Consulting and training for people doing the hard work — in family violence, child protection, youth justice, and community services.
75+
Years combined experience
14+
Training programs
NFP
Social enterprise
What we do
Practice that changes practice.
We don't do generic workshops. We bring deep sector knowledge, lived experience of the system, and a genuine commitment to better outcomes for families.
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Training
Trauma-informed, evidence-based programs built for the real world. From half-day workshops to multi-day intensives, tailored for your team.
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Consulting
Policy development, practice frameworks, program design, and organisational capacity building. We work alongside you, not above you.
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Workforce Development
Supervision, mentoring, leadership coaching, and reflective practice — building the people who build the sector.
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Research & Advocacy
Policy submissions, media engagement, conference presentations, and community education. Using our voice for systemic change.
"Two women. Decades in rooms where hard things happen. We built Grace & Grit because the work matters too much to leave to chance."
Our surplus goes to the Lions Club Safer Families Project · Tasmania
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Our job is not to deny the story, but to defy the ending — to rise strong, recognise our story, and rumble with the truth until we get to a place where we think, 'yes. This is what happened. And I will choose how the story ends.'
Brené Brown
Rising Strong
Upcoming events
Coming soon.
Our training calendar is being finalised. Follow us on Facebook for announcements, or register your interest below and we'll be in touch the moment bookings open.
Watch this space! 🎉
Programs across family violence, child protection, leadership, cultural safety, and more — launching soon.
Guilt is like any other energy: you can't accumulate it or keep it because it makes you sick and disrupts the system you live in — you have to let it go. Face the truth, make amends and let it go.
Tyson Yunkaporta
Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World
Who we are
Built by practitioners, for practitioners.
Grace & Grit was founded by two women who got tired of watching excellent people burn out in broken systems. We bring 75+ years of combined experience across child protection, family violence, youth justice, First Nations leadership, community development, media, and government policy.
We are a not-for-profit social enterprise based in lutruwita/Tasmania. Our surplus is directed to the Lions Club Safer Families Project.
Tanya Brooks-Cooper
Co-founder · CORE Trainer
Tanya has 34 years of cross-sector experience across child protection, family violence, youth justice, disability, community development, media, and government policy in Queensland and Tasmania.
She is Tasmania's only active certified Safe & Together™ CORE Trainer, recently completing the S&T Supervisor and Manager Credential. Tanya has appeared before federal parliamentary committees, advised on national policy, and co-wrote the ABC television series Total Control.
She describes herself as a Community Connector. System Shaker. Story Seeker.
Safe & Together™ CORE TrainerS&T Supervisor & ManagerBA Human Services, JCUCert IV CelebrancyDSS Expert Panel
Marg Cranney
Co-founder · Principal Consultant
Marg brings 40+ years of experience spanning First Nations education and leadership, curriculum development, cultural safety, strategic planning, and organisational capacity building.
She served as an AIATSIS Research Fellow for nine years and was the principal researcher on the Concept Study that led to the establishment of the Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre (AILC). She co-authored the Australian Government PEPA Mentoring Guide and is President of the Tasmanian Online Lions Club, whose Safer Families Project receives Grace & Grit's social enterprise surplus.
AIATSIS Research FellowPEPA Mentoring GuideFirst Nations LeadershipCultural SafetyLions Club President
What we believe
Our values.
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Survivor-centred
Everything we do starts with keeping children safe and non-offending parents supported.
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Honest
We name hard things. Good practice means telling the truth about what's working and what isn't.
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Relational
We build genuine partnerships with the organisations and communities we work with.
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Evidence-based
Our practice is grounded in research, frameworks, and lived experience — not trends.
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Community-first
Our surplus goes back to the community. Always. Social enterprise means something to us.
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Everything in creation is sentient and carries knowledge — therefore everything is deserving of your respect.
Tyson Yunkaporta
Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World
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Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; choosing what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy; and choosing to practise our values rather than simply professing them.
Brené Brown
Dare to Lead
Training & Consulting
Something good is coming.
Watch this space.
Our full training calendar is being finalised and will be live very soon. In the meantime, we'd love to hear what your team needs — get in touch and we'll be in touch when bookings open.
All programs are available as open public events or tailored in-house for your organisation. Custom packages, multi-day intensives, and online delivery all available.
Here's a taste of what we'll be offering. All programs can be tailored for your organisation — get in touch early to talk about what you need.
"If people are laughing, they are learning. True learning is a joy because it is an act of creation."
Tyson Yunkaporta · Sand Talk
Family Violence
Family Violence Foundations
Core knowledge for practitioners across all sectors on recognising, responding to, and documenting family violence effectively.
