NHT Conference 2025

Registrations will open on 12 June, and will close on Friday 1 August.

This allows us to give enough notice to confirm numbers with our caterers and venues.

NHT received feedback that it worked well in the past when the conference starts at 1pm on the first day, to allow Houses to travel in the morning and not have to book an extra night of accommodation, so we have implemented that again this year.

However, we know some people will be arriving the night before, so wanted to ensure we had an activity available for people to attend. Most other state peak bodies run pre-conference activities, so we thought we could try this out this year and see how it runs.

The pre-conference workshops are optional, and have a separate ticket to conference registration (still purchased through the same Humanitix platform). The cost is $25 for members, and $125 for non-members. This includes a 2.5 hour workshop and morning tea, with lunch being available to all delegates as they arrive. 

Pre-conference workshop one - Cormac Russell

Cormac's pre-conference workshop will be an interactive session on the fundamentals of Asset Based Community Development, including:

• What is it
• What does it look like in practice
• How to ‘do it’
• What is our role?
• Why does it matter
• What enables/supports this to flourish

The session will be suited to Managers and staff in roles like Community Connector or similar. 

Cormac's workshop is open to external attendees (tickets purchased through conference Humanitix platform).

Pre-conference workshop two - Greg Hince, Frontline Mind

Community connections – lasting change
How to stay safe and well while enabling community connections and enhancing collective influence for useful change

In this workshop, we will teach practical strategies that anyone can use to enhance safety and wellbeing, especially when working with challenging behaviours, volatile circumstances, trauma, and uncertainty. We will also look at how understanding context enables effective responses involving community connections and collaboration, and how to maximise your collective influence.
This workshop will be interactive, practical and fun (and will not involve powerpoint!).

Greg's pre-conference workshop is for Neighbourhood House staff, volunteers, community members and board members only.

Yes! We're pleased to offer a package deal for members. If you are buying 4 member tickets, select the package deal to receive a discount of $200.

We are not selling individual day tickets to the conference. However, we understand that attending the whole conference is not an option for everyone. In some circumstances, we may be able to accommodate a custom registration for our members. Please reach out to the NHT team with details of what day you would like to attend and we will do our best to ensure your attendance at your preferred sessions.

We have a small number of external delegate tickets available (i.e. not a staff member, board member, volunteer, or community member from a Neighbourhood House).

However, we have reduced the number of external tickets from previous years, so these are limited in number and may be reserved for sponsors, partners etc. 

This conference program has a focus on connecting and networking across Houses, so at times during the program, external delegates may find there is a not a suitable session for them to attend. Please keep this in mind when booking your ticket, and reach out to NHT if you have any questions.

We need to register individual names and contact details for each attendee to ensure we can contact people in case of emergency, to capture any dietary or accessibility requirements, and to ensure an efficient check-in process.

If at any time after registering you need to change ticket details or would like to transfer a ticket from one person to another, please get in touch with NHT.

You can pay using a credit or debit card via the ticketing platform, or you can opt to pay by invoice which will be manually generated and sent to you a few days after your order.

Both payment options have a small transaction fee charged by Humanitix.

All invoice payments are due by 15 August.

Please be aware that our main venue requires going outside to move between spaces and to the bathrooms. 

Please bring:

• warm clothing
• wet weather gear
• and don’t forget your wonderful costume if you are attending the dinner!

Wednesday and Thursday: Kingborough Community Hub, 7 Goshawk Way, Kingston

Wednesday night: BBQ Dinner at Kingston Neighbourhood House, 24 Hawthorn Drive, Kingston (free and open to all!)

Thursday night conference dinner: Willie Smith's Apple Shed, 2064 Huon Highway, Grove

Friday Finale Festival: Neighbourhood Houses Tasmania Office, 16B Elmsleigh Rd, Derwent Park

We encourage everyone to make plans to get to and from our conference dinner safely, including having a designated driver for your group.

We will be reaching out to all dinner ticket holders to gauge interest in running a bus to/from the conference dinner to ensure everyone can get home safely.

NHT is committed to making our conference accessible, inclusive, and enjoyable to all. 

If you have any accessibility or dietary requirements, please let us know when purchasing your ticket. We will then make plans to provide what is needed, or where this is not possible, inform you of such. If you do not advise of accessibility or dietary requirements at the time of booking, we cannot guarantee it can be accommodated but will certainly try our best to make it happen.

Reach out to the NHT team if you have any specific questions or requests regarding accessibility - we are happy to help! This could include around signing and interpreting, sensory considerations, or anything else that removes barriers for attending the conference.

Below is some generic accessibility information for our venues. Please reach out if you need any further information and we will follow up for you.

During the conference, if you encounter any barriers, please let an NHT staff member know and we will be happy to assist.

Venue specific accessibility

Kingborough Community Hub 

• Accessible toilet onsite
• Disabled parking spots available
• Level access to all rooms and spaces

Kingston Neighbourhood House

• Accessible toilet onsite
• Street parking - we can reserve a couple of parking spots close to the door if needed - let a team member know.
• Level access to the building - there is some gravel in the driveway.

Willie Smith's  

• Disabled parking space
• Accessible toilet onsite
• Level access to the building - some gravel on pathways, and there is a ramp located inside the building to get to our main space.

Neighbourhood Houses Tasmania

• One disability parking spot available
• Onsite accessible toilet
• Level access to the building