Apex Clubs of Australia

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The Association of Apex Clubs of Australia is the collective name given to the 330 individual Apex Clubs throughout Australia.

An Apex club is a community service club with membership open to young people between the ages of 18 and 45.

Apex provides young civic minded people the opportunity to volunteer within the community as well as develop personally through club run schemes such as public speaking competitions.

Apex is neither sectarian nor party political. All members are volunteers.

The first Apex Club started in Geelong in 1931 when three architects attempted to join the Rotary Club of Geelong. As Rotary has a rule restricting one profession to each club the three architects - Ewan Laird, Langham Proud and John Buchan went on to form the Apex Club of Geelong.

Up until the early 1990s Apex only allowed male members. Since then, clubs have been allowed to choose their own gender mix. Approximately 50% of clubs are now mixed.