The Tasmanian Community Fund is committed to providing funding to support projects that remove barriers to enable 8 to 19 year olds to stay engaged with and connected to learning.

Applications for the 2024 Connected and Educated Children and Young People Grant Round closed at 5pm on Wednesday, 15 November 2023.

Expressions of Interest for the 2025 Connected and Educated Children and Young People Grant Round will open in late 2025.

Applicants are encouraged to discuss project ideas with Tasmanian Community Fund staff (phone 6270 5843 or email admin@tascomfund.org) as early as possible.

Projects with one or more of the following focus areas will be eligible for consideration:

• Innovative solutions to support the continued engagement of children and young people (8-19 year olds) with learning
• Enabling 8-19 year olds to transition between the learning stages (primary to secondary, secondary to college, college to TAFE, Uni, work)
• Increasing the digital literacy and access of 8-19 year olds and enabling their families to support them
• Collaborative community solutions that increase literacy and numeracy including financial literacy of children and young people (8-19 year olds)
• Community solutions that increase happiness, wellbeing and resilience of children and young people (8-19 year olds)
• Ensuring every 8-19 year old has access to at least one nutritious meal a day at school, home or in the community
• Increasing the number of 16-19 year olds with pathways to employment
• Increasing the capacity of employers to engage young people in employment

Watch this video of programs funded in previous grant rounds, to understand the types of impact the Tasmanian Community Fund is looking to make.