Tell Someone: Child Safety Small Grants Program

Overview

The Tell Someone: Child Safety Small Grants Program 2026–27 (the Grant Program) builds on the Tell Someone Initiative and supports the Tasmanian Government’s Change for Children Strategy by recognising the important role that community-based organisations play in keeping children and young people safe.

The Grant Program will contribute funding for eligible community-based organisations that deliver projects that align with shared objectives and contribute to the following improved child safety outcomes:

• safer environments for children and young people,
• reduced risk of child sexual abuse, grooming and harmful sexual behaviours, and
• stronger organisational and community capacity to prevent, identify and respond to concerns.

Funded projects should go beyond organisations’ minimum legal compliance requirements and align to one or more of these objectives:

1. Organisational capability uplift - Strengthening the skills and knowledge needed to prevent, identify, and respond to concerns.
2. Sustainable child-safe practice - Embedding lasting improvements in systems, policies, and behaviours that support safe environments.
3. Community awareness and protective behaviours- Increasing awareness and encouraging proactive protective behaviours in organisations and communities.
4. Leadership and collaboration - Supporting organisations to share learning and participate in the Tell Someone Network.
5. Long-term harm reduction - Contributing to reduced risk and improved safety outcomes for children and young people over time.

Funding

The total funding pool available under the Grants Program is $50,000 (GST exclusive).

Funding is available through two tiers to support organisations at different stages of their child safety journey.

Projects should align with one or more program objectives. Both tiers may contribute to any program objective; however, the scale, complexity and maturity of projects are expected to differ between tiers.

Eligible applicants

Eligible organisations include:

• Community‑based organisations that work directly with children and/or young people
• Incorporated not‑for‑profit organisations
• Not‑for‑profit companies registered under company law
• Aboriginal organisations
• Unincorporated organisations (must be auspiced by an incorporated organisation)

See the Guidelines below for more information on what your organisation will need to have in place to be eligible.

Keeping your project participants safe and supported

Activities that involve child safety topics, including child sexual abuse, grooming and harmful sexual behaviours, can be sensitive. They may also bring up people’s own experiences.

It is important that your project is designed and delivered in a way that is safe, appropriate and trauma‑informed.