Adelaide Community
Services Directory
A free resource for GPs, link workers and patients.
Connecting people across Adelaide to community services that build wellbeing, reduce isolation and complement clinical care.
Nature-based prescribing
Connecting patients to nature and community — improving mental health, reducing isolation and building lasting belonging.
Need clinical psychology?
When community support isn’t enough, Clarity Health Care’s psychologists offer no-waitlist telehealth care across SA.
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Green Script Adelaide
Green social prescribing connects patients to nature-based activities — community gardens, bushwalks, conservation work, parkrun, Park Lands and coastal walks — as a non-clinical pathway to improve mental health, reduce loneliness and build community belonging.
Community gardening
CERES, Kevin Heinze GROW, Veg Out St Kilda, Collingwood Children’s Farm and council gardens.
Guided nature walks
National Parks SA walks, Heart Foundation Walking, parkrun across 20+ Adelaide parks.
Blue space
Glenelg to Henley coastal path, Semaphore and Brighton foreshore, and the River Torrens Linear Park.
Conservation
Trees For Life Bush For Life, Conservation Volunteers Australia and Park Lands bushcare groups.
Horticultural therapy
Friends of the Botanic Gardens ‘Hands on Hort’, community gardens and therapeutic horticulture across Adelaide.
Forest bathing
Belair, Cleland, Morialta and Black Hill conservation parks and Adelaide Hills bushland walks.
parkrun
Free 5km every Saturday at 8am across 20+ Adelaide parks, including the Torrens and Semaphore. Walk, run or volunteer.
Urban nature
Adelaide Botanic Garden and Park Lands birdwatching, Laratinga Wetlands and BirdLife outings across Adelaide.
How green script works in Adelaide
When nature isn’t quite enough
Clarity Health Care psychologists — no waitlists, telehealth available across SA.
What is social prescribing?
Social prescribing is a person-centred, community-based approach to health and wellbeing. A GP or clinician refers a patient to a link worker, who co-designs a personalised plan connecting them to non-clinical community services — social groups, arts, volunteering and nature-based activities — addressing the social determinants of health.
Who can refer?
GPs, nurses, allied health professionals, social workers and trusted community members. Many programs also accept self-referrals.
Who benefits?
People experiencing loneliness, social isolation, mild-to-moderate mental health challenges, chronic illness, housing or financial stress, or lack of community belonging.
Adelaide 2025
The Northern Adelaide Medicare Mental Health Centre (Elizabeth) and the 24/7 Urgent Mental Health Care Centre (Grenfell St) offer free walk-in support, alongside the LETSS after-hours peer support line.
Evidence
Australian and international research shows social prescribing improves health-related quality of life, self-reported health and psychological distress, and reduces loneliness.
Link workers
Trained connectors who assess needs, navigate services and co-design plans — typically supporting patients over 12 weeks.
Cost
Most PHN-commissioned mental health programs are fully funded — no out-of-pocket cost to patients. Medicare Mental Health Centres and Safe Havens are always free.
Adelaide PHN
Adelaide PHN (adelaidephn.com.au) — the primary health network for metropolitan Adelaide, commissioning mental health, AOD and community programs across the city
Green script
Nature-based prescribing connecting patients to the Park Lands, national parks, community gardens, parkrun, coastal walks and bushcare across Adelaide.
Clarity Health Care — psychologists
Complementing community services with clinical psychology. No waitlists, telehealth across SA.