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The Wellbeing Alliance
The Wellbeing Alliance is the quarterly regional forum that brings together organisations, services and grassroots groups from across the Barossa, sitting at the heart of the Barossa Wellbeing Network. It supports shared learning, regional collaboration and coordinated wellbeing responses through strategic discussion, partnership building and advocacy, rather than operating as a formal Council decision-making body.
Our Focus
The Wellbeing Alliance focuses on the issues, opportunities and connections that sit across the whole Barossa community, not just within a single lifespan group or service area. Current focus areas include:
Aligning effort across the Wellbeing Network - ensuring the four Lifespan Action Groups are connected and working toward shared goals
Reducing duplication and filling service gaps identified through the engagement process and ongoing data
Supporting advocacy - bringing a collective voice to issues that require system-level responses
Building the capacity of the Network - supporting members with information, connections and resources
Staying connected to the data - using community insights, the AEDC, ABS Census and other evidence to inform direction
Celebrating progress and making the work visible across the community
The Alliance Committee provides leadership and coordination for the broader Alliance forum, with members representing a cross-section of sectors and bringing a regional, systems-level perspective to the work.
Name | Organisation / Role |
Tania Materne - Chair | Barossa Physiotherapy |
Amanda Tscharke - Secretary | SA Health |
Helen Walker | Lutheran Care |
Elena Rudnik | Resolved Mediation |
Tracey Inghram | Centrecare |
Marina Teusner | Barossa Visitor Information Centre |
Jenny O’Brien | The Barossa Council |
Committee Members
Governance
Community voice shaped the priorities in the Wellbeing and Inclusion Plan. The Wellbeing Alliance brings organisations, services and grassroots groups together to align effort across the Barossa Wellbeing Network, connecting the work of the four Lifespan Action Groups and giving system-level issues a collective voice.
The Barossa Council supports the Alliance through governance, coordination and connection, though the Alliance operates as a forum rather than a formal Council decision-making body. The group's progress feeds into The Barossa Council's annual wellbeing report.
Formal Terms of Reference for the Barossa Wellbeing Network are still being finalised.
Meetings & Updates
The Wellbeing Alliance forum meets quarterly and is open to all Alliance members. The Alliance Committee meets as needed between forums. Minutes are available on request.
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