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.
Gippsland’s Healthy CHAT project
28 Apr 2020 – Latrobe Community Health Services were awarded a $125,200 Enhancing Country Health Outcomes (ECHO) grant to develop and evaluate a training package for primary health staff in rural settings, in the…
Tackling tough times in the Tablelands
30 Mar 2020 – The Tablelands Regional Council (TRC) and Northern Gulf Resource Management Group (NGRMG) have worked together to deliver a range of drought relief projects that contributed to connectedness, social wellbeing and…
Making MediFriends in Whyalla
27 Mar 2020 – Country & Outback Health is a not for profit organisation that provides a range of mental health and general health support services to South Australians living in rural and regional…
Upskilling early childhood educators
28 Feb 2020 – Eidsvold Kindergarten hosted a professional development day for early childhood educators from the North Burnett and beyond to improve their professional knowledge and skills, ultimately benefiting children across the region.
Mullum Library provides tools for recovery
28 Feb 2020 – With the help of a $12,000 Repair Restore Renew grant, the Mullum Library of Stuff was able to provide affordable access to quality tools and equipment for the Byron Shire…
Camperdown community garden flourishes
27 Feb 2020 – A refreshed community garden meant that the Camperdown community could enjoy a more inclusive space at a time when they needed it most.
Fundraising Account: Child Writes Fund
31 Jan 2020 – Child Writes Fund is a charity that ’empowers children to navigate their future through story’. The Child Writes program gives primary school-aged children a voice by offering them the opportunity…
Growing together with Grow Lightly
22 Jan 2020 – With a Gardiner Working in Dairy Communities program grant, Grow Lightly were able to fund a consultant to undertake market research and the development of a business plan for the…
Cowell Silo art project
17 Dec 2019 – The Franklin Harbour Community Development Group sought to expand their local tourism market in a bid to stimulate the local economy, which has been adversely affected by the flow on…
JUTE keeps Indigenous storytelling alive
16 Dec 2019 – With the support of a $15,000 ANZ Seeds of Renewal grant, JUTE was able to take its 2019 show, The Longest Minute to ten North Queensland schools in very remote…