Forums

Anti-Poverty Forums

Part of the work undertaken by Lutheran Community Care and other agencies Coordinating Low Income Support Programs is through Anti-Poverty Forums. Anti-Poverty Forums allow a number of community members and organisations to gather together to discuss and implement strategies to assist people living on low incomes in local areas/regions.

AIMS/ROLES OF THE ANTI-POVERTY FORUMS

• To develop a spirit of collaboration and cooperation in the region on low-income issues. .
• To support and facilitate the development of new projects that focus on the needs in the region.
• To provide a mechanism for training opportunities for groups of people on low incomes in the region.
• To provide an advocacy focus in the region and seek to advocate on behalf of low-income groups in the region.
• To keep up-to-date with and encourage research initiative on issues for people on low incomes and use this information to support local services.
• As a means of keeping up with changes to existing services - Government and non-Government - for the purposes of referral and collaboration.

There are a number of anti-poverty forums operating throughout Low Income Support Program. Those forums operated under Lutheran Community Care's LISP are:

Enfield Anti-Poverty Forum
This Forum covers agencies and workers in the Port Adelaide Enfield and Prospect Local Government Areas (LGAs) and meets quarterly on the 2 nd Thursday of February, May, August and November. Meetings take place at the Blair Athol office of Lutheran Community Care from 9:30am to 11:30am. For further information, contact Leigh Goodenough on 8269 9300.

Eastern Anti-Poverty Forum
This Forum covers agencies and workers in the Campbelltown and Tea Tree Gully Local Government Areas (LGAs) and meets quarterly on the 2 nd Thursday of March, June, September and December. Meetings take place at Payneham Community Centre from 9:30am to 12:00pm. For further information, contact Leigh Goodenough on 8269 9300.

Inner City Assistance Network
This Forum covers agencies and workers in the Adelaide Local Government Area (LGA) and usually meets on the 3rd Wednesday of every second month beginning from January each year. Meetings take place at Nunkuwarrin Yunti from 3:00pm – 4:30pm. For further information, contact Leigh Goodenough on 8269 9300.

Upcoming LISP Anti-Poverty Forum Meeting Dates: