Community Development

Anglicare runs a range of community programs to grow stronger communities

In the north

The Food Barn at Elizabeth provides education in cooking and nutrition, and free lunches on weekdays, 11.30–1pm

On the Way Snack Bar at Elizabeth is a friendly café with the best value meals in the area. Weekdays, 8.30am–3.30pm

The Annexe at the shopping centre in Davoren Park (Cnr Peachey & Whitington Roads) offers breakfast for local school children three days per week, craft activities after school, holiday clubs, and adults only group for things like budget cooking and crafts. A community health program meets here weekly, for workshops on a range of issues, from parenting to depression

The Plains community centre at Smithfield Plains has a range of free community activities like T’ai Chi, music and exercise. It’s also the base for a number of other community programs

The Patch Community Garden at Elizabeth offers education in gardening and nutrition. It has facilities for people with disabilities

In the city

The Magdalene Centre offers a wide range of programs to encourage creative and practical skills, good health and economic participation across its two sites in the city.

• Practical courses include: conversational English, budget cooking, individual computer training, resume writing and financial literacy.
• Health courses include: The Magdalene Walking Group and Latino dancing for women.
• Creative courses include: mosaic, photography, cartooning, creative writing and art.

The Magdalene Centre also hosts a number of community groups including; Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous, Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous and Sudanese men's cooking group.

All courses are free and run at 26 Moore Street Adelaide.
For more information phone 8305 9382.

• top of page

We realise the importance of economic participation to the individual and wider community and aim to provide support to get people started.

The Big Issue
The Magdalene Centre is proud to host The Big Issue, the  independent street paper sold by vendors on the streets and at landmark locations around Australia (and the world). Vendors keep half of the cover price of each magazine. For more information phone 8305 9371.

Also at The Magdalene Centre and in the city:

Best Dressed Clothing Project
A dressing service providing free grooming, presentation skills coaching and clothing appropriate for job interviews and the workplace.
Sewing Enterprise Workshop SEW
Support and training in sewing and embellishing clothing for retail sale.
Central Jewellery Workshop
Income generation through creating contemporary jewellery from an eclectic mix of materials for retail sale.
For more information on enterprises phone 8305 9381.

• top of page

Communities for Children

In the southern suburbs Anglicare is the facilitating partner in collaboration with Uniting Care Wesley – Adelaide for the exciting new venture “Communities for Children”. The project covers five suburbs: Morphett Vale, Hackham, Hackham West, Christie Downs and Lonsdale. The project will encourage people from these communities to contribute to developing the services which are most appropriate for them: whether they be public transport, GPs, mental health or domestic violence services. The program is all about healthy families and strong communities.
For more information, contact (08) 8305 9200.