Healthy Together grants

About Healthy Together grants

Healthy Together grants are for communities to come together to set health and wellbeing priorities, look at local solutions and test them over several years. These grants are for $300,000 each and we are working with 8 communities.

How can the funding be used?

Communities can use this funding in many ways to improve local health and wellbeing. These grants are flexible, so communities can test ideas and adjust as they go and get support from the Healthy Tasmania team based on community needs.

Funding can be used to build capacity, bring people together to problem solve and identify shared priorities, take action, connect existing efforts, harness local skills, and enhance community leadership. It is not for clinical service delivery.

How did the selection process work?

Unlike other Healthy Tasmania grants communities have been invited to participate.

We know that every community is unique, with its strengths, resources, needs, and challenges, so there was no single way to select. 

We used a range of information to help us select these communities. This included demographic, health, and wellbeing data, insights from other funders and departmental staff, and the likely support needed. We selected communities across different levels of remoteness across Tasmania and with different needs and focused on where we can make the greatest impact to improve health and wellbeing locally.

We have allocated two grants to the Tasmanian Aboriginal Community with a focus on strengthening existing relationships and supporting community-led efforts. For the other six grants we are working with place-based communities: Clarence, Derwent Valley, Latrobe, Southern Midlands, Tasman, and West Coast. 

It is important to note that these Local Government Areas are a starting point for our place-based communities, and we know that there are communities within and beyond these borders. The focus will be determined through community discussion.

What is happening now? 

We have been talking with key organisations about the grants and how they would like to work with us. Early discussions have included who should be involved, early thoughts about priorities, opportunities, and challenges. We have also been considering how to make this grant work best for the community and who will manage the grant funding starting early 2024. 

Why does this matter? 

We believe that when we provide flexible, non-competitive funding to communities and take a collaborative, community-led approach, we have the potential to create transformative change. By clarifying the role of state and local government in promoting community health and wellbeing, and strengthening community prevention systems, we're on the path to enabling transformative change based on local priorities. Together, we can make a difference and build healthier, happier communities.

More information

Please contact us if you have any questions about Healthy Together grants.

Email: [email protected]
Phone: (03) 6166 1691

Learn about other Healthy Tasmania grants