Community Stories
You can use the categories to the right to explore particular topics. You’ll also find inspiring stories about some of the wonderful things community groups do with that funding. We also share a selection of media stories, where FRRR or a member of our staff has been featured. For any media enquiries, email Julie Weldon or call 0423 110 802.
Resilience Hack youth team responds in Byron Bay
27 Jul 2021 – Resilience Hack is a unique program responding to extreme weather events, empowering young people by developing their leadership and emergency response skills. Delivered through the latter half of 2020, amid many…
Protecting the Stone Country
05 Jul 2021 – Warddeken, an Aboriginal owned not-for-profit company, combines traditional ecological knowledge with Western science to manage and protect one of Australia’s most unique environments.
Wonthaggi artworks to the rescue
24 Jun 2021 – Building confidence and connection with youth through art was the focus of a project supported by a $4,840 Gardiner Dairy Foundation grant in 2019. The State Coal Mine – Rescue…
A blower and mower lifts community spirits
24 Jun 2021 – Situated in the Banana Shire of Queensland, the Theodore Bowls Club, is the only licensed facility where families, including children of all ages, can get together. Since 2014, volunteers have…
Promoting resilience and hope in our community
24 Jun 2021 – A 2015 survey identified mental health, bullying, educational opportunities, personal safety, and drug and alcohol use as the top five issues of concern to local youth in the West Tamar.…
Enhancing quality of life with improved access
24 Jun 2021 – Murray Human Services, trading as Vivid, provides a range of programs and services to people living with disabilities in the northern agricultural region of Victoria. Burke House is a boutique…
Future Drought Fund’s Networks to Build Drought Resilience Grantseeker Workshops
07 Jun 2021 – UPDATE: Workshop recording is available to watch.
Drought stricken Community Hub gets a boost
28 May 2021 – The Maryvale Community Hall is the central hub for social gatherings, private functions, and the meeting place for many local groups. It’s the core of a community struggling with the…
Solar energy helps sustain and retain community connection
28 May 2021 – On the main street of Hillston, you’ll find the Red Dust and Paddy Melons Gallery & Information Centre bustling with activity. Among the local art, craft and produce, including olive…
Connecting creatives during COVID
28 May 2021 – While the Black Saturday bushfires were now more than a decide ago, the effects are still being felt in the Victorian communities that were impacted. One such place was Kinglake, and…