Sexual and
gender diverse people in local and regional communities stand to benefit
significantly from the Coming Out Proud Program (COPP) Trust’s $10,000 funding
allocations for 2009, which were recently announced.
The COPP Trust
has developed a substantial capital investment base to finance social wellbeing
and enterprise initiatives designed to assist LGBT people in Tasmania’s
regional communities to ‘come out with pride’, enabling them to live in their
community with dignity as fully respected and participating members.
Representing
self-determined regional philanthropy that provides support and protection for
LGBTI people in local & regional communities, the Trust operates with funds
generously donated by community members.
The COPP
Trust has established five funding areas for 2009 and invites applications or matching
funding from local self-determined organisations.
To support
the COPP Community Liaison Committee & endorsing Councils to develop and
implement a management plan to assist local sexual and gender diverse people, the
following amounts have been allocated:
$2000 each to the Nth West
Coast/West Coast and Greater Launceston/East Coast Communities ($4000
total)
$1000 each to the Greater
Hobart (including Glenorchy and Clarence) Communities and the
Kingborough/Huon Municipalities ($2000 total)
An
additional $2000 has been awarded to the Gay and Lesbian Switchboard , supporting
a promotional campaign for its telephone counselling services, and for the development
of a manual detailing appropriate mainstream and special local/regional
services for Tasmania’sLGBTI
communities.
Four
regional small grants of $500 ($2000 total) have been allocated to LGBTI
victims of hate crimes working with local police and the COPP Community Liaison
Committees.This is in line with the LGBTI
Tasmanian Police Liaison Committee, which recently produced the posters and
leaflets targeting LGBTI people experiencing hate crimes.
While no
funding has yet been appropriated, the COPP Trust is raising a capital base to
assist in the development of proposed LGBTI Suicide Prevention Grants. These
will be developed in line with the recommendations of the Tasmanian Suicide
Prevention Council Consultation Report due to be released in late January 2009.
Application
for all grant areas can be made to the COPP State Steering Committee. Contact
Julian Punch via email at
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or your local COPP Chairpersons
listed at www.comingoutproud.com
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