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Our Town Cummins strives for a mentally fit, connected community - Our voices lead what is to be done

24/07/2025

One week to go! 🎉 To everyone taking on Dry July — you’re so close to the finish line and absolutely smashing it.

22/07/2025

Teen April from Cummins has a great question for our community:
“What do you wish you knew when you were younger that would have made you worry less about the future?”

Adults of the community, we’d love for you to share your wisdom—drop a comment below and offer April some advice. She’ll surely appreciate your thoughts and insights!

18/07/2025

Curious about where to find our Humans of Cummins stories?
Stories 1–15 have been printed in a book, which is available for purchase—just contact jodi@ourtowncummins.com.au if you're interested in getting a copy.

Stories 16–27 can be found in print at the Cummins School Community Library.

Prefer to read online? All stories are also available electronically on our website—just click the link to explore!
https://www.ourtowncummins.com.au/privacy-policy-3-1

17/07/2025

In recognition of Disability Pride Month, we’d like to share the trailer for an upcoming film titled I Swear, set to be released in October. This powerful movie offers insight into what it’s like to live with Tourette Syndrome and aims to raise awareness and understanding of the condition.

I SWEAR starring Robert Aramayo will be released in cinemas October 10th 2025. Diagnosed with Tourette’s at age 15, John Davidson faced and overcame many har...

16/07/2025

Last week, Ally and Jodi attended the NAIDOC Week celebrations at the Wombat Pit in Port Lincoln. They enjoyed connecting with various groups from across the Lower Eyre Peninsula community and having some fun along the way. Although the weather didn’t cooperate, the event was successfully moved indoors to the Mallee Park Football Club, where there were still plenty of activities and opportunities to learn. The day had a great atmosphere and energy, with lots of people coming together to celebrate.

14/07/2025

On World Youth Skills Day, we recognise the talent, creativity and resilience of young people. Investing in youth skills today means building a stronger, more inclusive future for all. Let’s support and empower the next generation.

10/07/2025

Coffee, Cake & Connect is on this morning!
Bring a friend and head down to the village for a warm coffee and a sweet treat. It's the perfect way to start your Friday off right!

09/07/2025

Our local Cummins pub offers a great selection of alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks – ideal for anyone taking part in Dry July. Drop by and explore the range of refreshing alternatives today!

08/07/2025

"Why are young people's ideas often overlooked, even though they offer fresh and valuable perspectives?"
Jy from Cummins is an active community member who loves sport and getting involved locally. Jy's curious to know why young voices aren’t always taken seriously. Drop a comment below and share your thoughts—Jy would love to hear your opinion!

07/07/2025

A community favourite is back this Friday — Coffee, Cake & Connect!
We warmly invite all community members to join us at Our Town Village at 10am for a delicious coffee and sweet treat.
There’s nothing quite like coming together in the heart of the village — the perfect way to wrap up your week with connection and good company.

06/07/2025

Just a reminder that there will be no Youth Hot Desk or Village sessions during the school holidays, as some of our amazing Connectors are taking a well-earned break. We can’t wait to see all your lovely faces once school is back!

05/07/2025

NAIDOC Week 2025 will be celebrated from 6th to 13th July, with this year's theme being "The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy."
A range of events and activities will be taking place in Port Lincoln throughout the week.
To find out more, visit the NAIDOC website and check out the local events here:
🔗 https://www.naidoc.org.au/local-events/local-naidoc-week-events?title=&postcode=5606&state=22

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Cummins “Our Town”

We aspire to a mentally fit, connected, creative community.

Our Town is an initiative that aims to build the capabilities of regional towns in South Australia to develop community based responses to mental health. The initiative gives towns and regions the power to define what’s right in and for their community, so that they can reclaim the mental wellbeing of their community.

By working with existing data and evidence, plus the knowledge that comes from people's lived experience, Our Town’s goal is to generate new ideas and ways of looking at mental health. Research shows that there are not enough services in mental health regionally, and that we need to find better responses beyond just a service response. Services also work in crisis and not prevention, and so part of the work to be done is to build each region's capability around what they can do in prevention.

Communities are uniquely positioned to be able to develop and run responses that are preventative, and therefore can help relieve the pressure on services.

“Our Town” is a long-term mental health funding initiative, which will see the Fay Fuller Foundation provide funding and support to South Australian towns and regions for up to 10 years.

The initiative seeks to fund and empower rural and regional communities to build new capabilities to meet the mental health challenges they face into the future.

The Fay Fuller Foundation and The Australian Centre for Social Innovation visited nine towns and regions that were initially shortlisted, including Cummins, for funding in late 2019 to learn more about our mental health challenges and bring our applications to life.

Six towns have since been shortlisted and include Cummins, Berri, Ceduna, Mid Murray, Kimba and Kangaroo Island.

The Fay Fuller Foundation initially planned to choose two communities from the six to each receive a decade of funding and support. However, given the recent catastrophic bushfire events in Kangaroo Island, it was decided that the program would be expanded from two funding and support packages to three and that the third would be provided straight to the island community.

Cummins and the other remaining four towns will have the opportunity to receive the original two 10-year packages of funding and support!

“Our Town” differs from other mental health initiatives as it is not about putting additional services in place or recruiting new mental health professionals. The goal of “Our Town” is to build on the strengths, skills and talents of people in the participating towns to collectively move towards mentally healthy futures. It is about partnering with communities in a very sustainable way to find solutions that will have a legacy far beyond the program.

Follow our page to keep up and support us on our “Our Town” journey!