Around You

i Find out what’s happening in your area

www.aroundyou.com.au

Children’s Centres

Provide care, education, health, community development activities and family services for families and their young children. Each Children's Centre is tailored to meet the needs of the local community.

For families and their young children aged from birth to eight years of age.

Run by the Department for Education & Early Childhood Development (www.decd.sa.gov.au)
( (08) 8226 1755 * childrenscentres@sa.gov.au

H Port Augusta: Port Augusta Children's Centre, Carlton School,

Rupert Street
( (08) 8642 6504 * catherine.cameron@carltonschool.sa.edu.au

Community Centres

Community centres offer a range of activities and programs for local people

Find local community centres and houses:

http://www.canh.asn.au/centres—houses

Free Computer Access

: Find out where free internet, computer and training resources are available in your local area http://www.ofv.sa.gov.au/ICT_Resources.htm (some restrictions apply):

H Coober Pedy Visitor Information Centre, Hutchinson Street, Coober Pedy
( (08) 8672 4617 * info@opalcapitaloftheworld.com.au

H Mintabie Telecentre and Postal Agency, Main Street, Mintabie

( (08) 8670 5000 * mintabie.telecentre@bigpond.com.

H Open Access College School for the Air, 59 Power Crescent, Port Augusta ( (08) 8642 2077

H Port Augusta Visitor Information - Wadlata Outback Centre, 41 Flinders Terrace, Port Augusta

( (08) 8641 9193 * info@wadlata.sa.gov.au.

H Yunta Telecentre, c/o Post Office Barrier Highway, Yunta

( (08) 8650 5099 * yuntel@bigpond.com.

& Also available at local council offices and libraries (see http://www.libraries.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=6 for your nearest library).

Health Services Finder (www.hsfinder.sa.gov.au)

A free online directory of private and public health related services in SA

Run by SA Health

( (08) 8226 6443 * info@hsfinder.sa.gov.au

Hospitals Ì

• Coober Pedy Hospital, Lot 89 Hospital Road Coober Pedy
  ( (08) 8672 5009
• Port Augusta Hospital, 71 Hospital Road, Port Augusta
  ( (08) 8648 5500
• Woomera Hospital, Dewrang Avenue Woomera
  ( (08) 8673 7788

Humanitarian Settlement Servcies

You can find out more about services in your area via the Department for Immigration’s interactive map of settlement services (http://www.immi.gov.au/living-in-australia/settle-in-australia/find-help/where-to-help/) for humanitarian entrants.

Libraries &

Various information is available at local libraries, often in other languages

See http://www.libraries.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=6 for your nearest library

Local and District Councils

Local and district councils provide a range of services for those resident in their council area
Information can be found at:http://www.lga.sa.gov.au

To find your local council click here: http://www.lga.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=210

Map of South Australia

General: http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&tab=wl

For transport: http://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/routes

For social and political information: http://www.atlas.sa.gov.au/

For tourist information: www.southaustralia.co.nz/maps

Office of Consumer and Business Services (www.ocba.sa.gov.au)

Provides services and information to the general public on:

• Consumer Affairs (includes Product Safety)
• Business and Occupational Services (includes Business Names, Associations and Co-operatives, Licensing)
• Births, Deaths and Marriages
• Tenancies (includes Residential, Retail, Bonds and support to the Residential Tenancies Tribunal)

H  9 Mackay Street,  Port Augusta

( 131 882

Religious Groups

For information about religious groups, including local chapels, temples, mosques, churches, synagogues and centres: http://www.sacommunity.info/thesaurus/14616-Religions_%2526_Philosophies

Shared Resources

Many SA Government owned resources can be used for free or for a small fee by volunteer based organisations and community groups

http://www.ofv.sa.gov.au/Volunteer_Partnership_Accessing_Resources.htm

H Disability SA (Kadina), 4a Draper Street, Kadina

Facilities and resources available: Small meeting room, tea and coffee facilities, kitchen, toilets and street parking.
( (08) 8821 0200.

H Disability SA (Port Augusta), 40 Flinders Terrace, Port Augusta
Meeting room, large boardroom table and chairs, kitchen, tea and coffee facilities, and street parking.

( (08) 8648 8686.

H Families SA (Coober Pedy), Hutchison Street, Coober Pedy

Conference room and photocopier.

( (08) 8672 4509

H Families SA (Port Augusta), 5 El Alamein Road, Port Augusta

Conference room and U-Turn facility.

( (08) 8648 5071 * judith.hamilton@dcsi.sa.gov.au.

H SA Schools and Preschools

Various locations

Government schools and preschools across the state have a wide variety of facilities and resources available for use by volunteer organisations. These can include facilities like meeting spaces and ovals

To find out more about what’s available in your community, contact your local schools’ Principal / Director.  You can find all the locations and contact details for schools in your local area by visiting the Department of Education and Child Development website at www.decd.sa.gov.au/locs/  

H Children Youth and Women's Health Services: Friends of Child and Family Health Branches

Various locations

A range of resources are available for use by volunteer organisations.

( (08) 8303 1544 * Lynne.whitcher@health.sa.gov.au.

H TAFESA

Campuses offer a variety of resources to volunteer organisations for a special discounted hire price such as Classrooms and Conference/Board rooms

Coober Pedy Campus: Hutchinson Street, Coober Pedy

Port Augusta Campus: 9-39 Carlton Parade, Port Augusta

Roxby Downs: Richardson Place, Roxby Downs

* roombookings@tafesa.edu.au