Southern-Based Food Resilience Pilot Grant Program 2026-27

The Southern Place-Based Food Resilience Grant Program (Grant Program) 2026-27 will provide $210,000 (GST exclusive) to an eligible organisation to deliver a place-based pilot in southern Tasmania to assist in moving from food relief to food resilience.

Applications should demonstrate how they will:

• Increase access to affordable, quality and nutritious food to Tasmanians.
• Address diversity, choice and culturally appropriate food options.
• Collaborate with other local organisations that support place-based food resilience.
• Deliver meaningful, practical or lasting benefits to the place of the service.
• Build the capacity of the pilot project to become sustainable in the future.

We encourage you to also consider how your project aligns to the Tasmania Government commitments under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap. This could include ensuring your project is culturally respectful or captures data on the experiences of Tasmanian Aboriginals involved in the project.

If you have any questions about this program, please contact Community Services at communityservices@dpac.tas.gov.au or (03) 6135 9880.

Tasmania’s Food Resilience Strategy 2025-2031 (the strategy) was released in November 2025. It provides a framework to guide ongoing food relief efforts and support community-led solutions that build local resilience.

A key outcome in the strategy is to enable communities to lead local responses that work in their context, strengthening sustainable community food security.

The strategy builds on the work achieved in the Food Relief to Food Resilience Action Plan 2023-2025. (the action plan). The action plan committed to three place-based pilots to deliver community-led solutions to assist in moving from food relief to food resilience by developing sustainable solutions that meet community needs.

Two place-based pilots have commenced:

• North-West: A Social Supermarket and Café model called ‘Make it Fresh’ managed by Gran’s Van.
• North: A hybrid mobile and place-based food hub and social supermarket in Launceston called ‘LIFE – Launceston Independent Food Enterprise’.

The Southern Place-Based Food Resilience Grant Program aims to identify a place-based pilot in southern Tasmania.

Affordable food includes both the ability to pay without suffering hardship and being able to purchase an adequate level to meet individual or household needs on a sustainable basis.

Food access refers to the resources and ability that communities, households and individuals have (or do not have) to acquire and consume a healthy diet within proximity.

Food security is when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.

Food resilience is the capacity of individuals, communities and systems to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disruptions to food access. A resilient food system ensures that everyone can continue to access safe and adequate food, even during times of stress – whether caused by climate events, economic hardship or logistical disruptions.

Place-based refers to a collaborative way of working that focuses on local needs, local solutions, and the unique attributes of a place.
Southern Tasmania includes the areas of:
• Brighton
• Derwent Valley
• Greater Hobart (Clarence, Glenorchy, Hobart and Kingborough)
• Huon Valley
• Sorell
• Southern Midlands
• Tasman