Support, Connect and Rebuild Medium

Submissions closed at 5:00PM 30 September 2020 (AEST).

Support, Connect and Rebuild – Covid19 Response Round

The Tasmanian Community Fund is calling for small, medium and large applications that support Tasmanians and Tasmanian organisations to recover and rebuild from Covid19. 

The TCF is seeking applications across three streams:

  • Support – supporting and meeting the needs of vulnerable people to ensure they are not left behind as a result of Covid19
  • Connection – creating spaces and programs/processes to enable individuals and communities to reconnect and rebuild the social fabric of communities
  • Rebuild – providing individual and organisational capacity building including options for realigning work and directions for the “new normal” and beyond

Through these streams, applications are sought in the following focus areas:

Support:

  • improving educational outcomes including reconnection with education
  • improving mental health outcomes
  • improving drug and alcohol misuse outcomes
  • ensuring local access to food
  • supporting migrant and refugee communities (including non-permanent residents)
  • reducing the level of and impact of family violence, including the impact on children and young people
  • improving outcomes for people living with a disability

Connection:

  • increasing community connection
  • reducing social isolation
  • improving community resilience
  • infrastructure and equipment that supports or enables communities to connect, support and rebuild
  • rebuilding social fabric

Rebuild:

  • increasing individual and organisational capacity
  • enabling organisations to take advantage of new opportunities
  • enabling organisations to realign their work and ways of work to support community outcomes in a post Covid19 Tasmania

Application timeline:  Applications will open on 11 July 2020.  Small applications ($1 000 to $20 000) will close on 26 August 2020 and outcomes will be announced in mid-October 2020.  Large ($100 000 to $500 000) expressions of interest will close on 12 August 2020 and medium ($20 001 to $70 000) applications will close on 30 September 2020.  Medium and large outcomes will be announced in mid-December 2020.

Project funding is available for:

  • a maximum of five 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
  • projects that include community or organisation collaboration are strongly encouraged

 Funding is not available for:

  • research, feasibility studies or trials;
  • on-going operational costs;
  • projects that do not contribute to the support, connection and rebuild of the Tasmanian community from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Funding available: Around $3.5 million is available for allocation through this grant round across small, medium and large projects. 

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. 

Further information: Visit the Fund’s website www.tascomfund.org or contact the Fund Office on 6165 8333.

  • For TCF purposes, not for profit organisations include Councils.

 

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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 03 6165 8333 ring business hours or email admin@tascomfund.org and quote your application number.

Click here https://tascomfund.org/what-we-fund/covid-19-response-support-connect-and-rebuild-round 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

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SAVING YOUR DRAFT APPLICATION

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SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION

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Once you have reviewed your application you can submit it by clicking on 'Submit' at the top of the screen or on the navigation panel. You will not be able to submit your application until all the compulsory questions are completed.

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

ATTACHMENTS AND SUPPORT DOCUMENTS

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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

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