Wednesday Luncheon #5034 with Ian Cox AM, Anglicare SA

This week lunch meeting will be held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the... Adelaide Oval  Premiership Suite, L3 Riverbank Stand, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide

Web booking closes Monday January 27 12 noon!

Payment on the day at the Welcome Desk by Card only. 

Includes Main Course, shared Cheese platter and Tea/Coffee, good company, great speaker and all done by 2pm!

 Guest Speaker Ian Cox AM, Anglicare SA

AnglicareSA and the Social Impact Response

Ian will talk through the current and emerging challenges in the not for profit sector and will apply that to AnglicareSA and the diverse programs that it delivers to just over 50,000 South Australians each year.

Ian has over 30 years of experience working in Homelessness & Domestic & Family Violence in South Australia and has been lucky enough to have travelled overseas to visit likeminded organisations in the UK (England, Scotland, Ireland), France, the USA and nationally.

Ian started as a social worker for 10 years at Hutt St Centre (a work of the Daughters of Charity) and then became the CEO which he led for a further 17 years and during that period was awarded a Paul Harris Rotary Award which was a great honour particularly as his late father was a long time Rotarian at Holdfast Bay. He moved to state government after 27 years at Hutt St Centre and subsequently led the state governments approach to homelessness and Domestic and Family Violence for 4 years and introduced the homelessness and DFV Alliances in SA which brought the not for profit organisations together through a collective partnership model approach rather than as individual organisations which was a bold new concept for some.

Ian received an Order of Australia for his services to the community in 2021 which he finds a little embarrassing because ‘he was just doing his job’.

He is now working for AnglicareSA in a different role (Philanthropy and Partnerships) which is keeping him busy and is enjoying the new role albeit it is a challenging environment. He is also currently involved on 2 not-for-profit Boards as the Chair of Forage which has built a Tiny House and is looking to take this to the next level and also sits on the South Adelaide Football Club Board. Life is busy with a number of challenges ahead and will continue to ensure that he makes a significant impact and difference in our community.

 Don't forget to give to the Virtual Community Bowl this week by clicking on...  Community Projects Appeal

Please note the venue - Premiership Suite, Adelaide Oval, L3 Riverbank Stand, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide