GovHack SA 2018: Connections Event 2018
Photo: GovHack Connections Event 2018 Catherine McIntyre Community Information Coordinator and Stathis Avramis Connecting Up Volunteer
GovHack is back and Connecting Up Staff and Volunteers were there to introduce the SAcommunity directory dataset at the Adelaide Connections Event.
Adelaide Connections Event
When: 31st August, 6pm - 8pm
Where: Torrens University Australia, 88 Wakefield Street, Adelaide SA 5000
Where: Torrens University Australia, 88 Wakefield Street, Adelaide SA 5000
It was wonderful to catch up with 2018 State Director, Rob England, former 2017 State Director, Hasan Anjum, Data Mentors Lilli and Michelle (ICT and Digital Government), Rebecca (ATO) and our former volunteer Alison Do in her second year of competition.
The SAcommunity Dataset
Description: Directory listing over 14,000 South Australian Community Services in the areas of health, welfare, housing, education, community participation, information, legal services, arts and recreation.
Data Available: Data.SA South Australian Government Data Directory https://data.sa.gov.au
Search for the South Australian Community Services Directory
Search for the South Australian Community Services Directory
In addition, for the event we have compiled datasets of community services for GovHack hosts in Campbelltown and Mount Gambier to investigate data use in their local areas. Thank you to Data Mentors and Hosts Nathan and Jasmin from the City of Campbelltown for their suggestion.
File Format: CSV, JSON
Data Granularity: High, Data is divided into multiple fields, loosely grouped below:
ID; Organisation Name; Street Address; City (suburb); Postal Code; State; Postal Address, Postal Address City, Postal address – Postal Code;
Parent Body; Website #1 #2 #3;
Geo Code 1; Geo-code 2; Branch address; Venue Hire;
Access; Wheelchair Access (Y/N); Access Toilets (Y/N); Disability Parking (Y/N);
Hours; Meetings; AGM; Eligibility; Fees;
Contact; Email #1 #2, #3 #4; Phone #1 #2 #3 #4 #5;
Tag Line; Primary Category; Directory Entry #1 #2 #3; Services;
ABN ; Organisation Created Date; Organisation Last Updated;
Questions about SAcommunity?
Ask us now! It helps to undertake your research and planning before the event.
Challenges that may be of interest include mixing together any of the SAcommunity fields or utilising these with other Data.SA datasets.
Examples could include:
Venue Hire, Geocodes, Wheelchair Access
Fees and ABN
Last Update and Email Address
Eligibility and Primary Categories
Directory Entry and Geocodes
Data.SA has a list of some of the apps and ideas used with SA Data.
Contact: Catherine McIntyre Librarian and Community Information Coordinator
Email: cm@connectingup.org Email: support@sacommunity.org Web: www.sacommunity.org
