What: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Conference 'Elder Abuse: Building Trust'
Who: Aged Rights Advocacy Service Inc. (ARAS)
When: Monday 17th June 2019
Where: The Stamford Grand Adelaide, 2 Jetty Rd, Glenelg, SA 5045
Event Registration: Register Here
Regular Single Adult - $275, Student/Senior - $100

Port Elliott SA, Photo courtesy of Volunteer Laura Monje 

1 June
Pome Fest 2019 - Pome Market  
Celebrate the end of the apple and pear harvest with fruitful activities! 
Saturday 10am - 4pm, Fabrik (Old Woollen Mill), 1 Lobethal Road, Lobethal SA 5241

The Prospect Community Garden presents “Learning in the Garden”, a series of free talks held on the first Saturday of the month at their Community Garden in Prospect.

June 1st - “Preserving Olives the Greek and Italian Way” with Jack Condus and Luigi

What: Ironclad Inductions: Four introductory lessons in historical re-enactment combat
Who: Ironclad Academy of the Sword Inc.
When:
Sundays 2, 9, 16, 23 June 2019, 9am - 11am
Wednesdays 5, 12, 19,  26 June 2019, 5pm - 7pm
Where: 5B River St, Hindmarsh, Adelaide, South Australia 5007
How: Check their Facebook page for details!

The Bulgarian Educational and Friendly Society, Adelaide SA recently celebrated a double event on Sunday the 26th May. The Society’s 70th Anniversary and the day of St. St. Cyril and Metodius, i.e. the Day of the Bulgarian Alphabet and Bulgarian Culture, one of the country’s official national holidays.

Photo (Top R - L): Sophie Hood, Flavia, Blake (Botton R - L) Erin, Pat, Aneet George

Sophie Hood
I have been a volunteer since January 2017 whilst I study Mechatronic Engineering at Adelaide University, you can find out more about My Volunteer Experience at Connecting Up here:>>

Flavia

Photo: Laura Monje Gomez, Daniela Atanasova, Samantha Agius, Cinthia Zanotto, Savini Jayawardana

Our Volunteers wrote down a few reasons they volunteer at Connecting Up Inc.
 

Laura Monje Gomez
As a new migrant in Adelaide, I started volunteering in Connecting Up with the intention to make local connections and gain work experience in the country. 
 

Photo: Connecting Up Volunteers - Rex Porter, Stathis Avramis, Luis Arellano and Matthew Blandford

Rex Porter
My name is Rex Porter, and I volunteer at both Connecting Up and the City of Prospect. At this stage of life, I’m not working and I have time on my hands where I can make a voluntary contribution to the community. 
 

Photo: Connecting Up Volunteers - Rex Porter, Stathis Avramis, Luis Arellano and Matthew Blandford

What: National Volunteer Week 2019 - 'Making a World of Difference'
When: 20 - 26 May 2019

In this National Volunteer Week, Connecting Up would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the contribution of our wonderful volunteers.

Connecting Up supports and values a culture of training and learning and our volunteers contribute to increasing the innovative capacity within the organisation. Our volunteers display key workplace skills in information technology, customer service teamwork and problem solving to SAcommunity and the volunteer program every day. 
 

What: National Palliative Care Week 
Who (in SA): Palliative Care South Australia
When: 19-25 May 2019
How: Promote awareness and work out what matters most to you with assistance from online resources – the online Dying to Talk Discussion Starter and Dying to Talk Card Game