10 Oct 2022 - Successful 2022 Training and Work Pathways Program projects

Successful applicants for the 2022 Training and Work Pathways Program (TWPP) have been announced.

The Training and Work Pathways Program (TWPP) provides grants to eligible individuals or organisations to undertake targeted activities to address specific disadvantages that impact on the ability of a target group/s to accessing and participating in training and employment.

The following is an update on the 2022 Training and Work Pathways Program grant round (22TWPP):

Fourteen (14) applications were received from thirteen (13) organisations, with a total value of $1,911,727.

Eleven (11) applications were recommended by the Selection Panel as suitable for funding. The total allocation is $1,587,329.

The TWPP budget for 2022-23 was approved by the Minister as part of the 2022-23 Skills Tasmania Purchasing Plan.

Successful applicants will have up to twelve months to complete project activity and achieve targets.

The list of successful applicants is available on the Skills Tasmania website

The related document has been attached for your convenience.

Successful applications

The breakdown of the successful applications is as follows:

• The approved projects aim to support a minimum of 350 participants.
• Eight (8) of the eleven (11) successful applications are related to or follow on from a previously or currently funded TWPP project (72%).
• Project activity will service twenty one (21) local government areas (LGAs).
• Industry pathways include: accommodation and food services – administration and support services – agriculture, forestry and fishing – arts and recreation services – construction – general industry – health care and social assistance – information, media and telecommunications – mining.
• Disadvantage includes: disconnect from education – cross generational under/unemployment – a minority culture background – lack of family/ social support – low motivation – caring responsibilities – language, literacy and numeracy barriers (LLN) – disability and/ or poor mental health – system funding gaps – lack of English language fluency – long term unemployment – perception of VET – economic downturn and/ or economic restructure – geographical remoteness.
• Target groups include: young people (18 – 24 years) – Aboriginal and/ or Torres Strait Islander community members – geographically isolated people/ communities – women – people with low levels of education and skills – people with low literacy and numeracy skills, including a lack of IT knowledge and skills – people with a lack of English language fluency and a minority culture background – cross generational under/ unemployed – people living in communities with concentrations of disadvantage – people with low income and experiencing poverty – people with a disability – people with mental health issues – migrants/ humanitarian entrants – older people (45+) – people living in areas suffering economic downturn and/ or industry restructure.