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Step Forward Grants are closed.
About Step Forward grants
Grants are for projects that support health and wellbeing. Grants could be used for a wide range of activities like providing training to upskill your organisation, designing/printing posters for a health promotion campaign, or for equipment to run a community group or activity. The focus is on activities that keep people healthy and well, by preventing rather than treating illness.
Applications for the 2024-2025 round of Step Forward grants opened on Monday 26 August 2024 and closed on Monday 23 September 2024.
Step Forward funding
Grants of up to $5,000 were available from a total funding pool of $150,000.
Round 1 of Step Forward grants in 2022-2023 awarded $149,348 to 33 projects.
Round 2 of Step Forward grants in 2023-2024 awarded $166,961 for 37 projects.
Round 3 of Step Forward grants in 2024-2025 awarded $149,621 for 31 projects.
Scroll down to see the complete list of current and previous Step Forward grant recipients.
Step Forward projects
Examples of projects or activities funded under Step Forward grants included:
- Delivery of small health and wellbeing projects (eg community smoke free, eating well or physical activity projects).
- Providing training, education or skill development staff, volunteers or community members.
- Developing and/or printing a health and wellbeing resource for your community.
- Purchasing or upgrading equipment that can be used for community health and wellbeing activities (eg kitchen equipment for community cooking sessions, community garden equipment, furniture or equipment to support more community connection).
- Hosting a community health and wellbeing event.
- Sporting club projects or activities aimed at improving community health and wellbeing.
Will there be another round of Step Forward grants?
All Healthy Tasmania fund grants are now closed. The current funding for Healthy Tasmania grants ends on 30 June 2025.
The Tasmanian Government is developing a new 20-Year Preventive Health Strategy to create positive, lasting change for a healthier Tasmania.
The aim of the Strategy is to transform Tasmania’s health outcomes through changing the systems that affect our health and supporting people to adopt healthier behaviours.
A future Healthy Tasmania Fund will be considered as part of this strategy.
Step Forward grant recipients
| Organisation | Project Title | Funding Allocated |
| Annabel Jane Butler | Seniors group exercise and education | $5,000 |
| Association of Ukrainians in Tasmania | Ukrainian Community project for belonging and stress relief through cooking | $3,100 |
| Be Hers | Be Hers Hub Equipment | $5,000 |
| C3 Church Devonport Inc | Youth Leaders Mental Health First Aid | $5,000 |
| Cornerstone Youth Services Inc | Improved mental health and well-being outcomes for young women. | $5,000 |
| Corumbene Nursing Home for the Aged | Be Well Corumbene Community | $5,000 |
| Council on the Ageing Tasmania | Generations Connect Fun Day and Intergenerational Resource Kit | $5,000 |
| Cygnet Community Children's Centre Inc | Afternoon Tea Program for Healthier Eating Habits | $5,000 |
| Devonport City Council | A Courageous Community | $5,000 |
| Edmund Rice Community Services | Positive Steps Retreat for Youth Volunteer Mentors | $5,000 |
| Flinders Council | Flinders Dance: Connect and Move | $4,722 |
| Free2b Girls Pty Ltd | Branching out | $5,000 |
| Goodwood Community Centre | Virtual Exercise Classes for Community | $5,000 |
| Huonville Lions Football Club | Summer fitness and strength | $4,000 |
| King Island Council | Weathering – Community reflections from the King Island Drought | $5,000 |
| Kingston Beach Surf Lifesaving Club Inc. | Connecting community - active older people and veterans | $5,000 |
| Kingston Community Garden Inc. | Carers in Community Gardens - Growing Together | $5,000 |
| Launceston City Council | The Adaptation Game: Launceston | $5,000 |
| Melythina Tiakana Warrana (Heart of Country) Aboriginal Corporation | Cultural Event Day BBQs | $4,494 |
| Mental Health Family and Friends Tasmania Inc | Mental Health First Aid Training for Families and Friends caregivers | $5,000 |
| Nigeria Community in Tasmania | Healthy Nutrition Program | $4,800 |
| North West Pride Inc. | Community Engagement Project | $5,000 |
| Northern Tasmanian Netball Association Incorporated Inc | Walking Netball Program | $3,520 |
| Phoenix Community House Inc | New Garden Beds - Healthy Food for our Community | $5,000 |
| Royal Flying Doctor Service Tasmania | Menopause information expo Flinders Island | $5,000 |
| Royal Flying Doctor Service Tasmania | Rural and Remote Tasmania NRT replacement project | $5,000 |
| Slipstream Circus Incorporated | Circus skills activities for aged care residents | $4,985 |
| Sorell Community Network | Stamping Out Food Insecurity in Sorell | $5,000 |
| Tasman Council | Learn to Cook – Get Job Ready | $5,000 |
| Tasmanian Online Lions Club | Derwent Valley Beats It! | $5,000 |
| Working It Out Inc | LGBTIQA+ STIM Club | $5,000 |
The total funding allocated to successful applicants in the 2024-2025 period was $149,621.
