Media Releases
We issue media releases to share our official announcements - from new funding rounds and partnerships, to major milestones and media moments. If you're looking for the latest from FRRR, this is the place to start.
For any media enquiries, email Julie Weldon or call 0423 110 802.
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.
Shoalhaven Coordinator appointed to support local NFPs
04 Jun 2020 – Kate Dezarnaulds is joining the FRRR team as Shoalhaven’s dedicated Investing in Rural Community Futures (IRCF) Coordinator to help guide the program as it rolls out across the Region.
Ocean Shores gets future ready thanks to $40,000 in grants
04 Jun 2020 – Two Ocean Shores community groups, Byron Youth Service and Ocean Shores Community Association, are sharing $40,000 in grants for projects that will help the community to better withstand and recover…
Facilitator appointed to help Leeton turn ideas into reality
27 May 2020 – Leeton not-for-profits will now have a set of helping hands to assist in the development, implementation and evaluation of projects suggested as part of the Investing in Rural Community Futures…
Sally Foundation Trailblazer Development Fund – 2020 Grant Recipients
21 May 2020 – Sally Foundation Trailblazer Development Fund – 2020 Grant Recipients
Nearly $2M granted to drought-affected communities
19 May 2020 – Fifty-eight community-led projects that help drought-affected rural, regional and remote Australian communities are sharing in nearly $2 million in grants, through FRRR’s Tackling Tough Times Together (TTTT) program.
Investing in Rural Community Futures Start-Up Grants now available
18 May 2020 – The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal is inviting not-for-profit organisations in the Shoalhaven communities of Ulladulla, Batemans Bay and Nowra to apply for Investing in Rural Community Futures Start-Up…
Government’s bushfire recovery funding announcement welcomed
14 May 2020 – The Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR) has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement of $650M from the Bushfire Recovery Fund to be directed to ten bushfire-affected regions. FRRR supports…
Local facilitator appointed to help Junee turn ideas into reality
13 May 2020 – Junee not-for-profits will now have a set of helping hands to assist in the development, implementation and evaluation of projects suggested as part of the Investing in Rural Community Futures…
Visy Tumut Region Recovery Fund awards further grants
05 May 2020 – The Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal, in partnership with the Pratt Foundation, has granted a further $79,600 to support four projects that will help Tumut Region communities recover from…
Grants available to improve health services in rural Victoria and NSW
05 May 2020 – The Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal is inviting not-for-profit organisations to apply for an Enhancing Country Health Outcomes (ECHO) grant to deliver initiatives that improve the health of people…