Coming SoonHalf day · In-person or online
Family Violence
DFSV Practice Framework
Deep dive into domestic, family, and sexual violence practice frameworks for frontline workers and team leaders.
Coming SoonFull day · In-person
Child Protection
Keeping Children Safe
Practical child protection training for community sector workers — risk assessment, mandatory reporting, and collaborative practice.
Coming SoonFull day · In-person or online
Child Protection · Family Violence
Trauma-Informed Practice
Understanding trauma, its impact on children, families and practitioners, and how to build a genuinely trauma-informed team culture.
Coming Soon2 days · In-person
Leadership
Leadership in the Community Sector
Practical leadership development for team leaders, coordinators, and senior practitioners navigating complex, high-stakes environments.
Coming Soon2 days · In-person
Leadership
Supervision That Works
Building reflective, strengths-based supervision practice. For supervisors, team leaders, and managers in community services.
Coming SoonFull day · In-person or online
Wellbeing
Secondary Trauma & Burnout Prevention
Recognising and responding to vicarious trauma and burnout in the community sector — for individuals and organisations.
Coming SoonHalf–full day · In-person or online
Cultural Safety
Cultural Safety in Practice
Building genuine cultural safety and responsiveness in community services — moving beyond awareness to embedded, systemic change.
Coming SoonFull day · In-person
Family Violence · Child Protection
Working with Perpetrators
Understanding perpetrator patterns, tactics, and accountability — holding perpetrators responsible while keeping families safe.
Coming SoonFull day · In-person
Leadership · Wellbeing
Managing Difficult Conversations
Practical frameworks for honest, hard conversations — with clients, colleagues, and systems — that build rather than break.
Coming SoonHalf day · In-person or online
Child Protection · Family Violence
Case Notes That Count
Writing case notes that are clear, purposeful, and safe — capturing what matters for children, families, and accountability.
Coming SoonHalf day · In-person or online
Custom
Bespoke Team Development
Don't see exactly what you need? We design programs around your organisation's specific context, challenges, and goals. Get in touch early — we love a good brief.
Advocacy & Submissions
Using our voice for systemic change.
We don't just train — we show up in the rooms where policy gets made. Grace & Grit contributes to consultations, inquiries, and public debate on the issues that matter to the families and practitioners we work with.
April 2026
House of Representatives Standing Committee — DFSV and Suicide Inquiry
Tanya appeared before the federal committee in a personal capacity, presenting on the intersection of domestic, family, and sexual violence and suicide. The appearance drew on 34 years of practice experience and direct work with families navigating these intersecting crises.
Federal Parliament
May 2026
Rethink and Beyond — Tasmanian Mental Health Strategy
Grace & Grit submission to the Tasmanian Government's mental health strategy review, focusing on the intersection of mental health and family violence, trauma-informed systems responses, and workforce capacity.
Tasmanian Government
2025–2026
Tasmanian Youth Justice Facility — Model of Care
Contribution to the development of a Model of Care for Tasmania's new youth justice facility, drawing on practice expertise in trauma, family violence, and adolescent development.
Youth Justice
2025
Integrity Commission Amendment (Mandatory Notifications) Bill 2025
Submission on proposed amendments to Tasmania's integrity framework, with a focus on implications for community sector organisations and practitioners.
Tasmanian Parliament
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Brave leaders are never silent around hard things.
Brené Brown
Dare to Lead
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I'm not reporting on Indigenous Knowledge systems for a global audience's perspective. I'm examining global systems from an Indigenous Knowledge perspective.
Tyson Yunkaporta
Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World
News & Insights
Thinking out loud.
Reflections, updates, and ideas from the team at Grace & Grit.
April 2026
What I said to the federal parliament about DFSV and suicide
In April I appeared before the House of Representatives Standing Committee in a personal capacity. Here's what I shared — and why I think it matters for how we talk about these two intersecting crises.
April 2026
Why Grace & Grit is a social enterprise — and what that actually means
Every dollar of surplus we generate goes to the Lions Club Safer Families Project. But social enterprise is more than where the money goes — it's a way of doing business that puts community outcomes at the centre.
March 2026
AI in the community sector — opportunity or threat?
We've been developing free AI literacy workshops for community sector workers. Here's our thinking on why this matters — and why it's not as scary as it sounds.
February 2026
The Safe & Together difference — what it means for Tasmanian families
As Tasmania's only active certified Safe & Together™ CORE Trainer, Tanya reflects on why the framework matters and what it looks like in practice for children and non-offending parents.
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Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly
Get in touch
Let's talk.
Whether you want to book a training, discuss a consulting project, or just have a conversation about what your team needs — we'd love to hear from you.