Tenbensel & Dee - Chartered Accountants

Community
As a firm we wish to invest in Tasmania. We want to enrich the lives of Tasmanians and support organisations that have similar values to our own. The firm has thought about how to achieve this objective. Being a small firm we need to leverage off the existing efforts of others.

Those activities that improve the quality of life of Tasmanians are of interest to us. In particular those activities that emphasise the things that unite us rather than those that separate us. We believe that through cooperation and innovation we can make a difference.

Awards
The Tenbensel and Dee medal is awarded for the Highest Achievement by a graduating MPA (Master of Professional Accounting) student at UTAS.

Our most recent community support action
Tenbensel and Dee is proud to be sponsoring the TasPride Film Festival, part of the larger TasPride Festival. The TasPride Festival is a state-wide gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (GLBTIQ) community festival. A key aim of the TasPride Festival is to "develop harmony and understanding not only within the GLBTIQ community, but across the wider Tasmanian and Australian communities."

We see this as fitting well with our values of:

invest in positive relationships
work together in an atmosphere of trust
engage in honest and open communication
recognise that our clients and our staff are individuals, and respect that individuals have varying needs.

We are proud to play our part in developing harmony and understanding in our community and to work with TasCHARD and Queer Screen to support a signature event – The TasPride Film Festival!

The Festival runs from 31 October 2009 to 15 November 2009. We think the highlight of the Film Festival will be "The Top Twins: Untouchable Girls" on Saturday 14 November at 8:30 pm.

"TasPride are thrilled to screen a revealing look into the lives of the World's only comedic, country singing, dancing and yodelling lesbian twin sisters Jools and Lynda Topp." TasPride Festival guide 2009

More information about TasPride and the festival is available at www.taspride.com.

Ongoing community support action
Tenbensel and Dee is providing pro bono services to Working It Out Inc., a non-profit organisation. Working It Out is Tasmania's gender and sexuality support and education service, providing direct support to the gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual and intersex community and education and training to the wider Tasmanian community.

Tenbensel and Dee have assisted them in gaining Deductible Gift Recipient status. By implementing salary packaging, we are assisting them to attract and retain high-quality employees.

We provide postage to Hunter Island Press which was founded in 2004 by Tasmanian print makers. Their aim is to establish a safe, affordable, professional printmaking facility in Hobart for artists, graduates and the wider community. If you would like to find out more, or to find out where their latest exhibitions are, please follow this link.

Voluntary Board Positions
Trevor is a Board Member of Mary Ogilvy Homes Society.
Robert is President of the Derwent Mercantile Collegiate Rowing Club Inc.