Community Grants Program

Successful Applicants 2023

• The Salvation Army
  The Salvos Sunday Dinner
  A homelessness support service in Hobart, providing the opportunity for around 50 homeless people per week to cook and share a meal together around the dinner table.
  We’re funding this program for the year, providing 50 weeks of dinner service.
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• Riverside Lions Club
  RESiPacks (RESilience) (RESpect)
  Providing backpacks full of essentials to support homeless individuals across Launceston.
  We’re providing funding to support the creation of these backpacks.
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• Gagebrook Community House
  Learn, Laugh, Cook
  A cooking program designed to teach participants about budget-friendly meals, whilst enhancing culinary skills, incorporating learning around reading, writing, numeracy, and technology in one of Tasmania’s most disadvantaged areas.
  We’re funding this program for its first year of lessons to the community.
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• Dunalley Tasman Neighbourhood House
  Mental Health First Aider Peer Support & Training
  Providing mental health first aid training and a peer support program on the Tasman Peninsula.
  We’re funding the course fees to provide this training to community members.
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• Tamar Sea Rescue Services
  Update of Digital Radio Equipment
  An upgrade of their ageing radio equipment, replacing it with new digital models and supplementing this with additional handheld radios and accessories, this project will improve the safety of volunteers, and recreational boaters alike, increasing the range and clarity of radio transmissions.
  We’re funding the purchase and installation of this vital equipment.
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• Sunlight Kitchen and Garden
  The Fresh Produce Project
  An initiative of Friends of Refugee Communities Tasmania to assist Afghani refugees growing produce for sale to the public, providing income to older women, promoting healthy eating choices and reducing social isolation, community building, and business skills, and fosters relationships between the Afghan community and the broader community.
  We’re funding the creation of their kitchen garden.
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• Huon Valley PCYC
  Operation Happy Birthday
  This project will support children from low-income or vulnerable families who may not have the opportunity to celebrate their birthdays with their peers. It addresses various barriers that prevent these children from having birthday parties. The project offers fully catered parties in a fun indoor playground, promoting inclusion and social support.
  We’re providing the funding to provide these parties free of charge for vulnerable children.
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• Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation
  TasNetworks Kitchen Garden School Partnership
  Establishing a Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program at Claremont College, a school facing significant socio-economic challenges.
  We’re providing funding to support the establishment of the garden and the first two years of program delivery fees.
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• Hobart City Mission
  Small Steps
  This program supports young mothers aged 15-25 and their babies facing homelessness with 24/7 support, stable housing for up to two years, parenting education, budgeting, cooking, and more.
  We’re providing funding to help facilitate the program.
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• Rural Health Tasmania
  Resilient Youth, Resilient Communities
  Through the SevenUp Youth Centres in Smithton and Wynyard, this project aims to codesign a range of youth-led programs across the region, working with disengaged youth to positively impact their community.
  We’re providing funding towards the program costs for twelve months.
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• Kentish Community Men's Shed
  Provision of tools to enable community projects
  This Men’s Shed has struggled to secure funding to replace tools at the end of their useful life. This funding will allow them to continue to operate in the small regional area that they serve.
  We’re providing funding to replace a range of key tools and pieces of equipment.
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• Burnie Community House
  Fakeaway: Create Homemade Takeaway @ the House
  Offering fortnightly cooking workshops where participants can learn, cook, and enjoy the meals, ask questions, and take-home meal packs for four, helping maximise food budgets and provides a way to enjoy affordable and healthier takeaway options.
  We’re funding one year of this program’s fortnightly workshops.
   
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• City of Burnie Lions Club
  Transformers
  The City of Burnie Lions Club will run sessions for community members to learn how to alter cheap or second-hand clothing to reduce cost of living pressures.
  We are providing funding to purchase a sewing machine, overlocker, and basic supplies to get this project off the ground.
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• Whitemore Tennis Club
  Safety and Access Upgrade of Whitemore Tennis Club
  This application brings together multiple funding sources to complete a major safety and compliance overhaul of the accessway, decking area, seating, and a much needed resurfacing of their courts.
  We are funding a range of safer pathways, as well as handrails for their decking area.
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Past recipients

• Grants awarded in 2021

  Sustainable Living Tasmania
  With the help of student leaders from New Town Primary and Ogilvie High Schools, Sustainable Living Tasmania used their grant of $10,000 to implement WasteWatcher Wormfarm Systems at early learning centres in greater Hobart, enabling them to process their organic waste and divert it from landfill.
  
   
  Surf Life Saving Tasmania
  Surf Life Saving Tasmania were taking steps to eliminate plastic waste. With their grant they implemented an EcoSafe Policy and purchased re-useable sunscreen containers for their lifeguards and volunteers.
  
   
  Friends of Bonorong
  Friends of Bonorong improved raptor rehabilitation outcomes in the north of the state by constructing round ‘doughnut’ aviaries, enabling Tasmanian raptors in their care, such as Wedge-tailed Eagles, to test fly at high speeds before release.
  
   
  Eat Well Tasmania
  Eat Well Tasmania were developing a digital campaign called ‘Love Your Leftovers’, aimed at promoting responsible food waste practices in the home and encouraging people to get creative with their leftovers.
  
   
  Derwent Catchment Project
  The Derwent Catchment Project has a healthy Miena Cider Gum conservation program at Miena in the Central Highlands. Over-browsing by possums was being experienced at the site due to wombats digging under the existing fence. With the help of a grant, wombat gates were to be installed, allowing passage of wombats whilst excluding access to other wildlife.
  
   
  Tamar NRM
  In support of their Source to Sea Project – an education framework which aims to engage and educate local school students and the broader community about the importance of the kanamaluka/Tamar Estuary Catchment, the traditional owners and land management techniques, pollution sources and impacts and native flora, fauna, and marine and birdlife habitats.

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• Grants awarded in 2020
  Dress for Success

  Dress for Success were planning a new career centre for women in southern Tasmania.

  
  Gran’s Van

  Gran’s Van used their grant funding to upgrade their Devonport food and support vehicle for people in need. 

  
  Blueline Laundry

  Blueline Laundry implemented a new online learning system, boosting employment pathways for people with disabilities and diverse or disadvantaged backgrounds.

  
  Live Well Tasmania

  Live Well Tasmania installed a wheelchair ramp at the Wynyard Community Hub.

  
  Palliative Care Tasmania

  Palliative Care Tasmania created an online referral service for GP’s, supporting patients with a life-limiting illness, or a chronic medical condition.

  
  CORES (Community Response to Eliminating Suicide)

  CORES undertook suicide intervention training for high school students in rural north-west Tasmanian communities.

  
  Dorset Community Association

  Dorset Community Association expanded their Out and About program to remote areas, providing no interest loans, food supplies and service provider referrals.

  
  Agency Arts Health

  Agency Arts Health put on a series of workshops and excursions with Aboriginal community members to develop a series of digital stories about connection to land and culture.

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