The Hobart Clinic is one of four successful applicants who have been awarded a Tasmanian Government Therapeutic Farming Grant!
Minister for Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing – Guy Barnett, made the announcement on Saturday as part of the Tasmanian Government’s $410 million mental health reform agenda.
The Hobart Clinic, The West Winds Community Centre, Live Well Tasmania, and The Northern Suburbs Community Centre have each been awarded $20,000 to run a therapeutic farming pilot program over the next 12 months, with an additional $5,000 awarded for a formal evaluation of each pilot program.
Whilst not a huge amount of funding, this is significant step for The Clinic which is strongly aligned to our strategic plan in a number of ways:
(i) It provides an opportunity to expand our service offering into innovative new services into the early intervention and prevention space within the Stepped-Care model of mental health services;
(ii) It signals we can successfully apply for and win grants, thereby developing new revenue streams; and
(iii) It provides us with an opportunity to extend our reach and showcase what we can do to new audiences – people who might otherwise not know or hear about The Hobart Clinic and the wonderful work we do providing ‘Life Changing Care’.
