The funding recipients from the State Government’s Essential Technology Fund have been determined with a total of $350,000 being distributed to 62 community service organisations around the state.
The fund is being administered by TasCOSS on behalf of the State Government and aims to provide financial assistance to community service organisations in Tasmania that are required to change service delivery models in response to COVID-19.
The fund was established to enable organisations to access and purchase technology to continue to deliver vital support services to Tasmanians in vulnerable circumstances through new service delivery methods online, by phone and working from home.
Organisations will use the grant funds to purchase devices for their organisations and clients, data, software, phones and other hardware and software that assists them to keep providing vital services to Tasmanians. Criteria used to assess applications included Equity, Impact and Value for Money.
All successful and unsuccessful grant applicants have now been notified of the outcome.
If you have any questions regarding the Essential Technology Fund, please contact Amy Bailey, Community Services COVID-19 Response Coordinator, via email.
Essential Technology Fund Grant Recipients
| Aged Care Deloraine Inc |
| Anglicare Tasmania Inc |
| Australian Childhood Foundation |
| Bethlehem House Tasmania Inc |
| Bucaan Community House Inc |
| Cancer Council Tasmania |
| Circular Head Aboriginal Corporation |
| Corumbene Care — Rural Primary Health |
| Council on the Ageing (Tasmania) Inc trading as COTA Tasmania |
| Cystic Fibrosis Tasmania Inc |
| Dementia & Alzheimers Australia Ltd |
| Drug Education Network Inc |
| Emmerton Park Inc |
| Epilepsy Tasmania |
| Expression Australia Tasmania (Victorian Deaf Society) formerly known as Tasmanian Deaf Society |
| Hobart City Mission |
| Hobart Women’s Shelter |
| HOPES Inc |
| Hospice Volunteers South Tas Inc |
| Jireh House Asociation Inc |
| Jordan River Service Inc |
| Karadi Aboriginal Corporation |
| Karinya Young Women’s Service |
| Kickstart Arts |
| Lady Gowrie Tasmania |
| Launceston Benevolent Society |
| Launceston Women’s Shelter Inc |
| Masonic Care Tasmania Inc |
| Meals on Wheels Association of Tasmania Inc |
| Migrant Resource Centre (Southern Tasmania) Inc |
| Migrant Resource Centre (Northern Tasmania) Inc |
| Mosaic Support Services |
| Multicultural Council of Tasmania Inc |
| New Horizons Tasmania |
| North and North-West Tasmania Sexual Assault Support Service trading as Laurel House |
| Northern Suburbs Community Centre Inc |
| Palliative Care Tasmania Limited |
| PFLAG Tasmania Inc — Cygnet Community Hub |
| Playgroup Tasmania |
| Polish Association in Hobart Inc (Polish Welfare Office) |
| Relationships Australia Tasmania |
| Rokeby Neighbourhood Centre Inc |
| Rural Health Tasmania Inc |
| Self Help Workshop Inc |
| Sexual Assault Support Service |
| Shelter Tasmania |
| South East Tasmanian Aboriginal Corporation |
| Speak Out Association of Tasmania |
| St Giles Society |
| St Vincent de Paul Society (Tasmania) |
| Tasmanian Centre for Global Learning Inc trading as A Fairer World |
| Tasmanian Council on AIDS, Hepatitis, and Related Diseases Inc (TasCAHRD) |
| Tasmanian School Canteen Association |
| Tasmanian SIDS Inc |
| The Association for Children with Disability (Tasmania) Inc |
| The Parkside Foundation |
| Uniting (Victoria & Tasmania) Limited |
| Women’s Health Tasmania |
| Women’s Legal Service Tasmania Inc |
| Wyndarra Centre Inc |
| Yemaya Women’s Support Service Incorporated |
| Youth Family & Community Connections Incorporated |