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.
Creating the Oodnadatta Arts and Crafts Collective
26 Jun 2017 – Volunteering SA and NT received a $10,000 ANZ Seeds of Renewal grant to develop a women-led arts and crafts social enterprise, through research, the creation of an action plan, provision…
Kidz Group provides a safe place for kids impacted by domestic violence
15 Jun 2017 – The effects of domestic violence on children are well documented, yet often there are no systems in place to support these kids who witness the physical and /or sexual and…
Hot spot snapshots – Tasmanian Midlands biodiversity
30 May 2017 – A $4,000 grant from the Small Grants for Rural Communities program, funded by the Yulgilbar Foundation saw Greening Australia run two activity field days at Cressy and Campbell Town, south…
Dungog learns from the past in preparing for the future
21 Feb 2017 – Dungog Information & Neighbourhood Service Inc. initiated Project Bounce Forwards to encourage and support disaster preparedness and resilience capacity building in Dungog and surrounds. To help bring this important project…
Foundation Barossa
20 Jan 2017 – Pinery Fire response supported by Community Foundation Account Foundation Barossa’s story is a particularly good example of how FRRR’s Community Foundation Accounts are able to help a community respond to emerging local…
Maldon market flourishes from Seeds grant
12 Jul 2016 – An ANZ Seeds of Renewal grant has enabled Maldon Neighbourhood Centre to raise the profile of the Maldon Markets, to the extent that now an average of 1,200 people turn…
Channel women tackle tough times
04 Apr 2016 – A TTTT grant funded by FRRR has helped reduce registration costs for women to attend the 4th annual Channel Country Ladies Day run by Red Ridge (Interior Queensland). Events across…
Clear ambitions from Foggy Mountain Bluegrass Festival
07 Mar 2016 – The Foggy Mountain Bluegrass Festival is supporting the recovery efforts of the Kinglake Ranges following the 2009 bushfires. It has driven community engagement while supporting wider economic development in a…
Raising the cards on mental health in Mt Isa
15 Feb 2016 – Since Junior Mayor of Mt Isa and 2015 Heywire Youth Representative, Justice King, helped secure a $10,000 Heywire Youth Innovation Grant, a group of Mt Isa youth have been part…
Taking marine science to rural Tasmania
24 Jan 2016 – A REAPing Rewards grant funded by the Ian Potter Foundation has covered travel expenses of the Woodbridge Marine Discovery Centre’s teacher, the purchase of resources such as ice boxes and…