2022/2023 Annual Report

Programs and Facilities
Halls and Meeting Places
Council owned halls and meeting places available for Community use are:
» Athelstone Community Hall
» Brookside Community Arts Centre
» Campbelltown Function Centre
» Campbelltown Memorial Oval Hall
» Foxfield Oval Hall
» Hectorville Community Centre
» Lochend Community Hall
» Magill Girl Guides Hall
» Magill Senior Citizens Hall
» Marchant Community Centre
» Margary Dunn Centre
Meeting rooms are also available for hire at the Campbelltown Library (phone 8366 9299) and The ARC Campbelltown (phone
8366 9350) for use by Community and Corporate groups.
Neighbourhoods
Council has a role in facilitating and supporting social and
community connection opportunities which create more liveable
neighbourhoods, increased feelings of safety and belonging.
BBQ’s
Each year Council runs Neighbourhood BBQ’s with the
purpose of providing an opportunity for neighbours to meet
and connect with each other.
In 2022/2023 6 BBQ’s in total were held in Magill, Tranmere,
Newton, Campbelltown, Athelstone and Paradise (over 640
people attended a BBQ).
The BBQ season ends each year with a Neighbour Day
Celebration. This year Council tried something different by inviting
the community to form a Working Group and partner with Council.
Over 20 people attended at least one Working Group meeting
and had input into planning and developing the event with 14
community members volunteering on the day which attracted
over 300 attendees at Gurners Reserve, Rostrevor.
Newton Community Garden (NCG)
There are 3 Community Gardens in the Council area;
Athelstone, Lochiel Park and the newest yet to be established
at Playford Road, Newton.
A NCG (Newton Community Garden) Working Group has
been meeting to establish their vision, constitution and
other governance tasks including insurance. The NCG has
fortnightly working bee sessions with the garden starting to
take shape. The group continues to attract community interest
as it has started building communal raised garden beds and
planting fruit trees. Staff support the group to access their
seed funding to purchase materials, accessible wicking beds,
soil and other resources.
Campbelltown’s Love My Garden Competition
Staff worked with members of the Lochiel Park Community Garden
and the Athelstone Community Garden to modify the previous
Pollinator Garden Competition to be more widely appealing.
This year different categories were introduced including Edible,
Native, Traditional, Collectors and Organisation/School Garden.
The competition attracted almost 30 applicants with category
winners announced at Lochiel Park Community Garden Open Day.
WINNERS for competition categories:
» Edible Garden – Brianna Addison
» Native Garden – Bruce Baker
» Traditional Garden – Kathy Pfeiffer
» Collectors Garden– Lauretta MacIsaac
» Organisation/School garden - Charles Campbell College –
Primary School Kitchen Garden
And for recognition of extraordinary effort and
accomplishment:
» Edible Garden - Highly Commended - Armando Matteucci
» Organisation/School Garden - Highly Commended -
St Martins Church Cemetery
» Encouragement Award – Kelly Pearce
Community Vibrant Verges trial
Staff worked with the Environment Team to trial a community
development approach to greening up verges through the
Vibrant Verges program.
Three neighbourhood planting sessions were held in
Stradbroke Road Rostrevor, Robson Road Hectorville and
with Charles Campbell College. The Community were able to
choose plants for their verges and assist with letterbox drops
and promotions, food and logistics on the day. Approximately
40 community members participated.
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Campbelltown City Council
Annual Report 2022 / 2023