Community Programs
City Safety
A high priority in Adelaide City Council's Creating our Future, City of Adelaide Strategic Plan 2008-12 is to ensure that our City is a safe and vibrant.
To achieve that, a number of initiatives have been introduced to reduce crime and improve public safety. The Crime Prevention Advice to be found here is an especially important initiative because it encourages and supports a community-based response to crime.
Council has endorsed a three-year Community Safety Strategy that seeks to create a safe and vibrant City.
» Community Safety Strategy (PDF, 497Kb)
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Neighbourhood Development
Neighbourhood Development brings together residents, businesses, social services, community groups and precinct groups to ensure a coordinated approach to local issues and is a critical element in the Integrated Local Area Planning approach. It seeks to consolidate and promote the activities of Council in the context of a particular geographical area, and to support the community representative role of the Lord Mayor and Councillors.
Precincts
The Precinct Group Support Program aims to support the sustainability and management of City precinct groups and to foster local participation in community based projects and activities.
Social Planning
Social Planning in the Council seeks to ensure that Adelaide is an attractive, welcoming and inclusive place for all people to live, work, study in and visit. In doing this it is important that the City is characterised by a harmonious, robust and diverse mix of people.
Travelsmart
The TravelSmart Program is a joint initiative of the Government of South Australia in partnership with local government. Transport SA coordinates the program and works with workplaces to promote and facilitate sustainable transport options for cleaner air, less traffic congestion and healthier communities e.g. cycling, walking, public transport, car-pooling, more fuel efficient vehicles .
Homelessness
Did You Know?
There can be many causes of homelessness, such as poverty, family breakdown or a lack of affordable
housing. It can often be compounded by mental health issues, drug and alcohol abuse, domestic violence and gambling addiction.
Every night, there may be around 100 homeless people ‘sleeping rough’ in our City and a further 600 people in temporary accommodation or emergency shelters (Census 2001 data). Homeless people are often very visible because public spaces become their home and community – in other words, they conduct their daily lives in public places. Living on the street can be dangerous. Homeless people can often have serious health problems that go untreated and they can be the target of crime and violence.
What is being done?
The South Australian Government – through its Social Inclusion Unit – has a commitment to reducing homelessness and provides a range of social and housing services, with significant funding for community agencies to assist people who are homeless and vulnerable.
The Adelaide City Council works closely with the State Government on homelessness issues. It is involved in the development of affordable housing initiatives in the City and also provides some financial assistance to a number of community organisations that offer
support to homeless people.
Government and Non-Government services – often relying on grants and assisted by volunteers – provide a range of services every day to people who are homeless.
» Homelessness Brochure (PDF, 249Kb)