We found our people – whoever they are.

This week’s small project wasn’t loud.
It didn’t involve wood or microphones or big gatherings.

It was about walking alongside one person.

Someone who wanted to engage more deeply with the LGBTIQA+ community — but didn’t know where to start.

So we started small.

We researched gatherings.
We looked at safe spaces.
We made a few calls.
We booked appointments.

And then we didn’t just send them.

We went together.

Sometimes belonging isn’t about finding “your people.”Sometimes it’s about having someone sit beside you the first time.

Along the way we talked context — what each organisation does, how they operate, where they overlap, and how things connect. As a volunteer with FNB Hobart, there may even be future collaboration between community meal spaces and these organisations. Threads start forming when people feel confident enough to show up.

That’s the work.
Not grand.
Not viral.

Just creating the conditions where someone can stand a little more steadily in who they are.

Create belonging.
Build something small that matters.
Tell the story.