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Hope for a healthier community
Anglicare Tasmania's Social Action and Research Centre has published a position paper that advocates for the decriminalisation of the possession and personal use of illicit drugs in Tasmania. Read more![A photo of Ryleigh wearing his football club top just finishing the park run on a saturday. He is milling.](https://staging-anglicare.kingsdigital.dev/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Ryleigh-Thyne-House-June-2023-e1687495592774-1024x952.jpg)
On the front foot
Sixteen-year-old Ryleigh is making his mark at Thyne House in Launceston. Read more![A lady with her hand held behind her ear as if she is trying to hear something.](https://staging-anglicare.kingsdigital.dev/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/shutterstock_1628546623-hearing-1024x683.jpg)
Hear ye, hear ye
March 3 is World Hearing Day. Anglicare supports older Tasmanians to keep their ears healthy and their hearing at its best. Read more![A member of Anglicare's Needle and Syringe Program is pictured in the Burnie outlet. Behind her there are posters with health messages and sterile injecting equipment for people who use drugs.](https://staging-anglicare.kingsdigital.dev/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/nikki-e1664498242891.jpg)
Reasons to smile
The Anglicare team at the Burnie Needle and Syringe Program cares about its local community, including people's dental health. Read more![Jo Murphy from Anglicare Tasmania Hobart NSP service](https://staging-anglicare.kingsdigital.dev/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/NSP-Watchorn-Street-Jo-Murphy-scaled-e1661833701745-1024x947.jpg)
Safe, welcoming and innovative
Anglicare's Needle and Syringe Program (NSP) team is leading a new trial that has the potential to reduce drug overdose in Tasmania and save lives. Read more![Hepatitis C testing day. Confidential, free Hep C blood test.](https://staging-anglicare.kingsdigital.dev/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/HEP-C.jpg)
Free ‘Hep C’ tests available in Burnie
Anglicare will host a free Hep C testing clinic at its Burnie office on Fridays throughout December. Read more![Hep C Testing Day Confidential free blood test](https://staging-anglicare.kingsdigital.dev/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FB-Banner-Hep-C-Testing-Day-1024x536.jpg)
Hepatitis C clinic moves to Bridgewater during November
There will be a free and confidential Hepatitis C testing clinic coming to Bridgewater next month. Read more![World Hepatitis Day 2021](https://staging-anglicare.kingsdigital.dev/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/TASCANTWAIT-Hepatitis-Day-graphic-2021-1024x1024.jpg)