TCF Approves Funding for 15 Community Projects
The Tasmanian Community Fund Board has approved funding for 15 projects totalling $4.9 million at its December 2025 meeting, supporting initiatives that strengthen opportunity, connection and wellbeing for Tasmanians.
A strong focus of this funding round was youth wellbeing, early intervention and place based support.
Included are:
- A project to empower young people aged 8 to 19 through leadership workshops, school engagement and a community event that strengthens learning and employment pathways in the Northern Midlands
- A youth focused statewide program empowering young Tasmanians through lived experience advocacy training to help prevent gender based violence
- After school, weekend and holiday support that strengthens confidence, connection emotional wellbeing and youth voice in the Derwent Valley
- Training that supports students living with a disability aged 14 to 19 to complete a Certificate I in Work Readiness while gaining real work experience.
One of the funded projects is a new statewide initiative delivered by Engender Equality, which will expand its lived experience advocacy program to support young people who have experienced intimate partner violence.
Engender Equality Chief Executive Officer Alina Thomas said early intervention was critical for breaking cycles of harm and supporting young people before trauma became entrenched.
“Through our work, we understand that experiences of violence and trauma can compound over a person’s lifetime,” Ms Thomas said.
“When young people are given the right support at the right time, it can change the trajectory of their lives and reduce the risk of violence continuing into adulthood.
“Lived experience advocacy creates space for young people to be heard, believed and supported, while also helping systems respond more effectively to their needs.
“Providing safe and supportive opportunities, made possible through funding from the TCF, helps young people regain a sense of agency and reduces the risk of those experiences being repeated later in life.”
In the Derwent Valley, Kids and Teens in the Valley will expand its after school, weekend and holiday programs, supporting children and young people aged 6 to 19 through social and emotional learning activities.
Chief Executive Officer Sarah Davidson said demand for the program continued to grow across local schools.
“The need is so high that we are constantly being asked to come back into schools,” she said.
“Our programs give young people a safe place to belong, where they can build confidence, connect with others and feel supported outside of school hours.
“This funding will allow us to recruit additional staff so we can support more students and build confidence, connection and wellbeing in our community.
“This funding also helps us respond to what schools and families are telling us they need, which is consistent, relationship-based support for children and young people.”
The latest funding round continues the TCF’s commitment to investing in locally led initiatives that create lasting benefits for Tasmanians and strengthen communities now and into the future.
A full list of projects funded by the TCF can be found on the TCF website (include the link to the previous funded projects page on the TCF website)