During September and October 2025, we asked for your help to shape the way we engage in the Adelaide Hills.

The ideas and feedback you shared have been used to develop our draft Community Engagement Framework and now we want to find out if we heard you correctly.

What do you like? is there anything missing?

You can review the draft Framework and share your feedback, by selecting the tabs below.

Sharing your feedback

There are a variety of ways that you can provide your ideas and feedback on our draft Community Engagement Framework.

  • Online - complete our online feedback form below.
  • Hardcopy feedback - collect a hardcopy feedback form from any of our libraries or customer service centres or print your own from the Document Library.
  • In writing - submit your ideas or feedback in writing via email (engage@ahc.sa.gov.au) or via letter addressed to 63 Mount Barker Rd, Stirling SA 5152.
  • Face to face - drop in to one of our engagement pop-up activities. You can see a list of opportunities below.
  • Invite us to a meeting - if you are part of a community or residents' group, you can invite us along to one of your regular meetings so we can discuss your ideas and feedback.

Phase 2 of engagement closes on Sunday 26 April 2026. Your feedback will be utilised to help us finalise the Community Engagement Framework to be presented to Council in June 2026.

If you need assistance to provide your feedback, please email engage@ahc.sa.gov.au or call 8408 0400.

Guiding principles

Draft Guiding Principles

Our community shared with us what is most important for us to consider and priorities when it comes to good community engagement and council decision-making processes.

Through these discussions with our community members, key stakeholders and council staff, we have developed three guiding principles, which underpin our community engagement practices.

  • Communication and Connection

    We will communicate in ways that are clear, timely and accessible, recognising that our community engages through many different channels. We will grow genuine and respectful relationships and ensure everybody can meaningfully participate in conversations that affect or interest them.

  • Purpose, Influence and Transparency

    We will be clear about why we are engaging and inform our community of the ways in which community engagement can shape and influence local decisions. We will build community trust and confidence by creating opportunities for open and honest conversations and clearly communicating outcomes of Council decisions and project next steps.

  • Active Participation

    We will grow engagement participation and community capacity through embracing local knowledge and lived experience and involving our community throughout decision-making processes.

Feedback form

Face to face