Healthy Tasmania

24/10/2025

Being accurate matters - that’s why we need good data, collected well and baked in from the start.

But data alone won’t cut it. Resonance is what turns information into influence. And the only way to make sure our impact data resonates is to get in tune with the people who need to understand it.

That means taking the time to know them - asking better questions, reflecting on what’s happening in their world.

Do that, and you don’t have to cross your fingers hoping they’ll read the numbers right. You already know how to make your impact matter… to them.

20/10/2025

One of our all time fav photos! That moment at a Neighbourhood Houses Tasmania Conference when one of our community participants, Casper, stepped into be our promo guy! Love your work Casper!

17/10/2025

You might already have a spreadsheet filled with numbers, percentages and graphs. Maybe what’s missing is one more column - the column for stories.

It's your stories that brings those numbers to life. While data shows the scale, a story makes it matter. When you bring the two together, your impact becomes visible, memorable and impossible to ignore.

14/10/2025

Just found this ripper in the archives - could've have been our Album Cover....

12/10/2025

When you’re part of a community program, the impact is obvious, you can see it, feel it, and live it. But from the outside, that impact is often invisible, and that invisibility is frustrating!

Without simple, robust ways to collect data, the strength of programs can be overlooked by funders and policymakers. That why having easy ways to collect data, suited to community environments, is so important.

When collecting data isn’t a burden, programs can back up their work, communities can show their true value, and the work being done to improve health outcomes will finally get the recognition, and the funding, it deserves.

11/10/2025

When you’re part of a community program, the impact is obvious, you can see it, feel it, and live it. But from the outside, that impact is often invisible, and that invisibility is frustrating!

Without simple, robust ways to collect data, the strength of programs can be overlooked by funders and policymakers. That’s why it's important to make data collection easy and suited to community environments.

When collecting data isn’t a burden, programs can back up their work, communities can show their true value, and the work being done to improve health outcomes will finally get the recognition, and the funding, it deserves.

08/10/2025

Throwback to 2018, when we kicked off our very first Healthy Shed program. What started as a simple idea - bringing local health services and information to community groups rather than the other way around - grew into something special.

Programs like this rely of the support of different funders, our community partners, and of course our legendary participants. It's because of these awesome relationships we’ve been able to run Healthy Shed in multiple communities. Some more proof that when you meet people where they are, great things happen.

05/10/2025

We keep coming back to this line from the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) in their 2017 Data and Community report, because it’s still just as relevant today. The reminder is clear - if we don’t collect and use data well, community programs risk being judged on anecdote alone.

We know this battle well. Most community programs have always had impact, what’s been missing is an easy, reliable way to collect and show it. That’s why we solved the problem.

We built a simple system that takes the headache out of data collection, so program officers can back up their work and the community sector can show its true value. Robust data makes sure impact can’t be ignored, helping decision-makers move from opinion to evidence.

02/10/2025

Throwback Thursday to the early days of Healthy George Town ! We love seeing this community wide program continue to go from strength to strength. It’s always a joy when we catch a glimpse of programs we once worked alongside in those early days - helping get things moving for 12+ months before they grew into their own. It’s a reminder that the best outcomes come from collaboration, and we’re proud to have played a small part in a much bigger story.

29/08/2025

This is one of the projects that has been keeping Penny lately - it's no surprise that it's focused very much on people and their stories.

While most people know there’s an aluminium smelter at Bell Bay, we rarely get to hear what it’s like through the eyes of the people who work there. That’s what makes this new podcast so interesting - it's the human side of making aluminium - and the humans certainly delivered the stories!

The trailer has just dropped, with the first episode out on Monday. Click through now, have a listen, and press follow!!

Thank you to Bell Bay Aluminium for the opportunity to gather these stories and meet the people who shared them so openly.

🎧 Hot Spots: The Stories That Shaped Bell Bay 🎙️

We’ve been quietly working behind the scenes with podcaster extraordinaire Penny Terry on something special to mark our 70th year… and it’s finally time to share it with you!

Introducing Hot Spots – a five-part podcast celebrating 70 years of Bell Bay Aluminium through the voices and stories that bring the smelter to life.

🔊 Get a sneak peek here: https://podfollow.com/hot-spots-bell-bay-aluminium

📅 The first episode drops September 1 – hit follow now so you don’t miss a moment!

16/08/2025

“The best way to get warm over winter.”
– Direct from the Healthy Hobart dancefloor ❄️🔥👢

If you’ve ever wondered whether line dancing could heat things up faster than your heat pump.. the answer is: yes. Yes, it can.

Because keeping active in winter doesn’t have to mean solo workouts and cold starts—it can be music, movement and moments that make you feel part of something.

So if your toes are cold and your motivation’s hiding under a doona, take it from our community: dancing is basically a wearable heater with bonus laughs.

14/07/2025

Some stories are told in the moment. Others are told in hindsight.

We're thinking about both.