Tasmanian LiFE Awards – 2026 Nominee
Communities in Action for Suicide Prevention LiFE Award
The Communities in Action for Suicide Prevention LiFE Award acknowledges the crucial role that communities play in identifying and taking action towards suicide prevention. This award recognises any group or community, whether it’s a sports club, community group, or a hobby group, that works together to prevent suicide. This may involve developing a local plan for mental wellbeing and suicide prevention or organising activities that bring the community together to facilitate social connection and provide opportunities to discuss mental health and suicide prevention.
The Redress Hub
In 2022, The ReDress Hub: Keeping Things Circular was founded, a Launceston-based social enterprise dedicated to extending the life of clothing. Beyond saving textiles from landfill, The ReDress Hub has become a space for connection, creativity, and wellbeing – supporting mental health through shared purpose and community belonging.
The ReDress Hub began as a way to share skills in clothing making and mending but it became much more. While their workshops teach skills in repairing and remaking, events like the ReDressed Refashion Competition and Show engage the Tasmanian community. Another initiative, the ReGift Project, offers fully subsidised workshop places for people experiencing financial hardship. An inspiring outcome of this project has been The Can Do Crew based out of Youth Health North in Ravenswood. Many started out facing mental health challenges, unemployment, and even homelessness. Through the workshops, they’ve developed sewing and upcycling skills while rebuilding confidence and self-worth.
Saturday Sewcials is another successful wellbeing initiative, where people gather to sew, knit, embroider, and share a cuppa in a relaxed environment.
“When I’m at the ReDress Hub, it feels like I’m with my people. We come from different walks of life, but our shared creativity brings us together perfectly.” — Participant
The ReDress Hub works with organisations like City Mission, Self Help, Relationships Australia Tasmania, and Youth Health North to better understand community needs and create meaningful opportunities for engagement. Through listening and adapting, The ReDress Hub has become a joyful, inclusive space that nurtures creativity, wellbeing, and human connection – one stitch at a time.
Proudly sponsored by Lifeline Tasmania
