The Adelaide Kurdish Youth Society will be hosting their annual Newroz (New Year) Festival to be held on Saturday the 18th March 2017 starting at 4pm in Civic Park, Modbury. 

Photo: Hahndorf, courtesy of C. McIntyre

2 February
World Wetlands Day "Wetlands for disaster risk reduction" In SA: Visit the Urbrae Wetlands Learning Centre

Men’s Sheds are always close to our hearts at SAcommunity, they “galvanise” retired men in their district to connect with each other, providing a means for men to be active, create friendships and promote creativity. At the same time local men’s sheds address many of the factors that tend to affect men after their working lives have ended, such as social isolation, health and emotional wellbeing issues that can arise after retirement.

Get involved with school holiday programs

School holidays are a great time for organisations to add new members and raise their profile in the community.

Perhaps your group can:
· Offer an activity that would be safe, rewarding and affordable for young people
· Create an event that the whole family can be involved in such as a sports day, tree planting, fundraising or a workshop creating handmade crafts for charities to sell
· Hold a “Come and Try” day to help people discover your local club and participate in a new activity

Want an active start to your new year?

SAcommunity lists nearly 60 groups with walking as one of their services, it's a great way to begin exercise, stay healthy and socialise with others, as such there are many dedicated walking groups across the state.

The Salisbury Ramblers Walking Group is one of these and we recently spoke to secretary Peter Higginbottom to find out more about their activities.

Photo: Whyalla foreshore

1 January
New Years Day

1-31 January
Veganuary - supporting people to become Vegan in January
In SA: Visit the Vegetarian & Vegan Society of SA Inc.

14 January
Semaphore Greek Cultural Festival Saturday 14th - Sunday 15th

Can you help with a research project on volunteer committees by completing a survey?

Funded by the Australian Research Council, this Flinders University research project aims to understand what motivates people to volunteer on boards and committees, what prevents some from doing so, and what can be done to encourage more people nominate.

We are looking for survey participants who are members of community groups, clubs and not-for-profit associations.

December is survey time for SAcommunity! 

Photo: Barossa Valley courtesy C. McIntyre

1 December
World AIDS Day 'Hands up for HIV prevention'
In SA: Visit Shine SA – Sexual Health Information, Networking & Education

National Novel writing month inspired SAcommunity to investigate some of the 21 creative writing groups across the state involved in supporting various writing pursuits.