Welcome space for the community
“Building houses is not enough, we need to build community” were the powerful words spoken by Adelaide City Councillor Janet Giles at the opening of a bright new community space in Housing Choices South Australia Common Ground building in Adelaide CBD. During the o cial opening of our new community space, attended by the Housing Choices team, Adelaide City Council Lord Mayor Dr Jane Lomax Smith, councillors and Member for Adelaide Lucy Hood MP, a range of speakers took the floor including Maureen and Naomi from Spirit in Unity, who conducted a smoking ceremony and performed an original song as part of their Welcome to Country.
Named ‘Wauwi Inparrila’ the multi-purpose space was made possible through an O ce for Ageing Well SA Health Positive Ageing Fellowship Grant, as well as mentoring support from The Australian Centre for Social Innovation (TACSI) with community art engagement facilitated by Claire Harris of The Art Bus. ‘Wauwi’ was the wife of Kadlitpina, a prominent Kaurna Elder who worked with the early colonists and ‘Inparrila’ is the Kaurna word for ‘meeting place’ - a name that honours the truth, history and hopes for the space.
Around the country South Australia
Many initiatives were delivered by Housing Choices South Australia over the past year as part of our housing programs in collaboration with partners and following community-led, co-design processes with residents. Highlights included Neighbourhood Day, NAIDOC and Reconciliation Week activities, our resident-led mobile bu et breakfast and the launch of our new sustainable and a ordable housing in Bowden.
Nightingale Bowden, Adelaide
Housing Choices Board members on-site with SA Premier, Peter Malinauskas, Nightingale Housing, Renewal SA.
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Annual Report 2022-23
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