Mental Health Council of Tasmania – Mental Health Week Small Grants Program 2026 (With Funding)

When applying for a Small Grant, consider how your event or activity can raise awareness and promote positive mental health and wellbeing while also helping to reduce stigma. Thoughtful activities and messaging can build resilience, foster understanding, and align with the Mental Health Week theme.

Your event may also provide opportunities to build partnerships and strengthen connections within the local community. By creating a supportive and inclusive environment, you can encourage individuals to seek help when they need it, promote self-care, and share useful resources that support ongoing mental health and wellbeing.

For examples of suitable events or activities, download the Event Toolkit in our suite of MHW Resources.

• The applicant must be a not-for-profit organisation, community group, school, or local service. Profit-oriented businesses and commercial enterprises are ineligible.
• The primary reason for the event or activity must NOT be to fundraise for or promote the applicant organisation.
• Organisations must have an ABN, or be auspiced by an organisation with an ABN.
• The event or activity must be undertaken in Tasmania.
• The event or activity must take place during Mental Health Week, unless otherwise agreed.
• The event or activity must clearly align with the annual theme for Mental Health Week.

Small Grants applications will be reviewed and assessed by the Mental Health Week Selection Panel.

The funding process is competitive, and your application will be rated against the following selection criteria.

Please also note, your full requested funding amount may not be available, and another amount may be allocated, should your Small Grant application be successful.

The selection criteria are as follows:

• Meets all necessary eligibility requirements.
• Aligns with the annual Mental Health Week theme.
• Willingness to explore collaboration and partnership with other organisations/agencies on the event, particularly those targeting the same audience and in the same location.
• Innovation and creativity of the event concept.
• Demonstrated clear targets around event size and audience.
• Demonstrated clear promotional planning and methods.
• Demonstrated considerable thought and planning has gone into budget and expenditure.
• If a previous applicant: have met all financial acquittal and reporting requirements in previous events or activities.

1. All grant recipients must register their 2026 event on the MHCT Mental Health Week event program via the Event Registration Page.
2. Grant recipients are strongly encouraged to complete the National Communications Charter online training (20-30 minutes) and sign up as signatories to the Charter.

A small-scale public event grant is considered to be for events or activities with an audience of between 50 – 100 people.

(This number does not include event organisers, staff or volunteers who run the event or people from partner organisations.)

A large-scale public event grant is considered to be for events or activities with an attendance of more than 100 people.

(This number does not include event organisers, staff or volunteers who run the event or people from partner organisations.)

A small targeted event grant is considered to be for events or activities that are for a specific demographic (e.g. new mothers, older Tasmanians) and will be hosted by a community organisation. The event or activity does not have a minimum audience requirement, but the application must demonstrate how the event will achieve meaningful engagement with the target audience.

A school community event grant is for schools hoping to host an event or activity for their students and/or wider school community. The event needs to be for an audience of 50 people or more.

(This number does include staff, volunteers or event organisers. It does not include people from organisations outside the school community that may be attending the event)