• S.A. Film Corp
• Plexus Films
• Darling Graphics
• Internode Systems
• SACOSS

All South Australians deserve to live a life free from poverty and disadvantage. As part of the Closer Than You Think campaign Plexus Films facilitated the telling of 'real' stories around the five elements identified as defining the experience of poverty: Income, Housing, Employment and Training, Health and Wellbeing and Social Participation. The stories and images found on this website provide a snapshot of some of the lives affected by poverty.

WHAT SACOSS SAYS ABOUT HEALTH AND WELLBEING

People who are disadvantaged in income, education, housing and employment, also have higher rates of illness and mortality.

Chronic long term illness such as asthma and diabetes type 2 are overrepresented amongst disadvantaged groups while tooth decay and gum disease also disproportionately affect children and adults from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

People from disadvantaged groups make less use of preventative and primary health care but are represented in larger numbers in the chronic and critical care stages. Planning for public health service provision will need to be firmly based on the requirements and location of populations.

Prevention, primary care and the management of chronic illness will need to be adequately resourced and placed into community environments that are able to provide accessible, coordinated and culturally appropriate care.

The HIVE

The HIVE provides free food to HIV positive people who are finding it hard to make ends meet. For the community, many of whom exist on disability pensions, it provides emergency food and a supplement to their grocery budget lessening the impact of poverty on their lives. Most importantly, in coming to the HIVE they are also able to enjoy social interaction, access other Positive Living Centre services and find out information about what's happening at the centre and in the broader community. Isolation is decreased and the community members gain a sense of being a 'part' of the bigger picture. Through the metaphor of the multi-faceted honeycomb we explore some stories from the HIVE.