The Plug-in

21/05/2026

If you are 60+ and live in the City of Charles Sturt or access services in the area, we’d love to hear from you!

This is your opportunity to share what ageing well in your local community means. This will help shape the City of Charles Sturt’s future direction. You can get involved in community workshops and a community-wide survey.

The insights gathered throughout the project will help us understand the needs and desires of older people and will inform how the City of Charles Sturt supports older people to live well in community, now and into the future.

We strongly encourage you to register even if you don’t usually participate in these kinds of projects. In the registration survey, there will be opportunity for you to indicate if you need additional support to attend, for example, if English is not your first language, or if you’d feel more comfortable having a support person or carer attend with you.

📍 Locally in City of Charles Sturt
🗓️ Workshops late June/early July
🗓️ Community survey in August
👉 Register interest now to keep up to date with project activities.
https://survey.zohopublic.com/zs/rvtlFL

This project is being delivered by The Plug-in, COTA SA in partnership with the City Of Charles Sturt.

20/05/2026

Next Monday, 25 May 2026, Health Translation SA will be holding a Consumer and Community Involvement in Research Masterclass.

Rachael Nielsen from The Plug-in is co-presenting in this half-day course which brings both community members and research teams together to learn from each other and have the possibility of forming new partnerships on the day.

If you are a health consumer wanting to get involved with research translation and learn how to best apply your lived experience to a research project, or if you are a researcher looking to better understand what effective consumer and community involvement looks like in practice, this workshop is for you.

This Consumer and Community Involvement in Research Masterclass is free to attend for health consumers interested in health consumer advocacy, as well as for staff and affiliated researchers from HTSA Partner Organisations.

Register your interest now! https://shorturl.at/Req7y

07/05/2026

Have you had an experience seeking or receiving aged care services at home? We would love to hear from you.

If you are currently seeking or receiving aged care services at home—or if you care for or support someone who does—we want to understand what this has been like for you. The best way to understand aged care services at home is by hearing directly from the people who use them. You can share your experience with us by taking our short survey.

Your responses will help inform COTA Australia - for older Australians and the Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN) in their advocacy to the Federal Government to improve aged care services at home. Take the survey here: https://loom.ly/ZmH6Z_8

29/10/2025

Are you or someone you care for currently living with a life-limiting illness? Help shape the future of palliative care. Read more and register your interest: https://survey.zohopublic.com/zs/DGEkMZ

The Plug-in has partnered with The The University of Adelaide to recruit for their statewide palliative care research collaboration project.

14/10/2025

Do you have a desire to share your experience and represent other consumers? Check your eligibility and register your interest: https://survey.zohopublic.com/zs/qcMYML

13/08/2025

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cota-sa-forum-are-cost-of-living-pressures-impacting-you-in-the-fleurieu-tickets-1574947874489?aff=oddtdtcreator

23/06/2025

Do you live in regional SA and have faced recent cost-of-living pressures? We’d love you to register interest in our current project so we can hear your experiences.

https://theplugin.com.au/news/help-us-understand-cost-of-living-challenges-in-regional-and-remote-south-australia/

28/05/2025

Read more about our latest project opportunity to shape the future of palliative care:

https://theplugin.com.au/news/do-you-or-a-loved-one-have-a-life-limiting-illness-share-your-experience-to-shape-future-care/

08/05/2025

To read more or register your interest in the project, follow the link.

https://theplugin.com.au/news/what-cost-of-living-challenges-are-you-facing-help-us-design-a-new-support-program/

15/06/2023

What does a positive ageing experience look like in City of Adelaide? If you are 50+ and live in Adelaide or North Adelaide, we’d love to hear from you! Find out more and share your thoughts: https://survey.zohopublic.com/zs/6MCzE3

The Plug-in is seeking to understand what council programs and activities could support a positive ageing experience in the city. The results will help ensure City of Adelaide’s Healthy Ageing program meets the needs of all older residents.

Your response would be greatly appreciated.