Uniting Communities
Kara Smith is an accomplished communications professional with extensive experience spanning various roles in senior communications advisory and content strategy. Currently serving as a Senior Communications Advisor at Uniting Communities and Lifeline Adelaide, Kara previously excelled as a Team Leader and Communications Specialist at Hutt St Centre. Key skills include strategic and corporate communications, fundraising copywriting, digital marketing, media relations, and content creation across multiple platforms. With a background in advocacy, Kara has effectively liaised with experts on key issues and developed impactful messaging. Educational qualifications include a Graduate Diploma in Professional Communication from Curtin University and a Bachelor of Arts in Literature and English Language Studies from La Trobe University.
Uniting Communities
Uniting Communities is an inclusive not-for-profit organisation working alongside more than 80,000 South Australians each year as they strive for bright futures and great lives. We value diversity and are committed to providing respectful, accessible services to all. Uniting Communities seeks to reduce inequality and improve wellbeing for all who are striving to overcome disadvantage – individuals, their families and communities – so that they can realise their potential and live the best lives they can. We do this in a way that is non-judgemental, generous and supportive; that embrace diversity; and that values and promotes fairness, justice and the benefits of strong communities. Our service delivery, advocacy and community building activities are central to achieving this. We offer more than 90 services to support the needs of both individuals and our community, across a range of areas. These include mental health and counselling; residential aged care and support for independent living; housing crisis and emergency support; disability services; services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people; financial and legal; drug and alcohol counselling; family relationships; and respite and carer support.