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Storytelling
Healthy Tasmania is working to build, use and share evidence that includes the lived experience and knowledge of our community members. One way we do this is by sharing and celebrating stories of community action on health and wellbeing.
Stories help us share information and learn from each other’s experiences of community health and wellbeing work. Stories bring data and statistics to life and help us to experience the information, rather than just consume it. Stories help us see cause and effect relationships and make meaning of the work we are doing and what we are learning from it. Stories create human connections. They touch our emotions and thoughts so that we feel connected to the story, and the storyteller.
Healthy Tasmania stories celebrate the efforts of local communities working in partnerships to promote health and wellbeing. These stories inspire hope and demonstrate that, through support and collaboration, we can create environments where every Tasmanian can flourish.
Read Healthy Tasmania stories
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DRILL Performance Company
Read about a Hobart-based youth dance company including access, inclusion and diversity in dance.
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Strengthening community relationships through art
Read about Glenorchy City Council strengthening relationships with the local Aboriginal community through art.
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Life is for Living
Read about Tasman Council's strategic plan to address the evolving needs of young people in Tasman Council.
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Working together for workplace wellbeing
Read about Eat Well Tasmania and Blueline Laundry teaming up for workplace wellbeing using a Healthy Focus grant.
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Stories from Neighbours Every Day community grants
Read stories from Neighbours Every Day community grants.
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Helping people in the Derwent Valley to achieve their hopes and dreams
Read about Derwent Valley Council collecting data to inform strategic and collaborative planning to improve health and wellbeing.
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Theatre company helps women to write a new story
Read about the theatre company helping women to write a new story.
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When water safety meets social inclusion
Read about the water safety program that also tackles social isolation.
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Community walk supports workers from the Pacific and Timor-Leste
Read about the Lions Club of Penguin's walk to support workers from the Pacific and Timor-Leste.
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Engaging with nature for active living and positive mental wellbeing
Read about The Link’s nature-based activity group.
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Here We Are: a pop-up café run by people with dementia
Read about the Here We are cafe connecting people with dementia and their community.
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Kwirky Kids group brings families together
Read about Kwirky Kids activities supporting families with neurodivergent children or children with disability.
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Inclusion for children with hearing loss
Read about Tasmania's first ever family camp for children with hearing loss.
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FAB community program builds literacy skills
Read about Launceston Benevolent Society's FAB community program (Finance Attitudes and Behaviours).
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Reaching out to young people through skateboarding
Read about Big hART's Skate of Mind project for young people.
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Stories of challenges and resilience
Read about the Multicultural Council of Tasmania's video documentary project.
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Multicultural cookbook builds connection between migrant women
Read about the Red Cross Multicultural Cookbook project.
Watch Healthy Tasmania stories
Polish Welfare Office’s ‘Fitness Fun for Seniors’ project supported seniors to improve their health and wellbeing through facilitated weekly group fitness classes with a focus on balance, stamina and muscle strength. Funded by the Healthy Tasmania Fund, an initiative of the Tasmanian Government.
Migrant Resource Centre’s project ‘Multicultural Kitchen - A recipe for healthy communities’ promoted culturally appropriate healthy eating strategies for people from a refugee background by developing resources and building capacity of the community and sector. Funded by the Healthy Tasmania Fund, an initiative of the Tasmanian Government.
Jordan River Service’s project provides affordable, healthy food to many people in their local communities, as well as many other communities across Southern Tasmania. Funded by the Healthy Tasmania Fund, an initiative of the Tasmanian Government.
Share your story
Email us at [email protected]. You can submit a story you have already written, or we can provide you with a storytelling template to help you write your story.
