The Pinnacle Foundation provides educational scholarships, mentoring and opportunities for young LGBTIQ+ Australians to realise their full potential and overcome challenges arising from their identity. Scholarships are awarded for fulltime study at public institutions of higher education in Australia, for the purpose of gaining an educational or vocational qualification in any profession, trade or the arts.

Expressions of interest to join the Premier’s Youth Advisory Council are open now. The Premier’s Youth Advisory Council provides an invaluable opportunity for the State Government to directly hear the voices, concerns and ideas of young people from diverse backgrounds and communities on issues and policies affecting them.

The $2 million Supporting Women to Succeed Grant Program is now open. Initiatives funded under the Grant Program will address barriers to employment and participation for women, helping to attract more women into non-traditional fields, increasing recruitment, supporting retention, and promoting leadership pathways for career progression.

Jointly funded with the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters, the scholarships valued at $1000 each will help local interpreters and bi-cultural workers enrol in an online training program through RMIT University.

Whose Life is it Anyway? Leaving a Violent Abuser is the new book from influential Tasmanian and Engender Equality Advocate for Change Deborah Thomson. Her Excellency The Honourable Barbara Baker, Governor of Tasmania, will launch the title at an event hosted by the Hobart Bookshop.

YNOT (Youth Network of Tasmania) invite you to be a part of the founding team of the first Tasmanian Youth Sector Symposium by becoming an event sponsor.

How can you help low income Tasmanians access NILS? There are three ways your organisation, staff and volunteers can help NILS help more Tasmanians.

Searson Buck has partnered with the Australian Institute of Company Directors to assist aspiring directors and leaders across Tasmania to elevate their performance at the board table. Searson Buck is offering a partial scholarship covering a 50 percent course attendance fee and 12-month AICD membership. The AICD Company Directors course is tailored to experienced directors wishing to take their performance

Applications are now open for the 2021 Dorothies Awards — our chance to champion great things happening in Tasmania. This year’s category is education with awards in K-12, tertiary, VET and community.