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.
Totally Renewable Yackandandah
25 Nov 2020 – Totally Renewable Yackandandah (TRY) is a driving force behind its town’s push for renewables and increasing local ownership. TRY received $4,878 from the Australian Communities Foundation’s (ACF), through their FRRR…
Managing bushfire risk at Dolphin Sands
24 Nov 2020 – The Dolphin Sands Ratepayers Association received a $9,900 Tackling Tough Times Together grant, funded by Westpac Group, to engage a commercial mulcher and its crew, to process around 150 tonnes…
Leading in Longreach
26 Oct 2020 – A grant of $14,500 from the Tackling Tough Times Together program, co-funded by the Qantas Foundation and Friends of FRRR, meant that 20 people in Longreach, QLD, had the opportunity…
A new historic cellar for Beltana
26 Oct 2020 – Beltana is a small, state heritage listed town with a population of 35 people located 540 km north of Adelaide in South Australia. A $15,000 grant funded by ANZ and…
Friends of St Brigid’s get creative during COVID
20 Oct 2020 – The Friends of St Brigid’s (FoSB) Association Inc is a community organisation formed in 2006 after the closure of the local Church and Hall in Crossley, Victoria. The group purchased…
Episode 4: The Power of a shared passion for conservation
20 Oct 2020 – In our fourth and final podcast in this series, journalist Cameron Wilson discovers that a shared interest in conservation and environment can be a potent driver of social cohesion. We…
Powering the SES in emergencies
24 Sep 2020 – Severe thunderstorms are nothing new in the Clermont region of central Queensland. But the super cell that hit in the wake of Cyclone Debbie in 2017 was next level. A…
Feeling in need of a grease and oil change?
24 Sep 2020 – Mental and physical health is especially important in rural and remote areas, where resources are scarce and communities may be struggling with unique environmental challenges. An $11,200 grant from the…
New approach to pain in SA neck of the woods
24 Sep 2020 – With the help of an ECHO grant, The Pain Revolution, in conjunction with the University of South Australia, set out to establish a community-led health initiative to promote best-practice pain…
Healthy Wheatbelt Women
20 Aug 2020 – A Small Grant funded by a private donor has helped reduce isolation, build networks and strengthen physical and mental wellness for nearly 100 women in south west Western Australia.