRespect.au offers an opportunity to promote your Organisation and its coming events.
You can supply stories, case studies or events to our team to be included for free on our website.
For example - in the coming 16 Days of Activism, you may have events lined up. We'll do what we can to help you promote them for free on our website and Social Feeds.
Contact Bill via marketing@WalkForRespect.au or on 0410 523 106.
Option - T-shirts / Polo Shirts / Hats
National Workwear have partnered with Rotary to offer a great range of quality "Say NO to Domestic Violence" apparel. If your Organisation does not already have a great 'uniform' / 'colours' to wear on Parade Day, we encourage you to consider these clothing designs.
Have a look at the options
https://walkforrespect.au/about-the-parade/merchandise-look-fantastic-on-walk-day
You can order direct from the order form on this website. National Workwear's online order form allows individuals to buy and pay for their own requirements ... OR ... they have a downloadable order form that allows an Organisation like yours to make a bulk order, which saves on freight costs.
For more information or to brainstorm ideas to boost your visibility, contact Bill Marles on 0410 523 106 or marketing@WalkForRespect.au
Option - Elder Park Display
In 2025, we're able to offer your group an opportunity , an opportunity to set up a display at the start point in Victoria Square and/or at the finish in Elder Park to interact with attendees.
In reality, people are not likely to hang around much longer than an hour or so, hence we're suggesting keeping your displays simple. Bringing Marquees will be unwise as there is a ban pegging such structures to the ground. However you may set up pull-up banners / flags / tables to display leaflets and other promotional items, with staff or volunteers on hand to talk to attendees.
Have a chat to Parade Chair Jeff Cluse on 0417 573 696 or send some details of your wishes to chair@WalkForRespect.au
Payments
We know that for Groups wishing to invest in having a banner etc, it can be more convenient to make an EFT payment.
Payments can be sent directly to the DV Campaign Account of Walk's host,the Rotary Club of Regency Park:
BSB 105-011 • A/C 112 998 740
If transferring by EFT - Please include a payment reference similar to "XYZ Organisation Banner"
Alternatively, at time of formally registering your Club's participation you'll see there is an option to make payments using either VISA or Mastercard.
We will work with your Group to customise the message that appears on YOUR lead banner.
Catherine House's team looked AMAZING - with all of their T-Shirts matching their banner. What a huge team of people came along!
The Hutt Community Centre in November 2023 brought their supporters together.
16 Days of Activism's team were colourful on the 2023 Walk for Respect parade day.
