Sunday October 18 202611:00 AM - 2:00 PMFremont Park, Elizabeth EastCorner of Yorketown Rd & Main North Rd Join Anti-Poverty Network SA’s Northern Suburbs Branch for their FREE Community BBQ. It's about community, dignity and solidarity. Everyone is welcome. There’s going to be community connection, free food and access to donated essentials: clothing, toys, books, … Continue reading Northern Branch – Free Community BBQ
Anti-Poverty Week 2026 Factsheet
5 Facts, 5 Stories, 5 ActionsThis factsheet was produced by Anti-Poverty Network SA, a grassroots community advocacy organisation led by people directly affected by the poverty crisis.Download our 2026 Anti-Poverty Week Factsheet here.5 FACTSMore Than 1 in 7 Adults And 1 In 6 Children Live In PovertyAccording to UNSW, more than 1 in 7 adults … Continue reading Anti-Poverty Week 2026 Factsheet
Public Housing: 90 Years Of Home, Community, And Opportunity
A People's ForumSaturday December 5, 10am-5pmYitpi Yartapuultiku, 1300 Old Port Road, Port AdelaideREGISTER HERE (free for all low-income people) This December marks 90 years of the South Australian Housing Trust. For nine decades, public housing has provided homes, stability and opportunity for generations of South Australians, and has helped build communities across our state. This … Continue reading Public Housing: 90 Years Of Home, Community, And Opportunity
‘Poverty Makes Us Sick’: Anti-Poverty Week Action
Friday October 16, 11am-12:30pmOffice of Federal Health Minister Mark Butler, 21 Commercial Road, Port AdelaideIt is another Anti-Poverty Week; yet another year where a Federal Government has repeatedly made the choice to keep job-seekers and others on welfare payments living hundreds of dollars per week below the poverty-line, on some of the lowest unemployment payments … Continue reading ‘Poverty Makes Us Sick’: Anti-Poverty Week Action
Welcome Session
Thursday October 1, 6:30pm-8pm, Zoom (Link Here) Anti-Poverty Network SA's fighting hard for solutions to the poverty crisis and the housing crisis, and doing what we can to support people hardest-hit by those crises. But we need your help!! For almost 13 years, we've fought for a welfare system that lifts people out of poverty … Continue reading Welcome Session
Online Forum: No Empty Homes In A Housing Crisis!!
Thursday October 22, 6:30pm-8pm (SA time); Register Here Across SA, tens of thousands of houses are vacant, simply because investors can get away with keeping them empty. We think this makes no sense, especially in the middle of a housing crisis – houses are for living in, not for hoarding!!Join ‘Purple Pingers’ (Jordan Van Den … Continue reading Online Forum: No Empty Homes In A Housing Crisis!!
AGM (Annual General Meeting)
Saturday October 10, 12pm-4pmSACOSS, 47 King William Road, Unley (enter from Young Street)Zoom option available (contact us for more info) It is time for our next AGM (Annual General Meeting)!! As our AGM is immediately before Anti-Poverty Week, we will be launching a new poverty factsheet, and hearing from a panel of speakers who have … Continue reading AGM (Annual General Meeting)
Nourish and Connect: Western Suburbs Community BBQ
Sunday September 20, 11am-3pmQT Neighbourhood Hub, 67 Spring Street, QueenstownAfter a hugely enjoyable and successful BBQ in November, we are delighted to invite members and supporters to our next Western Branch Community BBQ 'Nourish and Connect #6'. Enjoy some free food and refreshments and get to know your local community as well as having an … Continue reading Nourish and Connect: Western Suburbs Community BBQ
Campaigns Team Monthly Meeting
Monday September 14, 6:30pm-8pm (SA time), on Zoom Our Campaigns Team seeks to build pressure for urgent action on the poverty and the housing crises through a wide range of tactics, including protests, forums, community outreach, mutual aid, media engagement, lobbying, policy and research work, and other tools. Our Campaigns Team has picked its Top … Continue reading Campaigns Team Monthly Meeting
Use It Or Lose It: End Homelessness By Acquiring Unused Dwellings
Anti-Poverty Network SA is calling on the State Government to impose a Vacant Houses Levy designed to stop the hoarding of residential property. Safe, secure housing is a human right and bold action is urgently required to reverse the inequities of a broken housing market. Excessive speculative investing must be curtailed and unused dwellings compulsorily … Continue reading Use It Or Lose It: End Homelessness By Acquiring Unused Dwellings