| Organisation | Project Title | Funding allocated |
|---|---|---|
| Dignity Supported Community Gardening Inc. | DIGnity Supported Community Gardening Sessions | $4,860 |
| Drug Education Network INC | Educational video resources | $5,000 |
| Dunalley Tasman Neighbourhood House Inc | Tasman (Nubeena) Neighbourhood House Community Fridge | $5,000 |
| North and North West Tasmania Sexual Assault Support Services Inc | Empowering young people for respectful relationships | $5,000 |
| Rokeby Neighbourhood Centre | Community Centre Essentials | $5,000 |
| South Hobart Football Club Inc. | Mental Health Certification for Coaches | $5,000 |
| Cygnet Community Children's Centre Inc | Schoolhouse Vegetable Garden and Mini-Greenhouse | $4773 |
| Delta Therapy Dogs Limited | Printing - Delta Dog Safe Resources | $5,000 |
| DRILL Performance Company Inc | Dance Nexus Glenorchy | $5,000 |
| Hobart Gymnastics Academy Incorporated | Launching the Fitter for Life Program | $5,000 |
| JCP Youth Ltd | Street Ball | $5,000 |
| Pathways Tasmania Limited | Health and Nutrition Training and Leadership Volunteering Loaves and Fishes | $5,000 |
| Risdon Vale Neighbourhood Centre INC | Community Garden Supplies | $5,000 |
| Tasmanian Gymnastics Association Inc | Healthy Active Kids | $5,000 |
| Tasmanian University Union | Food Resilience Program for University of Tasmania students | $5,000 |
| Ulverstone Pickleball Club | Starting a Pickleball Social Club | $3,000 |
| Association of Ukrainians in Tasmania | Improved facilities to expand social support in the Ukrainian community | $1,923 |
| Community Garden Wynyard Inc. | Green house fit out | $3,000 |
| Deaf Children Australia | Deaf Children Australia Family Camp Tasmania | $5,000 |
| Derwent Valley Council | Wellbeing in the Valley | $5,000 |
| Devonport Childcare Centres | Community Garden re-vamp | $5,000 |
| Geeveston Community Centre Inc | Geeveston Community Health - Rural Strength & Community Garden | $5,000 |
| Glenhaven Family Care Inc | Creating meals for home | $5,000 |
| Great Lake Community Centre Inc | Healthier lifestyle for a longer life | $5,000 |
| Hobart City Council | Vaping education supplies | $2,000 |
| Huonville Lions Football Club Inc | Mental Health Awareness for our coaches and volunteers | $5,000 |
| Kingston Neighbourhood House | How to grow and eat your Garden | $4,600 |
| Multicultural Council of Tasmania | Journey of Resilience: A video documentary of Migrants' Mental Health | $5,000 |
| New Story Company Inc. | 7030 Women's Theatre Group | $5,000 |
| ParaQuad Association of Tasmania Inc | Kids Ability Program (KAP) | $4,100 |
| Rosebery Community House Inc | Community garden work | $4,500 |
| Rotary Club of Bellerive Inc | Mental health first aid for the community | $3,125 |
| Taroona Neighbourhood Garden Inc | Building more garden beds | $3,780 |
| Tasmanian Association of People with Disabilities and Their Advocates Incorporated | Renewal and upgrading of sporting infrastructure to promote physical activity | $4,000 |
| The David Stephen Neighbourhood Garden Inc | The David Stephen Neighbourhood Garden outdoor cooking equipment | $2,600 |
| Warrane Mornington Neighbourhood Centre | Centre and garden necessities | $700 |
| Warrawee Inc | Nurturing Healthy Lifestyles | $5,000 |
The total amount of funding allocated for 2023 to 2024 was $161,961.
