Grants, surveys, info for NH Board members, reporting and more

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27 May 2020

Hello

It's amazing, we start out thinking we've got a few things to post in Mailchimp, and by the time we finish its turned into another epic installment!. Grab a cuppa and have a browse through the info - there is bound to be something for you.

Did you forget to send in your item for the time capsule??

Neighbourhood House Week may be over but we are still accepting your items for inclusion in NHT's time capsule. We will now be sealing your letters in the Time Capsule (we are still accepting emailed versions of your letters - we promise not to read them) on the 30th June.
So if you want to be part of the fun in 2 years time when we open it, email your letter to Louise at admin@nht.org.au or post it to us.

#TogetherWeAreTheAnswer

Network ZOOM sessions (1 hours each)

10am Tuesday 2 June - TBC - Reconciliation Week
3pm Thursday 4 June - Andrew Fuller (highly recommended by NH Vic) (see the events page of the NHT website for more information.
9 and 11 June - what would you like to see/present?
16 June - what would you like to see/present?
Thursday 18th June- Rocky Baisi from the Accidental Counsellor (introductory chat)
Tuesday 23rd June: About the new CD handbook.
Thursday 26th June: Commissioner for Young People and Children (consultation).questions about managing our Houses as things start to open up.

All Network wide ZOOM session are accessible via the following links:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81639969787?pwd=aGxjWTA0STNMQUJFY0srb2x3a3JkUT09
Meeting ID: 816 3996 9787
Password: 303252
To phone in call: +61 3 7018 2005 Australia

We are also keeping track of these sessions on the events page of the NHT website.

Covid-19 Community Grants

These Hydro grants are intended to support specific initiatives across Tasmania that will help impacted communities overcome difficulties associated with COVID-19. Community organisations are invited to apply for grants up to $10,000. For more information please click here. Applications close - 5pm Friday 5 June 2020

Healthy Living Grant

The Department of Health and Neighbourhood Houses Tasmania
are working together to improve the health and wellbeing of Tasmanian communities. We want to encourage people to be healthy every day in as many ways as possible. Even the little things we all do, like walking to the bus stop or work, contribute to better health and wellbeing. Being physically active, eating well and connecting socially with others have so many benefits not just for our physical health but mental health too.
The Department (DoH) are offering another opportunity to Neighbourhood Houses to turn your great ideas for supporting health and wellbeing in your community, into reality.
DoH are offering one-off grant of $1000 to Neighbourhood Houses to help improve local access to health and wellbeing activities in some small way.

The Application details and form are available here. Sorry - only 1 application per House.

Jeder Institute forums.

The Jeder Institute are running interactive discussions on ZOOM, with conversations happening with people from around the world.
The sessions are happening at 8am and 8pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The Tasmania Project - Food Survey

UTAS' Institute of Social Change is currently conducting a survey of Tasmanian residents aged 18 years and over. The survey is focused on food security during the pandemic and whether they have been able to buy enough safe and healthy food to meet their needs during COVID-19. Including how they have shopped for food, and how food access and supply could be different in the future. To take the survey please click here

Input into Stage 1 of the Premiers Economic and Social Recovery Advisory Council.

TasCOSS is seeking input from Community Services to feed into Stage 1 of the Premiers Economic and Social Recovery Advisory Council. NHT will also be contributing a submission, and you can send any comments directly to us if you do not want to do the survey. Please send your comments to tracey@nht.org.au ASAP

Stage 1 of the work of the Council is to provide advice to the Premier by July 2020 on the status of the challenges and issues that Tasmania faces due to COVID-19, and potential immediate actions and initiatives. TasCOSS has been asked to co-ordinate input from Community Services on the following questions to generate a broadly-consistent picture across sectors of the nature of the economic and social impacts of COVID-19.

Survey questions are

What are the current impacts of COVID-19 on your sector, organisation and/or service users?
What impacts do you anticipate in the next few weeks and months and what will influence those impacts?
What data or information can you share to demonstrate this impact?
What has been put in place so far to address these impacts?
What isn’t being addressed?
Within your sector and more broadly, what do you see as priorities for a response?
- Eg What needs to stop, continue or commence?
What can be done to build business/consumer/community confidence?
What would help your sector or organisation to re-employ people?d p

You can take the survey here. It aims to collect 'headline information' and should take no more than 30 minutes to complete. The timeframe for this stage is very tight – my apologies for this.

The TasCOSS survey closes at 10am Monday 1st June.

House Board Members online Forum - 3 June

On Wednesday 3rd June from 5:30 to 6:30 pm, NHT will be holding another of our popular House Board Sessions. They are a great chance to connect with your fellow Board Members & find out what is happening in the Network. This time we will be joined by NHT Board Members - Michael Higgins, Kristy Leishman, Melinda Reed and Gary Barnes. Together we will be answering your questions & offering valuable insight into being a Board Member. To register your interest & get the link click here

WorkSafe Tasmania has a great selection of resources and information on their website, specially focused on managing the current COVID 19 situation. They also have independant Workplace Health and Safety Advisors who can visit your workplace for free. They do not report to the inspectors and the reporting aspect of Work Safe. Click here for the page

Men's Health Connected is a free, month-long summit for everyone who’s committed to improving the lives and health of men and boys in Australia.
There is an incredible program of great content - all available for free during June. Check into the schedule and sign up for a 1 hour session, or a whole day. Check out the program HERE. Make sure you click into each day for more detailed breakdown of the sessions.

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