2024 Community Action

2024 COMMUNITY ACTION 

The Tasmanian Community Fund is calling for applications from not-for-profit community organisations for projects that support strong, vibrant and resilient communities, through
programs and activities that remove barriers to learning for 8–19 year olds and build leadership capability and capacity across the community.

Application timeline
Applications open at 8am on 1 January 2024 and the applications can be received until 5pm on 31 December 2024. Please note that this year, the Community Action Grant Round will be open for the full year.

Applications that have met the Community Action Grant criteria will be assessed at a Tasmanian Community Fund Board Meeting held during February, April, June, August,
October and December.

Applicants will be advised of the outcome within two weeks of the assessment.

Project funding is available for:
 a maximum of two years (awarded amount can be split across this timeline in accordance with the needs of the project).
 projects that are tailored for the Tasmanian community
 programs, including pilot programs
 infrastructure and equipment that remove barriers to enable 8–19 year olds to stayengaged and connected to learning
  projects that have a minimum of 10% cash contribution (of the amount being soughtfrom the TCF) from the applicant or another funding partner
  projects that include community or organisation collaboration are strongly encouraged.

Funding is not available for:
 research, feasibility studies or trials;
 on-going operational costs.

The Tasmanian Community Fund's funding strategy for 2024-2030 is to
increase community wellbeing by;
 removing barriers to learning to enable 8-19 year olds to stay engaged with and connected to learning; and
 increasing the capacity and capability of organisations and communities across Tasmania.

The TCF Board is seeking applications that will address one or more of the below.

Connected and educated children and young people
Removing barriers to enable 8 to 19 year olds to stay engaged with and connected to learning:
 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.

Capable and well-led communities
Increasing the capacity and capability of organisations and communities across Tasmania:
 Advocating for the needs of young people (8 to 19 year olds)
 Increasing the leadership capacity and capability of children and young people
 Increasing strategic and long-term thinking of communities and community organisations
 Increasing community capacity
 Increasing local community leadership capacity

If you are unsure which stream your project aligns with please call the Tasmanian Community Fund Office on 6270 5843 for advice.

Assessment
Our grant rounds are highly competitive, and we are unable to support every worthwhile project. Organisations are strongly encouraged to contact Fund staff early in the process to
discuss their proposed application.

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IMPORTANT: Please read information below to assist you in completing your application online.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Welcome to the Tasmanian Community Fund's online grant application service, powered by SmartyGrants.

You may begin anywhere in this application form. Please ensure you save as you go.

For queries about the guidelines, deadlines, or questions in the form, please contact us on 6270 5843 during business hours or email admin@tascomfund.org and quote your submission number.

Click here 2024CommunityActionGuidelines to view the guidelines.

If you need more help using this form, download the Help Guide for Applicants or check out Applicant Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

NAVIGATING (MOVING THROUGH) THE APPLICATION FORM

On every screen (page of the form) you will find a Form Navigation contents box, this links directly to every page of the application. Click the link to jump directly to the page you want.

You can also click 'next page' or 'previous page' on the top or bottom of each page to move forward or backward through the application.

SAVING YOUR DRAFT APPLICATION

If you wish to leave a partially completed application, press 'save and close' and log out. When you log back in and click on the 'My Submissions' link at the top of the screen, you will find a list of any applications you have started or submitted. You can reopen your draft application and start where you left off.

You can also download any application, whether draft or completed, as a PDF. Click on the 'Download PDF' button located at the bottom of the last page of the application form.

SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION

You will find a Review and Submit button at the bottom of the Navigation Panel. You need to review your application before you can submit it.

Once you have reviewed your application you can submit it by clicking on 'Submit' at the top or bottom of the screen or on the navigation panel. You will not be able to submit your application until all the compulsory questions are completed and there are no validation errors.

Once you have submitted your application, no further editing or uploading of support materials is possible.

When you submit your application, you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your submitted application attached. This will be sent to the email you used to register.

If you do not receive a confirmation of submission email then you should presume that your submission has NOT been submitted.

Hint: also check the email hasn't landed in your spam or junk email folder.

ATTACHMENTS AND SUPPORT DOCUMENTS

You may need to upload/submit attachments to support your application. This is very simple, but requires you to have the documents saved on your computer, or on a storage device.

You need to allow enough time for each file to upload before trying to attach another file. Files can be up to 25MB each; however, we do recommend trying to keep files to a maximum of 5MB – the larger the file, the longer the upload time.

COMPLETING AN APPLICATION IN A GROUP/TEAM

A number of people can work on an application using the same log in details as long as only one person is working at a time. Ensure you save as you go.

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