Every year participants in our flagship Tasmanian Leaders Program deliver impactful Community Action Projects to pressing social and economic needs and provide a tangible return on investment to the community.
See below a sample from the many projects delivered since the program’s inception.
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The Welcome Dinner Project brings recent migrants and established Tasmanians together to share food and conversation. The Project allows connections and friendships to develop through pot-luck style dinners in volunteers’ homes. The Learning Set established the initiative in Tasmania and fundraised to employ a State Coordinator to take the project forward.
Learning Set members saw that female inmates Mary Hutchinson Women’s Prison had limited opportunity to undertake meaningful activity. So they worked with prison staff and not-for-profit partners to help inmates produce clothing for themselves and for distribution by sourcing sewing equipment and providing training. The skills inmates gain help them in their rehabilitation.
This Project delivered a free, community-built road safety bike park in Sheffield. It helped address a significant gap in road safety education between learning to cross a road as a child and getting a licence. Local Policeman, Constable Tyrone Myers, called the park a “fantastic resource” to help reduce deaths and serious injuries on our roads.
As a result of the work of this Learning Set, the Northern Young Professional Network (NYPN) was established as a sub-committee of the Launceston Chamber of Commerce. The NYPN continues to grow and boasts over 100 members. Now managed by an independent committee, it delivers career development, network development, recognition and professional development for members.
The 100 door snakes in 100 days Project provided draught stoppers to supported accommodation in Tasmania through a partnership with Anglicare Tasmania. It helped the not-for-profit promote cost effective and sustainable energy use in its accommodation, especially in the winter months. Louise Beiser of Anglicare said they were very excited by the “successful” Project.