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.
Sitting together and speaking up in WA’s mid-west
26 May 2021 – In Coorow, WA, a rural town 270km north of Perth, the Coorow Community Resource Centre (CCRC) provides professional and friendly services to the community, from access to information through to…
West Coast Connect takes locals down the garden path to employment
30 Apr 2021 – West Coast Connect in Tasmania, used an FRRR grant to introduce horticulture training into Queenstown, enhancing employment opportunities for local jobseekers.
‘Chappy’ supports Clarke Creek’s recovery
30 Apr 2021 – In the remote locality of Clarke Creek in Queensland, in the absence of a township, the Clarke Creek State School acts as the community hub. Following devastation from Cyclone Debbie,…
Wingham’s plan to keep the circus in town
30 Mar 2021 – Circatus’ Train the Trainer project in Wingham develops local skills to enhance the capacity and sustainability of an important creative outlet for youth.
“Thankyou for building a park in Woolomin for us kids.”
24 Mar 2021 – In the drought declared town of Woolomin, NSW, the local kids had nowhere safe to meet and play outside of school. The Tamworth Regional Council partnered with the Woolomin Recreation…
Leatherwork strengthens the social fabric in Lockyer Valley
24 Mar 2021 – An innovative program drawing on the personal experience of its founder’s family is making an impact on veterans and current service personnel in Queensland’s Lockyer Valley. Bootstraps is a volunteer-operated…
DeadlyScience – Inspiring a new generation of scientists in remote Australia
24 Mar 2021 – Did you know that some schools in remote Australian communities might have as few as 15 books in their library? That discovery in 2017 prompted Corey Tutt to start sourcing…
Grant helps the show go on in Bega
16 Mar 2021 – Funded through the In a Good Place grant program, My Black Dog’ was a powerful youth-centric research and performance project, that set out to learn about and support the mental…
Shed helps create a community and strengthen networks
11 Mar 2021 – In the five years following 2014, the little place of Roughlie, in Queensland’s Maranoa district, experienced pretty much everything the elements could throw at it. They endured floods, fires, severe…
Managing for dry times in Hovell’s Creek
05 Mar 2021 – The impact of investing in resilience Hovells Creek Landcare (HCL), NSW received an FRRR grant to support a series of workshops to increase land management knowledge and strategies, at the…