Our Town SA

In 2022, Our Town engaged over 2,500 people across regional South Australia and employed around 30 local community members - and that’s just the start. Read more about Our Town's impact in the 2022 Periodic Evaluation Summary ahead of the 2023 release ow.ly/Bp7Y50QJ0yL

Our Town is working differently to traditional place-based models, eliciting longer-term, sustainable shifts in regional mental health. Check out a snapshot of where Our Town is at in Year Three in our latest publication ow.ly/m0Ts50QJ0xh

🌟 This month in Our Town, our communities came together in unique ways, fostering connections and engaging in meaningful conversations centring on preventative mental health and wellbeing. Explore some highlights from September below...

In August, the Our Town network and support team came together on Kaurna Country for the Our Town Gathering under the theme "Connecting and Weaving." You can read more about the Gathering on our website ourtownsa.com.au/news/our-town-…

July has been a whirlwind of connection & momentum. From connecting with the broader community to share the incredible journey so far to celebrating First Nations cultures during NAIDOC Week and welcoming fresh faces and exciting activities - explore the highlights below!

❄️ Despite the chilly weather, Our Town communities refuse to hibernate! Throughout June, these incredible towns celebrated diversity, embraced innovation, and shared their impact. Explore some June highlights below 👇👇

Supporting Wellbeing through Connection ✨ This month, Our Town Towns supported an incredible array of innovative community gatherings. Check out some May moments below for a deeper dive into all the wonderful ways communities came together!

Our Town is looking for a strategic lead… This new role looks to weave together the work of Our Town communities, partners, and the initiative strategy to influence and advocate for change and realise our shared vision of mentally healthy regional communities.

Our Town teams are making a real difference, connecting people of all ages & backgrounds, changing how we view mental health, & supporting their communities to turn ideas into reality. Check out their impact in 2022 on the Our Town timeline! ourtownsa.com.au/timeline 👀

Our Town's first network session of 2023 focused on 'Engaging with Young People'. Joined by Brendan Murray, former Principal of Parkville College, discussions ranged from secure attachment theory to being present with young people. Stay tuned for more network updates this year!

A huge congratulations to Emma Gale for being the People’s Choice winner in the Regional SA Woman Australia Award!! Emma works passionately to support better mental health and wellbeing across the Eyre Peninsula through both Mentally Fit EP and Our Town Cummins.

We had a great opportunity to share how @OurTownSA is building measurement, evaluation, and learning capability and weaving evaluation into a long-term initiative at #AES22ADL with friends from Mid Murray Our Town @ClearHorizonAU @fay_fuller @tacsi_innovate!

After several attempts foiled by COVID - town visits are happening again and we are so excited! Huge shoutout to Our Town Kangaroo Island who are spending the next two days getting grounded in team forming and getting prepped for some learning by doing 🙌

Want to know more about what evaluation looks like in Our Town?? Check out the (free!) webinar below hosted by our eval partners @ClearHorizonAU with @tacsi_innovate Jess De Campo and Our Town Cummins Emma Gale

We are grateful for your warm, generous contributions and the way you centre community in ways that enable people to come together and be heard as you work towards building and strengthening wellbeing in your towns

We want to extend a huge congratulations to Helen Tucker from @ourtownkimba for being recognised as Citizen of the Year and to the Our Town Berri team for being awarded the Building a Better Community Award! We are so privileged to have you as part of the Our Town network ❤️

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Incredible to see @OurTownSA recognised at the #AusPhilAwards21 with the Better Philanthropy award. Congratulations to all of the communities and our partners @ClearHorizonAU and @tacsi_innovate, Our Town wouldn’t be what it is without you! Go to ourtownsa.com.au for more

Today reps. from Kimba, Cummins & the support team presented to the @IIMHL rural & regional sub-group on year 1 of Our Town. A great opportunity to share and connect with a global network of people passionate about #Community and #MentalHealth @tacsi_innovate @CH_Academy_