Deadline: 2-Mar-22
The Tasmanian Community Fund is seeking proposals for the 2022 Workforce Engagement.
Focus Areas
The Tasmanian Community Fund is calling for expressions of interest ($100 000 to $500 000 over the life of the project) for a range of collaborative and sustainable projects that increase Tasmanian’s capacity and capability to engage with or continue to engage with the workforce in one or more of the following areas:
- increasing the number of young people in employment, education, and training
- improving linkages between employment, education, and training
- increasing participation rates in education, training, and lifelong learning that lead to increased workforce participation
- increasing life opportunities and attainment
- increasing functional literacy and numeracy (including financial and digital literacy)
- improving language skills for Tasmanians for whom English as a second language is a barrier to participation
- increasing capacity to transition through life stages
Funding Information
- $100 000 to $500 000 over the life of the project.
Project funding is available for:
- a maximum of five years;
- projects that are tailored for the Tasmanian community;
- programs, including pilot programs;
- evaluation of the methodology being delivered.
Eligibility Criteria
- Not-for-profit organizations proposing to undertake a project in Tasmania and who can provide, through their own or another party’s resources, 10% of the amount being sought from the Tasmanian Community Fund as cash contribution towards the project.
- The cash contribution must be for items attributable to the project’s implementation and must not include ongoing operational costs or in-kind amounts.
Funding is not available for:
- feasibility studies;
- duplication of existing services;
- infrastructure (more than 20% of the requested amount);
- projects that can be more suitably funded by another organization;
- projects that do not include collaboration and partnerships or a clear articulation as to why this is not possible.
For more information, visit https://tascomfund.smartygrants.com.au/