Sankofa Community Services · Adelaide, South Australia

We create pathways where systems create barriers.

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to Sankofa?

I need support

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About Sankofa

Go back and get what matters.
Carry it forward.

That is the teaching inside the name Sankofa, and it is how we build everything.

Sankofa exists because too many people are asked to fit systems that were never built with them in mind. So we design and deliver structured community interventions across employment, youth development, wellbeing, mentoring, and capacity building.

We are a multidisciplinary community programs and support services organisation based in Adelaide. We deliver evidence informed, outcomes focused community programs, support services, and capacity building initiatives, driving toward social inclusion, physical wellbeing, and economic independence.

We bring culture, story, and lived experience into every program. Sankofa is led by people who have experience within the sectors and are leaders in it. And we build around capability, identity, and ambition: what people bring, never only what they face.

Who we work with
GovernmentSchoolsCouncilsNGOsCommunity organisationsIndividuals and families
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Community, Adelaide
Programs

Four ways in.
One direction forward.

Whether you arrive alongside a community organisation, as a young person, through a school, or through the NDIS, the goal is the same: real skills, real belonging, and a real path to what comes next. Open an area to see its programs, who they serve, and how to refer.

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Employment & economic participation

Clean Start and employment pathways: real skills, real work, real mentorship.

Clean Start
Ten supported sessions with real work experience built in. Delivered for NDIS participants, community cohorts, and schools.
Sankofa's Path
The employment pathway shaped for young people, built around where they want to go.

Who it serves

NDIS participants with an employment goal, cohorts referred or funded by community organisations and schools, and young people ready for real worksites.

Outcomes

Reported against two outcomes: employment outcomes and progression readiness.

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Youth & schools

Mentoring, leadership, and programs delivered within the school calendar.

Mentoring support
One consistent mentor who shows up, keeps showing up, with practical coaching toward goals young people set themselves.
Crafting Futures
Empowering the next generation of CALD and Indigenous community leaders through voice, identity, and connection.
Clean Start in schools
Structured sessions for CALD, migrant, and refugee students, adapted to the school calendar and cohort.

Who it serves

Young people finding their footing, and the schools, families, carers, and supports already in their corner.

Outcomes

Strengths first, always: what a young person brings, not what they have been through.

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Mental health & wellbeing

Multicultural mental health, counselling support, and capacity building.

Mind In Mind
A community based, multicultural mental health program helping CALD and refugee communities move from surviving to thriving. Can be youth led and peer led.

Who it serves

CALD and refugee communities, delivered with community organisations and schools, with pathways to counselling and further support where it helps.

Outcomes

Cultural responsiveness strengthened at every step, holding the mindset of home while adjusting to another within Australian society.

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Community & disability

NDIS supports and hands on programs, built around your goals and your pace.

Core supports
Practical, reliable support with everyday life, delivered by people who show up consistently and work to your routine.
Capacity building
Daily living skills, confidence, and independence. You set the goals, we build the steps with you.
Take Root
An inclusive, hands on gardening program for people of all abilities. Calm, self paced, entirely voluntary.
Nature Moves
Gentle, supported walks through Adelaide's parks and reserves. The terrain does the teaching, at your pace.

Who it serves

NDIS participants and people of all abilities, alongside their support workers and coordinators.

Outcomes

Reasonable adjustments from day one and a pace that flexes to you. Progression is always a choice, never forced.

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Flagship program

Clean Start

Employment readiness that goes beyond a resume.

A structured employment and life readiness program: evidence informed, outcomes focused, and commissionable by agencies, schools, and community organisations.

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Impact

Purpose you can measure.

150+participants engaged since July 2025
1,000+support and program hours delivered
12program cohorts delivered across four streams
6delivery and community partners
39employment placements
91progression in readiness & development
24volunteer placements
9NDIS plans supported
Cumulative outcomes across all programs since 1 July 2025, reported quarterly.

But numbers are only part of the story.

We walk alongside the people we serve, not ahead of them, not behind them.
The stories behind these numbers belong to the people who lived them. Participant journeys and case studies are shared with consent, in partner reporting and in person.
For partners

Built with partners, not around them.

Whether you commission programs, fund them, or deliver beside us, there is a clear way in. We would rather partner than duplicate.

Commissioned programs with defined outcomes, measurable delivery, and clear reporting for government and funding partners.

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i.
Documented, audit ready delivery
Warm on the ground, rigorous behind the scenes. Every program is documented and delivered to standard.
ii.
Outcomes measured in every program
Partnership programs report against two outcomes: employment outcomes and progression readiness.
iii.
Referral and commissioning models
An organisation, school, or agency refers or funds a cohort of its own people. Sankofa delivers the program and the reporting.
iv.
Safeguarding first
Child safe practice, screened people, and documented policies. See safeguarding and governance.
v.
Capability statement on request
Program frameworks, delivery approach, and governance, ready to share when you are.
Delivery partners
Dirt Busters Co. logo
Dirt Busters Co.
Work pathway partner
Uniting Communities Incorporated logo
Uniting Communities Incorporated
Program partner · SETS
Silvertail Property Management logo
Silvertail Property Management
Business partner · real estate work and pathways
Little Mumins Playgroup logo
Little Mumins Playgroup
Program partner · CALD and Muslim women, motherhood and employment
Eritrean Muslim Youth Association logo
Eritrean Muslim Youth Association (EMYA)
Program partner · youth programs and services
Al-Ansaar Community Centre logo
Al-Ansaar Community Centre
Program partner · youth, men's and women's cohorts
Safeguarding & governance

Safe by design. Accountable by default.

We work with young people, families, and people experiencing barriers. That carries obligations we take seriously, and structure ourselves around.

Child safe practice

Programs involving young people are designed and delivered in line with child safe principles: clear boundaries, safe environments, and young people heard and taken seriously.

Screened people

Our people hold current Working with Children Checks and relevant worker screening clearances before they step into any program.

Documented policies

Safeguarding, code of conduct, incident response, privacy and confidentiality. Documented, reviewed, and available to commissioning partners.

Incident response

Concerns are recorded, escalated through clear reporting lines, and reported to the appropriate bodies. Nothing sits in a drawer.

Measured and reported

Every program tracks outcomes against its framework. Partners receive cohort reporting against employment outcomes and progression readiness.

Entity and accountability

Delivered by KAY2 PTY LTD trading as Sankofa Community Services, ABN 39 699 372 631, with leadership accountable for every program.

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Adelaide, South Australia · ABN 39 699 372 631
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