Program overview
Safe, healthy, respectful, and progressive communities, based on cultural, Ailan Kastom and Aboriginal traditions.
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Grants open: Supporting safe communities in the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area
- legal services agreement secured to 2028
- year
- in grants and sponsorships in 2022–23
- $K
- for Mura Kosker Sorority Inc in 2022–23
- $K
Initiatives
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Contributing to safe communities policy and grant delivery in the region.
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Shaping regional planning and service delivery, including supporting social services, to address community and domestic safety issues.
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Supporting safe and accessible community infrastructure.
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Supporting the delivery of non-mainstream community and social support services, including capacity building in communities.
Key Activities
- Social support services
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TSRA Safe Communities provides operational funding for locally based community organisations to deliver social support services in the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area:
- Legal services
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TSRA’s investment in core legal services – as well as prevention, intervention, and community legal services – remains an important contribution to the region’s legal structure through the funding of service providers in the Torres Strait region, including Northern Peninsula Area.
- Core Legal Services provider: E&H Law
- Prevention, Intervention and Community Legal Education Services provider: Lena Passi Women’s Shelter
- Safety and wellbeing
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TSRA provides one-off grant opportunities to community organisations and groups to support programs towards improving safety and wellbeing of families and communities, including:
- Torres Strait Aged Care Association
- Thursday Island Justice Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal Corporation
- Salty Monkeys
- Iama Mura Garkazil Men’s Group
We maintain partnerships with key stakeholders to support, monitor and address the region’s ongoing challenges and opportunities that contribute to the safety and well-being of communities, families and individuals.
