MarionLIFE Community Services Inc

Exciting to receive our first delivery of hampers from Foodbank SA & Central Australia!

Just a reminder that if you or someone you know is doing it tough at the moment, get in touch with MarionLIFE or one of our referring partners. Check out our website for more details!

Did you catch our announcement? Chris our Executive Director was on Life FM Adelaide talking about our Winter Hamper Drive. We're helping people throughout June who are doing it tough.

Head to our website www.marionlife.org.au to find out more details!

Tune in to Life FM Adelaide 1079 right now to hear our Executive Director Chris Ellinger announce some exciting things to come in the very near future!

It’s Volunteer Week 2026, and along with our whole community of volunteers, we spoke with Chris, who has just started giving his time to MarionLIFE.

“From the first time I met the staff at MarionLIFE I felt listened to, and involved in deciding how I could best contribute. As I love sharing time, stories and food with others, we found the perfect match in the fortnightly Community Meal program. It’s great to feel cared for as a volunteer.”

MarionLIFE focuses on how we do things, as much as on what we do, and our volunteers bring this to life every day. Thanks so much Chris, and to all our volunteers, for your work with our community. MarionLIFE literally couldn’t do what it does without you!

It’s National Volunteer Week 2026, and we say a huge THANK YOU to all of our amazing volunteers, who work tirelessly to meet the needs of community! ❤️

If you've ever thought about volunteering with us, and want to know more - please reach out. We'd love to have you!

Fancy a doughnut?

Huge thanks to David and Dahlia at Brighton Jetty Bakery, who are now regularly donating baked goods to MarionLIFE on a Monday morning! If you feel like a doughnut or a fingerbun, come in for our Chatty Cafe at 9.00 on a Monday, grab a free latte or long black, and stick around for a conversation with our community.

(And if you'd like to join MarionLIFE in supporting our local community, check us out at marionlife.org.au/donate!)

MarionLIFE is delighted and proud to be a part of the Social Prescribing Photovoice Exhibition currently hosted at Woodcroft-Morphett Vale Neighbourhood Centre.

Social Prescribing is an area of transformative thinking in the health sector, and it's a privilege to be involved with the project underway, supported by Flinders University Centre for Social Impact. As part of the project, Flinders invited community members, including professionals in the health and social services sectors, to submit photos that spoke to their ideas and experiences of social connection and isolation. Our own Judy Spadavecchia had one of her photos selected for the exhibition!

Thanks to Katrine Hildyard MP, new Minister for Human Services, for her attendance at the event, and to Radio Adelaide for interviewing several attendees, including Judy and our Executive Director Chris Ellinger.

And a special congratulations to Simon-Peter Telford from Flinders University. Simon-Peter created the design and written elements of the exhibition, and did amazing work to bring together the experiences of the photographers.

A HUGE Congratulations to those who recently graduated from our latest Small Business ACE Course.

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📅 Starts 12 March – Thursdays 5:30–7:30pm
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