| Organisation | Project Title | Funding allocated |
|---|---|---|
| Surfing Tasmania | Women in Waves | $5,000 |
| Live Well Tasmania | Live Well Community Farm: healthy food and green exercise | $4,990 |
| Live Well Tasmania | Towards long term health and wellbeing in Wynyard | $4,850 |
| Country Womens Association in Tasmania | Silence is Golden | $4,500 |
| RANT Arts | Mersey Dance Collective: Community Movement and Dance workshops | $5,000 |
| Australian Red Cross | Connected Women Tasmania recipe book | $5,000 |
| West Coast MTB Club Tasmania | Mountain Bike Trail Confidence | $3,640 |
| A Fairer World | Reading human 'books' on the lawns | $5,000 |
| Council on the Ageing (TAS) | Eat for Life Peer Education | $4,500 |
| Parkrun Australia | A parkrun for St Helens | $5,000 |
| Deloraine House | Spuds for Sustainability | $5,000 |
| Brighton Council | Brighton Youth Action Group | $5,000 |
| Okines Community House | Fridge and shelving for Community Food Project | $3,500 |
| Kingston Neighbourhood House | Community food garden networking and share group - How to cook and eat your garden | $4,385 |
| Richmond Fellowship | Summer Dirt Club | $4,920 |
| Launceston City FC | Providing access to Mental Health First Aid Training | $4,875 |
| DIGnity | DIGnity Supported Community Gardening Sessions | $4,860 |
| Hobart Out Tennis | Hobart Out Tennis Social Play | $5,000 |
| Great Lake Community Centre | Great Lake Cooking Program | $5,000 |
| West Coast Paddle Club Inc. | West Coast Paddle Club Startup Skills and Capacity Building | $4,990 |
| Dorset Community Association Incorporated | Community Produce Fridge | $5,000 |
| Squid Theatre Incorporated | Saturday Radio Theatre 2023 | $2,777 |
| Arthritis Foundation of Tasmania Inc. | Introducing TOM (Tool for Outcome Measurement) | $5,000 |
| Edmund Rice Community Services | Edmund Rice Camps Tasmania | $5,000 |
| Jireh House Association Inc. | Training Room chairs | $2,500 |
| Burnie Health Information and Wellbeing Hub Inc. | Inventory of social connection opportunities in Burnie area | $4,000 |
| Jordan River Service Inc. | Independently Healthy | $5,000 |
| Jordan River Service Inc. | Beautify Our Community House and Garden | $5,000 |
| Devonport City Council | Ageing Stronger Active Longer Seniors Program | $861 |
| Six Rivers Aboriginal Corporation | Six Rivers Aboriginal Corporation Community Health and Wellbeing plan | $5,000 |
| Kingborough Bowls and Community Club | Prolonging seniors participation in lawn bowls | $4,200 |
| Friends of Garden Island Creek Inc. | Community wellness, cohesion and local food production | $5,000 |
| Dorset Council | Scottsdale Aquatic Centre Aqua Fitness Equipment | $5,000 |
The total funding allocated to successful applicants in the 2022-23 period was $149,348.
Contact us
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