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The Tasmanian Community Fund’s (TCF) October Board meeting saw it support two new large projects.

Young people on the north west coast will be assisted to complete their minimum 80 hours driving time required to sit their P plate test through a driver mentor program developed by Youth Family and Community Connections (YFCC).

Through the program driver mentors will work with young people aged 16 to 24 to get their driver’s licence and ultimately, give them a better chance to gain employment.

Recent surveys conducted by YFCC identified the main barriers for young people gaining their driver’s licence were a lack of access to a suitable driver mentor from family or friends, the lack of access to a suitable vehicle to complete their driving hours and an inability to afford lessons with driving schools.

The surveys also identified young people in more remote areas have less access to public transport options, limiting their potential to apply for jobs outside their area.

YFCC will employ two part-time driver mentors and source two leased vehicles to deliver the project, which will cover the north west coast from Kentish to Circular Head and the west coast.

The October board meeting also agreed to fund a new leadership program for Tasmanian not-for-profit board members and executive team members, run by The Centre for Social Impact.

Partnering with the TCF, The Centre for Social Impact will deliver a program that will enable participants to lift their thinking away from looking at short-term, symptom solutions to understanding and developing longer-term, systems-based solutions.

Having developed programs that focused on grassroots and emerging leaders in recent years, the TCF has recognised that those in governance positions need the skills and tools to think long term at a systems level and be able to better define the problem they are trying to solve.

The Centre for Social Impact is a national research and education centre specialising in transformational education and research, engaging within government, business and the social purpose sectors.

Participants will gain an accredited qualification and learning modules will include:

· Systems awareness and governing in complexity.

· Leading with a 'mission-first' agenda.

· Optimising strategy - funding and scaling social impact.

· Beneficiary-centric leadership.

· Measuring what matters most.

· Powerful practices for purpose-driven leaders.

Priority will be given to not-for-profit board members of small and medium organisations and applications for the program will open in early 2024.