2023 Community Grant Recipients
Round 5: October 2023 - March 2024
Organisation Name |
Community Grant Project Title |
Grant Amount |
Open House Hobart |
Open House Hobart 2023 |
$3,000 + in-kind |
Bass Strait Maritime Centre |
Model of Tasmanian Aboriginal Canoe by Rex Greeno |
$5,000 |
Clifton Beach SLSC |
Inclusion and Diversity Surf Rescue Board |
$2,000 |
Festival Of King Island Inc. |
Festival of King Island 2024 |
In-kind support |
First Derwent Sea Scouts |
Scout & Navy Cadet Derwent River Challenge |
$2,000 |
Furneaux Museum |
Exhibition support |
$5,000 |
Geilston Bay Boat Club |
Geilston Bay Boat Club jetty deck renewal project |
$5,000 |
Invasive Seastar Clean Up - Tasmania |
Invasive Seastar Clean Up - Tasmania |
$1,400 |
Julie Burgess Inc. |
Replacement of Mizzen cloth for Julie Burgess Tall Sailing Ship |
$5,000 |
Marine Rescue Ulverstone |
Training equipment - Water Rescue Overboard Manikins |
$4,588 |
Maritime Museum of Tasmania |
Documentary film for exhibition “Life of a Port, Rex Cox maritime photographer” |
$5,000 |
Motor Yacht Club of Tasmania |
Stormy Seas Life Jackets for ML Egeria crew |
$2,800 |
North West Blues Club |
Maritime Museum Event |
$1,650 |
Port Sorell Surf Life Saving Club |
Purchase of communication equipment |
$4,870 |
Scouts Tasmania - Mt Faulkner Scout Group |
Rigging renewal project |
$2,734 |
Round 4: April - September 2023
Organisation Name |
Community Grant Project Title |
Grant Amount |
Big hART |
KELP |
$5,000 |
Dodges Ferry Volunteer Marine Rescue. |
Marine Rescue safety and training equipment |
$4,971 |
Festival of Voices |
Festival of Voices 2023 Free Waterfront Events |
$5,000 + in-kind |
King Island Child Care and Early Learning Centre Inc. |
Educational Outdoor Environment |
$5,000 |
Midway Point Yacht Club Inc |
Jetty repair and water safety equipment |
$4,163 |
Mission to Seafarers, Burnie |
Celebration of the International Day of the Seafarer 2023 |
$4,480 |
Mudlark Theatre Inc. |
Mudlark Theatre - Garden on the Moon |
$5,000 |
Narryna Heritage Museum Inc |
Publishing of the 1834-52 Journals of Captain Andrew Haig |
$5,000 |
Sailability Tasmania (South) |
Repainting of two Payne keelboats |
$5,000 |
Tamar Sea Rescue Services Inc |
Rescue Vessel Seating Upgrade |
$5,000 |
Volunteer Marine Rescue Kingborough |
Marine Rescue Training |
$1,966.55 |
2022 Community Grant Recipients
Round 1: April - June 2022
Organisation Name |
Community Grant Project Title |
Grant Allocated |
DRILL Performance Company Inc |
dissolving labels - a youth dance production |
$5,000 in-kind |
Rotary Club of Devonport North |
Devonport Motor Show |
$5,000 |
George Town Neighbourhood House |
Shed Floor Resurfacing |
$5,000 |
King Island District High School |
School Sports Shirts and Defibrillator |
$2,500 |
Low Head Pilot Station Support Group Inc. |
Old Pilot Station Jetty Repairs |
$5,000 |
Mainly Maritime St Helens |
Maritime Library Bookcases |
$5,000 |
Sprout Tasmania |
Cross-Pollinate Conference |
$2,500 |
Round 2: July - September 2022
Organisation Name |
Community Grant Project Title |
Grant Allocated |
Festival of Voices |
Choirs in the Community Pop-Up Performances |
$5,000 in-kind |
King Island Show Society |
Purchase of Two Marquees |
$4,051 |
Low Head Community Garden |
Greenhouse Construction |
$5,000 |
Mawson’s Hut Foundation |
Australian Antarctic Festival’s Painted Penguin Rookery |
$5,000 + in-kind |
Sailability Launceston |
Two Replacement Outboard Motors |
$5,000 |
Tasmanian Sail Training Association |
Lady Nelson Marine Artists Program |
$5,000 |
Round 3: October 2022 - March 2023
Australian Institute of Architects |
Open House Hobart 2022 |
$5,000 + in-kind |
Festival of King Island |
Festival of King Island PA System |
$5,000 + in-kind |
Friends of One and All Sailing Ship Inc |
Set Sail to Connect |
$5,000 + in-kind |
Mersey Yacht Club |
Offshore Seamanship Safety program |
$4,800 |
Mount Lyell - Strahan Picnic Committee |
Mt Lyell Strahan Picnic 2023 & history research project |
$5,000 |
Royal Hobart Regatta |
TasPorts Come and Try Day 2023 |
$5,000 |
Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania |
Maria Island Race 2022 |
$5,000 |
Sandy Bay Sailing Club |
VHF Marine Radio Upgrade Project |
$4,960 |
Spring Bay Maritime & Discovery Centre |
Spring Bay Maritime Museum Renewal Project |
$5,000 |