Neighbourhood Houses Tasmania has developed an important new partnership with MI Fellowship to improve a Grassroots approach to Mental Health through Neighbourhood Houses. Funding for this project was announced in August by Minister Michael Ferguson at Warrane Mornington Neighbourhood House. Check out this fact sheet for more information about the project. Fact Sheet GRMH About […]
Neighbourhood Houses Tasmania is excited to be launching a new project with the Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs Council (ATDC) – Connecting people with Support through Neighbourhood Houses. The project is funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services and aims to strengthen local communities and help Neighbourhood Houses across Tasmania that regularly see […]
Wow! A massive thank you to all the children, parents/caregivers, and Houses who participated in this year’s National Simultaneous Storytime! We broke a number of records this year: 25 Houses took part – 11 more than last year, and the most ever; At least 633 children took part, twice the number who attended last year’s […]
Neighbourhood Houses from Geeveston to Ulverstone have celebrated with their local communities and volunteers for Neighbourhood House Week 2015. Premier Will Hodgman and Minister Jacquie Petrusma joined folks at the Maranoa Heights Community Centre, and staff from Neighbourhood Houses Tasmania (NHT) for an afternoon tea to celebrate the achievements of volunteers the local community through their Neighbourhood […]
Well, 2015 is fast approaching, and that means the 2015 National Simultaneous Storytime is also coming up. Please keep Wednesday 27 May 2015 free for this great event! Neighbourhood Houses Tasmania and the Everyday Literacy for Local Communities project are once again proud to sponsor this event in Neighbourhood Houses and Centres across Tasmania. Last […]
TACH has changed! We are now Neighbourhood Houses Tasmania – abreviated to NHT. The recent TACH AGM voted to change the name of our peak body to Neighbourhood Houses Tasmania. This was so we have a clear focus on what we all do in the Neighbourhood House sector, and to remove the confusion with other […]
On Friday 25th July, the network of 34 Neighbourhood Houses and Centres in Tasmania and their Peak Body TACH welcomed the Premier Will Hodgman’s announcement at the Northern Suburbs Community Centre (Rocherlea) to invest an additional $1.8m into Neighbourhood Houses over the next two years. The Government has promised to provide each House with an […]
For a summary of the 2014-2015 federal budget and how it affects our sector click here. Analysis of the budget shows that it disproportionately affects low income families, with figures indicating that they could lose up to 15% of their disposable income. Whilst we are not economists, we do feel that the governments priorities should […]
Click here for a copy of AtTACH Autumn 2014
Click here for a copy.