Communities involved

Communities Involved

Contributions and engagement by the community for the community, is at the heart. The ripple is felt and reaches out further and in a gentle, kind and caring way, the movement is created. This is a small representation of the involvement and behind each of these, lies hundreds of people opening their hearts, feeling the gains from that as they contribute to others.

Knitters around the state, drop off their contributions to locations around Adelaide and beyond:

The Palais (Semaphore)

Brother Bear Cafe (Mt Barker)

Flava Food and Coffee (Christies Beach)

5EBI Community Radio (City)

Blow it’s a hair thing (City)

Concept Collections (Regency Park)

Elizabeth Rise Community Centre (Elizabeth)

TTG Toy Library (Modbury)

Arkaba Medical Centre (Parkside)

Hallet Cove and District Lions (Hallet Cove)

Farm Fresh Market (Murray Bridge)

Full details of these see our KACS page here

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Once squares are collected, joined and made into blankets, they are donated around the state to organisations and individuals who share them out where needed and loved:

  1. St Vincent De Paul
  2. NDVS (Northern Domestic Violence Service)
  3. Uniting SA (Emergency Relief)
  4. Hutt St Centre
  5. Mary Magdalene Centre
  6. Anglicare
  7. Smith Family
  8. Salvation Army
  9. Gawler and District College Children’s Centre
  10. Heart and Soul
  11. Anti-Poverty Network
  12. Baptist Care SA
  13. Junction Youth
  14. Marion Life
  15. Puddle Jumpers
  16. Catherine House
  17. Adelaide Day Centre
  18. Treasure Boxes
  19. APY Land Uniting Church, Alice Springs

Cafes around the state offer vouchers to customers to be part of helping others enjoy a coffee and some food, when they might not otherwise have the chance:

Flava Food and Coffee (Christies Beach)

Community Projects in Organisations

Organisations become involved with Real Time Heart-Based projects and approach:

Anglicare (Walk and Talk)

Treasure Boxes (Knit a Care Square)

Elizabeth Community Centre (Knit a Care Square)

Christies Beach Rotary (Knit a Care Square)

Organisations engage Real Time Heart-Based services in partnership with their own contributions to the members of their communities:

City of Adelaide (Find your Heart, Find your Way, Find your Self Connections program for residents)

Southern Low Income Action Groups (Anti poverty awareness; KACS, ‘hear to help’, ‘share care and fare’)