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.
Northern Rivers Community Foundation
28 Nov 2019 – Northern Rivers Community Foundation (NRCF) was established in 2004 with the purpose to connect people who care with local causes that matter, to improve community well-being for the Northern Rivers…
Looking forward, looking back
23 Oct 2019 – In 2018, 25 years of QRRRWN history was celebrated at the QRRRWN annual conference in Kingaroy. This celebration featured a history project funded by the David Mactaggart Foundation via FRRR’s…
Double the space, double the history in Lockhart
25 Sep 2019 – The Lockhart & District Historical Society used an FRRR fundraising account and a $15,000 grant from the Culture, Arts, Tourism and Community Heritage (CATCH) grants program allowed the Historical Society…
Training for the future
05 Sep 2019 – A $19,950 grant from the Grants for Resilience & Wellness grant program, funded by VBAF, enabled the Boolarra Community Development Group to run practical skills and knowledge workshops to increase local…
Community wellbeing retreats aid recovery
01 Jul 2019 – Jindivick is a rural dairying community in the south-east of Victoria renowned for producing Jindi cheese and local gourmet produce. It is a small community striving to become put itself…
Paint it and they will come
20 Jun 2019 – FRRR’s Tackling Tough Times Together grants have boosted silo art in communities including Barraba in the New England region of NSW, in Wirrabara South Australia and Pingrup in south-east Western…
Small Grant allows National Remote Indigenous Media Festival to get mobile
29 May 2019 – First Nations Media Australia secured $5,000 from FRRR’s Small Grants for Rural Communities program, funded by The Pratt Foundation, to purchase iPads, mobile phones and software to help deliver one…
Storage shed sparks joy in Boho South
28 May 2019 – A new storage shed at the Boho South Hall in north-eastern Victoria was funded with a $3,157 grant from the Small Grants for Rural Communities program, funded by the R.E.…
Youth for Youth
24 Apr 2019 – A youth-led project, coordinated by Regional Youth Support Services on the Central Coast of NSW, has created a series of initiatives aimed at giving LGBTQIA+ youth a platform to express…
Growing together in the community garden
23 Apr 2019 – The Zeehan Neighbourhood Centre used a $5,599 ANZ Seeds of Renewal grant to design, construct and plant a community vegetable garden, supporting skill sharing and healthier eating behaviours. The gardening…